Resources
ORGANISATIONS THAT MAY BE OF USE:
For courses, tuition, mentoring, grants, awards, events, writing retreats, conferences and more …
Arvon Foundation
https://www.arvon.org/about/arvon-home-of-creative-writing
Faber Academy
https://faberacademy.com
National Centre for Writing
https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
Oxford Centre for Life Writing (OCLW)
https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/home
Kings Network for Life Writing Research
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/centre-for-life-writing-research
The University of Buckingham (in London) – Biography Programme (MA by Research/ PhD)
https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-research-biography/
University of Sussex Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-for-life-history-and-life-writing-research/index
RSL: Royal Society of Literature
https://rsliterature.org
The Authors’ Club
https://www.authorsclub.co.uk
BIO: Biographers’ International Organisation
https://biographersinternational.org/
IABA – International Autobiography Association
https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/iaba/home
Veterans, Little Brown Needs You!
Have a war story to tell? Email Richard Beswick of Little Brown publishers at [email protected] to discuss writing your military memoirs!
Podcast: Life Sentences – Author Caroline Baum interviews biogaphers
Looking for a Researcher?
I am a freelance historical researcher with a particular interest in garden and literary history. If you are looking for a researcher, please email us at [email protected] with details of your project.
Camilla Anderson MA (University of Bristol) contact is: [email protected]
What all biographers need to know
Maggie Fergusson spoke to leading biographers – including several winners of the Biographers’ Club Exceptional Contribution to Biography award – as well as to publishers and agents to gain their insights into the nature of the genre
OCLW’s Life-Writing Research Network
What is it? The Life-Writing Research Network is a thriving global academic community for anyone engaged in life-writing research. Through exclusive events, they provide a platform to share research, exchange ideas, learn about life-writing research taking place worldwide, and build lasting connections.
Why join? Engage: discuss your practice at termly online seminars with global participants. Network: attend exclusive events, including seminars, workshops, and private receptions. Collaborate: connect with leading academics, authors, and researchers.
Who can join? The network is open to anyone conducting life-writing research; there are no restrictions on discipline, location, or career stage. OCLW welcomes academics, students, authors, and independent scholars
Membership: £57 per year
Find out more here: https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/research-network