Family Memories : Memoir Writing Workshop
When: Wednesday September 30, 2026
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Beverly Senior Ctr. 90 Colon St. Beverly
Cost: $65pp
Ages: 16+
What to bring: A notebook or paper and favorite writing utensil
Course Description: Our families shape us. Join us for a fun evening of capturing memories of our loving, imperfect and/or challenging families on the page. We’ll use prompts, art and exercises to fashion slices of the past into very short memoir pieces. Whether you write daily or are a brave new writer, this workshop will help you focus on vivid details that bring the past to life. Leave with the first draft of a short piece to polish and keep or share.
Instructor Bio: Patricia Flaherty Pagan, MFA is the author of Trail Ways Pilgrims, Enduring Spirit: Stories, and Specters and Spells. She taught flash fiction and flash creative nonfiction writing at Writespace Houston. Stories she writes about her ninety-one-year-old mum are punctuated by the sights and smells of flowers in her mother’s garden. Learn more about Patricia at patriciaflahertypagan.com