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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 20h

What can a word, a recipe or a remembered taste hold onto when a culture is disappearing? Join Samantha Ellis for a seminar on her acclaimed 'Chopping Onions on My Heart'. @ochjs.bsky.social 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/VqIbf6p

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Writing about Vanishing Cultures and Rarely Told Stories: Samantha Ellis on 'Chopping Onions on My Heart'

Vera Fine-Grodzinski Programme for Jewish Women's Voices Seminar

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Celebrate 15 years of OCLW with the launch of 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life', by our founding Director, Hermione Lee. The launch is free & open to all. Friends & Patrons are invited to a private reception Become a Friend/Patron: buff.ly/3ZS4LlA Register: buff.ly/86RKXjJ 3 Nov | 17:30 Wolfson College

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Can we leave home without leaving the past behind? Professor Alison Light (@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social ) discusses 'Red, Red, Robin' and the possibilities of memoir with Dr Kate Kennedy. 📅 17 Nov | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/P7AkphR

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Putting Myself into History: 'Red, Red Robin: My Long Goodbye to Home'. Professor Alison Light in Conversation with Dr Kate Kennedy

Book Launch

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What can custody battles reveal about the lives of women and the history of motherhood? Join Lara Feigel and David Dwan (@engfac.bsky.social) as they discuss 'Custody', life-writing, care, and the institutions that shape family life. 📅 20 Oct | 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/eqZkMln

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Custody, Care and Writing: Professor Lara Feigel in Conversation with Professor David Dwan

Weinrebe Lecture

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What does a literary agent actually do? When should you approach one? Join literary agent Emma Paterson for a practical masterclass on finding representation, preparing your work and building a writing career. 24 Nov | 17:30 | Online Register: buff.ly/sQ9QVwT @engfac.bsky.social

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Dr Kate Kennedy @drkkennedy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our producer Adrian diligently recording the gurgle of a stream! If you haven’t had a chance to tune in this week, my 5-part series on BBC Radio 3 is at 21.45, This Sounding Isle🚶‍♂️🎶 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @bbcsounds.bsky.social #ThisSoundingIsle #BBCRadio3 #BBC

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Join us for the launch of Hermione Lee's 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life' Renowned biographer and critic Hermione Lee discusses her new biography, Brookner’s life, work and the practice of biography with @drkkennedy.bsky.social. 3 Nov | 17:30 📍@wolfsonoxford.bsky.social Register: buff.ly/86RKXjJ

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'Anita Brookner: Art & Life': A Biographical Conversation between Professor Dame Hermione Lee and Dr Kate Kennedy

Book Launch & OCLW Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What would it mean to put ourselves into history? Professor Alison Light discusses 'Red, Red, Robin' with Dr Kate Kennedy, exploring memoir, memory and family history @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social 📅 17 Nov | 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online buff.ly/P7AkphR

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How can life-writing help preserve a culture across generations? Samantha Ellis discusses Chopping Onions on My Heart, family stories and the vanishing language of Iraqi Jews. @ochjs.bsky.social 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/VqIbf6p

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What can custody battles reveal about the history of motherhood? Lara Feigel discusses Custody: The Secret History of Mothers, exploring what life-writing can tell us about the institutions that shape family life. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 20 Oct | 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/eqZkMln

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why do the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops matter? 'They are not part of any course or curriculum; they are attended for the love of learning by all the students and academics who participate.' — Dr Kate Kennedy Help us secure the future of this unique series: buff.ly/VGoQUdu

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎉Celebrating 15 years of OCLW🎉 Join us for the FREE launch of Hermione Lee's 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life', followed by a private reception for Friends & Patrons. Register: buff.ly/86RKXjJ Support OCLW. Become a Friend or Patron: buff.ly/3ZS4LlA 3 Nov | 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How can you write authentically about a place you have never been able to visit? Samantha Ellis discusses life-writing, displacement and Iraqi Jewish history in 'Chopping Onions on My Heart'. @ochjs.bsky.social 27 Oct | 14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online Registration: buff.ly/VqIbf6p

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How do we balance, in a memoir, what Virginia Woolf called the 'granite' of the past with the 'rainbow' of our inner world? Alison Light discusses memoir, memory and home with Dr Kate Kennedy. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 17 Nov | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/P7AkphR

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How can writing about individual lives become a way of writing social history? In this talk, Lara Feigel situates seven custody struggles within the long history of motherhood and care. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 20 October | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 🔗 Register: buff.ly/eqZkMln

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎉 Celebrate 15 years of OCLW🎉 On 3 November: the FREE launch of Hermione Lee's 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life', followed by a private anniversary reception for Friends & Patrons. Become a Friend or Patron: buff.ly/3ZS4LlA Register for the launch: buff.ly/86RKXjJ 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social | 17:30

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Last chance to book for next Friday's Masterclass on Getting Published! buff.ly/ilVEJmA On Friday 25 September, author and former commissioning editor Katy Regan will join us in Oxford for an in-person all-day masterclass on how to get published - from ideas to pitch, from agents to editors.

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What does it mean to inherit a language that is disappearing? Samantha Ellis explores Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, family history and cultural memory in Chopping Onions on My Heart. @ochjs.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/mnO97FM

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What would it mean to put ourselves into history? Professor Alison Light discusses 'Red, Red, Robin' with Dr Kate Kennedy, exploring memoir, memory and family history @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social 📅 17 Nov | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/P7AkphR

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What does it mean for a family to find itself defined by the legal system? Lara Feigel explores this question through the lives and custody struggles at the heart of her groundbreaking work, 'Custody'. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 20 Oct | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 🔗 Register: buff.ly/eqZkMln

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops were established in memory of Professor Laura Marcus (engfac.bsky.social), one of the most influential literary scholars of her generation. They continue her vision of scholarship: rigorous, generous, & collaborative. Help secure their future: buff.ly/VGoQUdu

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In an academic environment where opportunities for sustained intellectual exchange are increasingly rare, the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops create space for conversation, experimentation, and collective thinking. Support the Laura Marcus Fund. buff.ly/fvRjxAW

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

How do you reconstruct a life when so much of it remains hidden? Join renowned biographer Hermione Lee (@engfac.bsky.social) as she discusses her new biography, 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life', with @drkkennedy.bsky.social 3 Nov | 17:30 📍@wolfsonoxford.bsky.social FREE & OPEN TO ALL 🔗 buff.ly/86RKXjJ

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What can the stories of mothers fighting for their children--from Alice Walker to Britney Spears--tell us about the history of motherhood? Prof Lara Feigel and Prof David Dwan discuss Feigel's groundbreaking 'Custody'. 📅 20 Oct | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 🔗 Register: buff.ly/eqZkMln

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

How can you write against cultural erasure? Samantha Ellis discusses Chopping Onions on My Heart, her memoir about a disappearing language, family history and Iraqi Jewish culture @ochjs.bsky.social 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/mnO97FM

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Dr Kate Kennedy @drkkennedy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In person AND online — Cello: In Search of a Voice 🎻 Join me for a special @greshamcollege.bsky.social Lecture. 📅 Wednesday 9 September 2026 🕕 6pm 📍 Barnard’s Inn Hall, London — or 💻 watch online 🎟️ Find out more & register via link in bio or URL here if you can: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/cel...

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Cello - In Search of a Voice

How do we tell stories of past voices through a cello, the voice of its player? This lecture explores what it means to be separated from your voice, and to find it again.Dr Kate Kennedy traces a journ...

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How do you connect life-writing with the largest issues of ethics and cultural history? Professor Lara Feigel discusses her groundbreaking book 'Custody' (2026) with Professor David Dwan. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 20 October | 🕠 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 🔗 Register: buff.ly/eqZkMln

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great scholarship begins with encouragement, conversation, and community. Help us ensure the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops continue to support the next generation of scholars and writers. @engfac.bsky.social buff.ly/fvRjxAW

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops are investing in the next generation of scholars and creative writers. Help us secure the workshops' future by supporting the Laura Marcus Fund. @torchoxford.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social buff.ly/fvRjxAW

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today's ideas shape tomorrow's books, research, and creative practice. Support the Laura Marcus Fund and help ensure the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops continue to bring people together to think, write, and create. @engfac.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social buff.ly/fvRjxAW

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Registration is now open for our autumn Feedback Workshops! buff.ly/Tdjnfy1 You can join from anywhere online, it's 8 sessions at 3pm Thursdays (UK time). Whether you're writing your own life-story or someone else's, join us in October. @drkkennedy.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're so excited to announce our latest Masterclass! buff.ly/ilVEJmA On Friday 25 September, author and former editor Katy Regan will join us in Oxford for an in-person all-day masterclass on how to get published - from ideas to pitch, from agents to commissioning editors.

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Scholarship flourishes through conversation. As Prof Santanu Das writes, the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops are 'one of the cornerstones of the literary community in Oxford', where scholars and writers 'think together, advise and support each other'. Help secure their future: buff.ly/fvRjxAW

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Writers Make Worlds (WMW) has published a new profile on Kit de Waal. The profile includes a biography of de Waal, plus links to resources, including a new interview by @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social. WMW is a free resource for Black & Asian British writing today. @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

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Kit de Waal – writers make worlds

Kit de Waal Overview Born in Birmingham, the child of a Caribbean father and an Irish mother, the novelist and memoirist Kit de Waal made her name with her debut novel, MyRead More...

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Everything we do at OCLW relies on your support. Support our 15th Anniversary Appeal today, and your gift will be matched by the Dorset Foundation, doubling your impact. 🔗 buff.ly/wom18ac

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Dr Kate Kennedy @drkkennedy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Help secure the future of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing 🤝 . There are many ways you can support us - even through a repost! - find out more here: oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/oclw-15th-an... #Oxford #LifeWriting @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @torchoxford.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

✒️ Looking for expert support with your writing?🖋️ Dr Anna Beer’s 'Approaching Writing' online course offers practical exercises and tips to refine your craft! 🖱️Sign up today: shorturl.at/7vl9K #AuthorsOfTwitter #CreativeWriting #MemoirWriting

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"The humanities are under threat, and it’s clear we’re entering hard times for the arts. In a world increasingly dominated by AI, OCLW is more essential than ever." —Olivia Laing Support our 15th Anniversary Appeal and help us secure OCLW's future for generations of writers to come: buff.ly/wom18ac

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

‘Such dynamic energy, international connections, and imaginative reach.’ —Professor Dame Hermione Lee As part of our 15th Anniversary Director’s Appeal, help us secure OCLW's future for generations of life-writers to come. Find out how you can support us today: buff.ly/wom18ac

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

TOMORROW: Explore how observing birds shapes life-writing and memoir. Amy Tan and Professor Andrew Gosler discuss attention, grief, and the rhythms of the natural world in The Backyard Bird Chronicles. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 TOMORROW | ⏰ 17:30 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online buff.ly/xqgXPyt

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

TOMORROW: Anne Sebba and Dr Kate Kennedy explore the women of the Auschwitz-Birkenau orchestra, examining how music shaped survival and how their stories are remembered. @OCHJSnews @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social 📅 9 June | ⏰14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online Register: buff.ly/K029wfZ

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Anne Sebba and Dr Kate Kennedy discuss the women’s orchestra of Auschwitz, exploring how music supported survival and how these stories are preserved in life-writing. 📅 9 June | ⏰ 14:00–15:30 📍 The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online Free and open to all. buff.ly/K029wfZ

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Birdwatching as life-writing: Amy Tan and Professor Andrew Gosler explore observation, attention, and the rhythms of nature. @engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 📅 10 June | ⏰ 17:30–19:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online Register: buff.ly/xqgXPyt

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Everything we do at OCLW relies on your support. Support our 15th Anniversary Appeal today, and your gift will be matched by the Dorset Foundation, doubling your impact. 🔗 buff.ly/wom18ac

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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