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Memoirs are as much about what is excluded as what is included. This edition examines how you can evoke the truth in writing memoirs whilst drawing on memories that are sometimes fallible or contested.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    An act of faith - Colin Grant

    Colin Grant meditates on the ethical and moral dilemmas of agency and ownership when writing a memoir. No facts, only versions is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  2. EPISODE 2

    Searching for Nelsa Lowe - Hannah Lowe

    Poet and memorist Hannah Lowe learns more about her aunt Nelsa, the owner of a famous restaurant in Kingston Jamaica in the 1960s. No facts, only versions is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  3. EPISODE 3

    ‘I’ problems: some anxieties of autobiography - Nicholas Rankin

    Nicholas Rankin, author of Trapped in History: Kenya, Mau Mau and Me, tries to write honestly about his own life. No facts, only versions is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  4. EPISODE 4

    Preface to The Stranger’s Quarters - Clementine Ewokolo Burnley

    Clementine E. Burnley introduces her memoir about her childhood in Victoria, Cameroon, the child of government workers. No facts, only versions is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  5. EPISODE 5

    Wilderness: In Search of Belonging - Sanjida O’Connell

    An extract from Dr Sanjida O’Connell's memoir about moving to the wilds of Somerset. No facts, only versions is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  6. EPISODE 6

    Phil Okwedy in conversation with Sanjida O’Connell - Phil Okwedy and Sanjida O’Connell

    Storyteller Phil Okwedy, the son of a Nigerian father and Welsh mother, is in conversation with Dr Sanjida O'Connell. No facts, only versions is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

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Memoirs are as much about what is excluded as what is included. This edition examines how you can evoke the truth in writing memoirs whilst drawing on memories that are sometimes fallible or contested.

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