This workshop is open to all writing levels -- whether you are already writing a memoir or have considered writing one but didn't know where to start.

Please note: If you registered for the Scoville Library's Spring 2025 Memoir Workshop with Leigh, or if you are in Leigh's Monthly Memoir Meet-Up (which resumes in September), please do not register for this series. This new workshop is for people who have not yet had the opportunity to participate in our memoir program. Thanks!

The five-week Memoir Workshop led by author and writing instructor Leigh Curran will guide you through tried-and-true approaches to memoir writing, offering techniques in structure and style, in-class writing, constructive feedback, support, and inspiration. 

The workshop will introduce three main approaches to writing memoir and focus on the key component: story. Each session will feature one or more story-writing techniques and in-class writing to prompts that will guide you in those techniques. Optional take-home exercises, recommended readings, and writing resources will also be offered.

Registration is required and is for the whole five-session series.

The series meets every Thursday, 11 AM - 1 PM, September 11th through October 9th. Attendance at all sessions is strongly encouraged. 

This workshop is offered free to all participants, thanks to generous support from the Friends of the Scoville Library and from library patrons like you.  

Leigh Curran is a playwright, novelist, poet, and memoir writer. She has taught memoir writing to seniors at Emeritus College in Santa Monica, CA, and is currently the Co-Moderator of Berkshire Voices, the playwriting workshop associated with the Great Barrington Public Theatre. Her plays have been produced nationally and internationally at theaters including The Long Wharf Theatre, Circle Rep, and La Mama. As an actress, she has appeared on, off, and way-off Broadway. Her first novel, Going Nowhere Sideways, was published by Fithian Press. For 22 years Leigh was the Founder/Artistic Director of the Virginia Avenue Project, a non-profit using the arts and mentoring to give underserved children the skills to think creatively, critically, and courageously about life goals and choices. For more information about Leigh Curran’s work, please visit www.leighcurran.net.