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and a dog dr lily dunn substack subscribe sign in home podcast notes london lit lab lily dunn archive about 1 00 welcome memoir lovers if you like to read and write memoir you are in the right place come and join my community and learn a little more about what s on offer hope to nov 13 2024 dr lily dunn 57 43 7 most popular view all why my love affair with alcohol ends here jan 1 2025 dr lily dunn 253 17 18 the salt path saga continues what good does it do for memoir dec 14 2025 dr lily dunn 155 8 28 how to give up alcohol quietly may 17 dr lily dunn 163 23 7 memoir craft essay to show and to tell apr 20 2025 dr lily dunn 68 21 8 recent posts view all the artist i met with his easel and canvas on the rocks is painting plein air a dying tradition if so how do we save it aug 19 dr lily dunn 13 5 2 1 01 27 memoir wip surgery recording a little late to post this as just back from holiday but if you missed the last memoir wip surgery you can catch up here aug 18 dr lily dunn 5 1 memoir wip surgery this thursday 6pm bst do you write memoir and want to find a group of lovely people doing the same come along to my monthly surgeries to discuss anything you re stumbling jul 28 dr lily dunn 13 12 3 the summer of our lives tackling a fear of horse riding and finding life in the detail jul 24 dr lily dunn 14 23 2 spring flash memoir competition the commendable stories my spring memoir flash competition had so many good flash pieces it was way too difficult to decide on the winners and so i chose three commendable jul 15 dr lily dunn 15 1 4 spring flash memoir competition the winning stories in the spring i announced my spring memoir flash competition and had so many good flash pieces of cnf come my way it was difficult to decide on the jul 13 dr lily dunn 26 12 4 54 01 memoir craft lecture embodied writing and protective forms this is the third in a new series of lectures on memoir craft there are some great writing exercises here that help you find your personalised symbols jul 10 dr lily dunn 12 1 2 the importance of stopping it s summer in my calendar and that means winding down from a busy and extraordinary year jul 7 dr lily dunn 33 8 2 see all into being the radical craft of memoir view all when poetry meets memoir notes from an arvon residential course i ve been teaching this week with the brilliant poet jacqueline saphra apr 24 dr lily dunn 20 5 2 5 59 writing mornings and the importance of writing longhand for our own creativity as well as our historic legacy and a spring memoir flash competition coming soon hope to see some of you at one of these offerings apr 8 dr lily dunn 19 2 2 in praise of the afternoon bath and the importance of preserving those spaces in our lives when we are free from the phone and social media left free to dream mar 29 dr lily dunn 28 6 1 intense writing makes you crazy in roman font mar 3 dr lily dunn 42 5 memoir wip surgery tonight 6pm how to test the response to your memoir by writing and submitting essays come and join us tonight for the first memoir wip surgery of the year jan 13 dr lily dunn 16 4 2 memoir wip surgery tuesday 13th 6pm how to monetise your memoir by writing and submitting essays more details of my next memoir wip surgery and also an introduction to a new writing project and some intimate questions about choice sacrifice and jan 9 dr lily dunn 13 8 2 1 00 13 memoir wip surgery christmas special recording lily and anna talking memoir anna has almost finished writing a first draft of her commissioned memoir and here we had a discussion about process if you re writing a memoir don t dec 20 2025 dr lily dunn and anna wharton 7 2 3 the salt path saga continues what good does it do for memoir the salt path scandal has raised its head again in another observer article published this morning and after raynor winn s alleged confession we can dec 14 2025 dr lily dunn 155 8 28 memoir wip surgery view all memoir wip surgery recording a little late to post this as just back from holiday but if you missed the last memoir wip surgery you can catch up here aug 18 dr lily dunn 5 1 1 01 27 memoir wip surgery this thursday 6pm bst do you write memoir and want to find a group of lovely people doing the same come along to my monthly surgeries to discuss anything you re stumbling jul 28 dr lily dunn 13 12 3 memoir wip surgery recording if you missed last week s surgery you can catch up on it here jun 29 dr lily dunn 13 4 55 02 memoir wip surgery tomorrow night 6pm join me tomorrow evening for our next memoir wip surgery 6pm bst jun 24 dr lily dunn 10 1 2 memoir wip surgery 25th june 6pm bst a date for your diary and a thank you for all your flash memoir entries jun 4 dr lily dunn 13 2 3 recording memoir wip surgery thursday 7th do you write memoir and do you want support with a work in progress catch up on last night s recording may 8 dr lily dunn 12 3 1 59 15 2026 lily dunn privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site 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