WRITING YOUR FAMILY STORY with Glenda Banks

With growing interest in genealogy there is a tendency to undervalue the lived history of our own generation. Each of us has a story to tell: how we have reacted to social change, survived challenges or built on achievements. How do we mark our page in our continuing family story?

This workshop provides insight into the process of writing creative nonfiction: building your data base, developing a framework, settling on a writing style, narrative construct and publishing options.

GLENDA BANKS has a PhD in historiographic metafiction and is the author of seven non-fiction books on contemporary social issues and a commissioned history of Australian health care accreditation. She has just completed a historical novel based on the experiences of Victoria’s mid-19th century goldfields women as described in found diaries, journals, family histories and site records.