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Cyber Monday Sale 2025
It's Cyber Monday at NAMW! In 2008, I founded the National Association of Memoir Writers to encourage people to write their stories, from beginners to experienced writers. We support your writing whether it’s an essay, a book, or a Substack post, and we offer meetings...
January 2025 Virtual Book Club
Susan Kiyo Ito Is It Worth It to Tell the Secrets? January 16, 2025 4 PM PST | 5 PM MST | 6 PM CST | 7 PM EST Sign Up Here My memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, is a story that took over 30 years to write and publish. I grew up as a biracial person adopted by...
Franke James: Featured NAMW Member
Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me When an idealistic activist objects to her siblings’ plan to ship their disabled sister off to a nursing home, she’s forced to choose between family and her sister’s freedom. NAMW Member, Franke James, is an...
NAMW Back to School Sale
NAMW Back to School Sale It’s that time: Back to School! The National Association of Memoir Writers invites you to return to learning and memoir classes and join us for a special sale and gifts to inspire you to start—or continue—to write your memoir. From August 30th...
Cyber Monday Sale 2024
Cyber Monday Sale 2024 We live in a time when your personal stories matter even more! You, and all of us, are walking history books—and our stories, what we have learned and lived through, what we have celebrated and why—are important. We represent a legacy of life...
The Memoir Lab: Craft, Community, and AI Tools
Collaborate, Create, and Refine Your Memoir with Craft Instruction, Technology and Peer Feedback Mondays: October 7, 14, 21, 28 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET This workshop is designed for memoir writers who are ready to take their work to the next level. You’ll learn...
Memorial Day Sale 2025
Memorial Day Sale 2025 May is a beautiful time of year—spring has melted the snows and the flowers are bursting out everywhere. It’s also a time of remembrance, and this year many of us want to not only honor those who died in battle but the innocent people whose...
November 2024 Member Event
Jennifer Leigh Selig The Path of Personal Transformation: On the Alchemy of Memoir Writing November 22, 2024 11 AM PST | 12 PM MST | 1 PM CST | 2 PM EST Alchemy, an ancient science aimed at transforming base materials like lead into gold, is a powerful metaphor for...
NAMW Back to School Sale
NAMW Back to School Sale The National Association of Memoir Writers invites you to join us for a special sale and bonuses that will inspire you to write your memoir. From August 31st to September 2nd at midnight, the National Association of Memoir Writers is...
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