Author Archives: Beth Spencer

Writing a memoir in fragments – Workshop on the Central Coast NSW

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Beth Spencer

I’m presenting an afternoon workshop at Wyoming on the Central Coast (75 min from Sydney) on writing memoir in fragments on 27th Sept 2015, if you’d like to come along or know anyone who might be interested. It’s hosted by … Continue reading →

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Six years since I left my home and garden in Creswick to live in a campervan…

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Beth Spencer

In 1999 I created a new file which I called ‘Project Home Base’. I was tired of renting. And while I loved share-housing, I was by then forty, had an array of chemical and food sensitivities, and it was becoming harder … Continue reading →

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Louisa May Alcott, Transcendental Wild Oats & Little Women at the Memoir Club Classics night

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Beth Spencer

I am delighted to have been asked to choose a ‘classic memoir’ text to discuss at the Sydney Memoir Club in Randwick on Tuesday the 28th July – to which you are all invited. I’ve chosen Louisa May Alcott’s 1873 humorous … Continue reading →

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