Memoir Writing in Focus. Writing the Personal, Lyric and Creative Non-Fiction Esssay is an 8 week short course taught by Lucy Holme
11am-1pm|30 September – 25 November
Location: Bishopstown Library, Wilton
Closing date for applications: 20th of September 2024

Course Overview:
In this course we will look at the history of autofiction, memoir and the lyric essay and its different manifestations in non-fiction and poetic (and hybrid) forms.

Course Lecturer:
Lucy Holme is a writer and mother from Kent who lives in Cork, Ireland. She studied English Literature and Language at Manchester University and then travelled the world, working in the private yachting industry as a chief stewardess and purser. After training as a wine sommelier onboard yachts and in the restaurant industry in London, she spent ten years studying for her wine diploma whilst raising three small children and working in the wine industry in Cork city. Her poems feature in The Stinging Fly, Southword, Atrium, Poetry Wales, Wild Court, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, Bad Lilies, The Interpreter’s House, and Janus Lit amongst others. She was shortlisted for The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2023 and has four poems forthcoming over the next two issues. Her creative non-fiction has most recently been published in Banshee Literary Journal, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, and Annie Journal and is forthcoming in The Well Review and she has published short fiction in a number of small journals. She has just received a distinction in her MA in Creative Writing at University College Cork and her debut chapbook, Temporary Stasis, which was shortlisted for The Patrick Kavanagh Award, was published by Broken Sleep Books in August 2022. She is co-editor of new Cork based literary and visual arts journal, The Four Faced Liar.

Entry Requirements:
Applicants must be at least 18 years old at course commencement.

Contact Details for Further Information:
Email: shortcourses@ucc.ie

Please note our refund policy as follows:

• 100% refund if student cancels 1 week prior to course commencement, less €50 processing fee.
• 100% refund if student’s course is cancelled due to insufficient numbers.

Please note that ACE will receive your contact details so as to email you with any necessary information regarding the course