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πŸ“– Nov: Hotshot: A Life on Fire by River Selby πŸ”— Join the Substack + ZOOM with authors! πŸ‘‡ https://tinyurl.com/Nov25selby

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05.11.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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November's Book Club Pick "Hotshot: A Life on Fire" delves into a little-known world of elite firefighting while female-bodied Debut author River Selby joins us to discuss the dangerous job that saved her, writing through triggers, and spotlighting indigenous practices of fire suppression

Nov’s Book Club Pick is the outstanding debut HOTSHOT: A LIFE ON FIRE by River Selby, a memoir about being female-bodied in an elite class of wildland firefightersβ€”and the personal and environmental dangers that come with it. RSVP to the author Zoom 12/4 @ 6:30pm ET tinyurl.com/nov25selby

05.11.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Add these amazing memoir events to your calendar now They're all free! They're all awesome! You're welcome

Emerging writers, these are for youuuuuu

25.09.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So excited @ronitplank.bsky.social!

12.09.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE SOON: Why We Can't Get Enough of Memoir with Melisse Gelula of Memoiring & Ronit Plank of Let's Talk Memoir Starting Sep 26 at 12:00 PM EDT

Get the link + calendar reminder here
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12.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Hell yes!" = what I said when @ronitplank, founder + host of the indispensable Let's Talk Memoir podcast, invited me to join her for a Substack live on 9/26! Swoon. Tune in for Why We Can't Get Enough of Memoir 9/26 at noon ET. We'll be dishing on all things #memoir + Memoiring!

12.09.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The art of facing your family with author-artist Tessa Hulls The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Feeding Ghosts," a graphic memoir, joins us this month to discuss running away, coming home, and so much more

Subscribe and RSVP here! tinyurl.com/TessaHullsMe...

10.09.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Folks, join us for a Q+A style convo w/ Pulitzer Prize winner πŸ† Tessa Hulls, author of the graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts. πŸ‘» Subscribe to Memoiring (free) to attend for free + bring your content or craft questions for her. Link in bio!

10.09.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Maris!

22.05.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A win for the memoirists! I told myself that applying for grants etc was good practice for articulating what my project was + developing a thick skin. I was shocked to get a YES! Esp now w/all the senseless arts cuts. Books + writing saved me. They will save others. We have to protect them. πŸ™

22.05.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our May Book Club Pick!
Get info + subscribe at Memoiring.Substack.com to Zoom with us!

12.05.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi writers + readers! Join us for a live Q&A w/ debut author Ruthie Ackerman 6/2 @ 6:30pm ET. You’re gonna hear about her new book β€œThe Mother Code” EVERYWHERE. We’ll talk maternal ambivalence, the fertility wage gap + tons of memoir craft. πŸ’° It’s FREE for Memoiring Substack subscribers, also free!

12.05.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Memoir Writing Workshop at Type Books Toronto with Melisse Gelula and Alyssa Ages

Memoir Writing Workshop at Type Books Toronto with Melisse Gelula and Alyssa Ages

How do turn yourself into a character? What form should your book take? Author Alyssa Ages and I are tackling these topics and more during our super cool IRL workshop at Type Books in Toronto! #memoir
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25.03.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Memoir as Detective Story πŸ”Ž March Book Club Pick: After a private eye ghosts her, Tracy O’Neill leads the investigation into what happened to the mysterious biological mother she never met

LIVE AUTHOR Q+A πŸ’₯ Join us! Our March Book Club Pick is Woman of Interest by Tracy O’Neill 4/2 @6:30pm ET on Zoom! After a private eye ghosts her, Korean-adoptee O’Neill leads a Sam Spade-like investigation into what happened to the mysterious biological mother she never met tinyurl.com/MarMemoiring

22.03.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Didn’t want you to miss this! Our February Book Club Pick is β€œThe Leaving Season” (incredibly well-reviewed and ideal for Valentine Day skeptics). Subscribe to sign up for our free author event w/ @kellymcmasters.bsky.social

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12.02.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Noooo!

11.02.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have dream and it’s to make the memoir section closer to the high-traffic parts of the bookstore and not by the broom closet and dusty textbooks on the third floor, per Barnes & Noble Union Square. Who’s with me?

11.02.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great advice! I loved the super specific examples. Definitely saving this one for a moment in my and my manuscript’s not too distant future

21.01.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing, Michael!

21.01.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yesss, important timing indeed

19.01.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, thanks so much for sharing your work, James! There’s an anthology dropping in May by Michele Filgate called β€œWhat My Father and I Don’t Talk About.”Might be interesting to you!

19.01.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Memoiring | Memoiring Book Club | Substack All memoir, all the time. Welcome to our book club + writing community devoted to memoir. Reading. Writing. Memoiring. Click to read Memoiring, by Memoiring Book Club, a Substack publication with hun...

Hi! It’s Melisse of Memoiring, a #memoir book club w/free author Zooms. Excited to hype memoir + connect with readers + writers on #booksky!

Jan Pick: NO ONE GETS TO FALL APART by Sarah Labrie. Grab a copy + join us 1/29!

Love memoir? Do tell + I’ll follow!

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19.01.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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