Name: Writing in Real Life
Start: 2024-11-08T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-08T22:00:00+01:00
Location: PO19 6PE Chichester, United Kingdom

Writing in Real Life
Friday 8 November 2024, Bishop Otter Campus, University of Chichester
A symposium celebrating writing that engages with real life, real people and the ups and downs of creating stories about the self. Sessions 1-3 free, Session 4 £5 – reserve your ticket at
https://tinyurl.com/writingirl
2 – 3.30 p.m. Session One (The Mitre)
Dr Tamarin Norwood, author of The Song of the Whole Wide World, will run a workshop on writing about birth, loss and bereavement. How does ‘Life Writing’ allow space to provide guidelines for individuals to navigate birth, birthing or death in scholarship or life? Open to both beginner and experienced writers.
4 – 4.50 p.m. Session Two (The Mitre)
Dr Suzanne Joinson, author of The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things, will be in conversation with her editor, Susie Nicklin from The Indigo Press. Suzy will talk about her experience writing the memoir and Susie will talk about the commissioning, editing and publishing experience of working with autobiographical materials.
5 – 5.50 p.m. Session Three (The Mitre)
Ennatu Domingo, author of Burnt Eucalyptus Wood and an MP in the Parliament of Catalonia, will be in conversation with Dr Daria Mattingly discussing Ennatu’s life writing and life story. Torn between forgetting and remembering, Ennatu explores the dilemma of international adoptees and migrant children and their quest for belonging in a book destined to be a classic of its genre.
7 p.m. Session Four (Show Room)
Join award-winning Irish singer, Cara Dillon, for this special event in which she’ll be discussing her debut book, Coming Home, a deeply personal narrative that offers readers a glimpse into the life and soul of one of Ireland’s brightest musical talents. Will include live performance and audience Q&A.