Poetry, Memoir & Life Writing 

Course Overview 

This ten-week course is designed for anyone who has a story to tell and wants to tell it as well as possible.

Suitable for both beginners and more experienced writers, the emphasis throughout will be on encouraging self-confident and accurate writing in your own distinctive voice. The course will cover all the main genres of life-writing and take a peek too at the avant-garde practice of autofiction, and at life writing for podcast. 

Tutor Details: Dave Lordan

Dave Lordan is a remowned Irish poet, essayist, fiction writer and editor. He is the author of several acclaimed books of poetry and prose published by both mainstream and independent presses, and his work has been widely anthologised in Ireland and internationally. As well as publishing his own work, he has extensive experience of every stage of the publishing process, including editing, anthologising, manuscript development and independent publishing. 

Explore his work at www.davelordanpoetry.com

He is Commissioning Editor at Blue Lotus Books, a new independent publisher dedicated to supporting outstanding literary writing, particularly by underrepresented and marginalised voices. 

Alongside his writing and editing, Dave has many years' experience teaching creative writing and literature, and is passionate about helping new writers discover and develop their own unique voices.