Workshop: Turning Oral History Interviews into a Prize-Winning Book Non-fiction author Kristin Weidenbach will share her tips and advice on how to incorporate interview material and oral accounts into book-length works of memoir, family history and biography. Using her Reed Family History Book Award winner Growing up Moonta as a guide, Kristin will discuss how to structure your story, how
The 2019 conference will be held at the State Library of Queensland, in Brisbane. Dates: 10-13 October, 2019 (workshops on 10 October; main conference 11-12 October; history walks and tours on 13 October) Theme: Intimate Stories, Challenging Histories
Many people write other people’s stories: family historians, advocates wishing to be a voice for the voiceless, charity employees writing success stories to pull in donor dollars. What ethical questions arise when writing these kinds of stories, and how might one answer them? This workshop with May-Kuan Lim will examine ethical questions around representation and work through exercises in good