11 April,
Non-Fiction / Workshop /
Eimear Ryan: Approaching Your Memoir
Friday, 11 April 2025, 10:00am
Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway / €65
Book NowIn this workshop, we’ll explore different approaches to personal narrative, from memoir and autobiography to creative non-fiction, and how to locate and uncover compelling narratives from memory. With in-class readings and exercises, this workshop is ideal for writers new to the memoir form, or for those who’ve always wanted to write their story but are searching for a way in.
Eimear Ryan is the author of a novel, Holding Her Breath (Penguin Sandycove, 2021), and a memoir, The Grass Ceiling (Penguin Sandycove, 2023). Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, Winter Papers, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. She is a co-founder and editor of Banshee literary journal and its publishing imprint, Banshee Press. From Co. Tipperary, she now lives in Cork city, where she lectures in creative writing at University College Cork.
