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Memoir writer's workshop

With Shelley Davidow | 12 Oct | Nambour

Learn the secrets of writing a great memoir in this 3-hour workshop with award-winning author Shelley Davidow. Take a deep dive into dialogue and character development. Find out how events from your own life can become a compelling narrative.

Supporting the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writer’s Festival program.

BYO writing tools.

$30 per person. Registration essential. Ages 16 and over.

No refunds unless Libraries or the festival cancel the event.

LibraryDate and Time Registration
NambourSaturday 12 October, 9.30am-12.30pmRegister

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Event schedule

  • 9.15am – registration opens
  • 9.30am – workshop starts
  • 10.45am – break with light refreshments provided
  • 11.00am – workshop activities
  • 12.30pm – workshop ends

About Shelley 

Shelley Davidow is the award-winning author of 45 books include the internationally acclaimed memoirs Shadow Sisters, Runaways, Whisperings in the Blood, Fail Brilliantly as well as numerous books for children and teens.

Her recent fiction release The Girl with the Violin is a powerful love story in which one woman's quest for identity and healing also becomes the single way she can honour her grandparents, whose lives were irreversibly shattered by the Holocaust. Perfect for readers of Anna Funder and Megan Rogers.

Shelley is a full-time academic in the School of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. She is a presenter and workshop facilitator both nationally and internationally on everything creative writing related.

Shelley’s books will be available for purchase at the venue.

Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writer's Festival 2024

The Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writer’s Festival is an inaugural three-day festival connecting writers and readers on an innovative literary trail. Engage with renowned authors, workshops, lively panel discussions and much more.



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