Our lineup is packed with craft, conversation, and community. Here’s what’s ahead, month by month. Not a member yet? Join now to attend these events free and support your memoir-loving community. IMWA members also have access to meeting recordings if they can’t attend.

Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • How Travel Writing Created the First Memoir with Lenore Greiner

    Featured

    ****FREE -- ZOOM **** Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09 Meeting ID: 967 4545 2627 Passcode: 068262 How Travel Writing Created the First Memoir Did you know that travel writing created the first memoir? This ancient relationship began in 400 BC when a Greek named Herodotus began traveling and writing letters home, forever conjoining the arts of […]

    Free

  • How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece (Workshop)

    Featured
    ZOOM Online CA, United States

    Join SDMWA for a How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece (Workshop) June 19, 2021 11:00 AM PST ZOOM (Free)   Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89491407470 Meeting ID: 894 9140 7470

  • The Joys and Perils of Writing Anonymously (Plus 7 Practical Tips if You Do) with Marijke McCandless

    Featured
    ZOOM Online CA, United States

    About Marijke: Marijke McCandless is an award-winning author and long-time awareness practitioner. Her memoir, More...Journey to mystical union through the sacred and the profane (written under a pen name) has won awards every year since it was published in 2016. She leads a popular online writing practice called Write Now Mind and awareness practice sessions called Juicy Practices for Getting […]

    Free

  • Shaking The Tree 3 Book Launch and Meeting

    Featured
    ZOOM Online CA, United States

    The September SDMWA meeting and Shaking The Tree 3 Book Launch is Sept 11, at 2:30-4:30 PM Join us for our monthly meeting and for fun, readings, book giveaways and swag! Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83187571821?pwd=T29PN21QU29QNmNySG1RcllUYzZNdz09 Meeting ID: 831 8757 1821 Passcode: 533593 Don't forget to save the date AND RSVP HERE: Ask friends and family to […]

    Free

  • Savory Senses: From Detail to Metaphor to Art with Sue William Silverman (Workshop)

    Featured
    ZOOM Online CA, United States

    **Facebook Live** Join us for a SDMWA Workshop: Savory Senses: From Detail to Metaphor to Art with Sue William Silverman Please RSVP here. Link to join workshop (click here) Aristotle writes, "Place is a vessel that holds us." And, indeed, it is. As writers, we need to draw upon our physical surroundings for sensory images and […]

  • Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing (Downtown Library)

    Featured
    San Diego Public Library 330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, United States

    Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing  Library Shop at the Downtown Library 330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101 Saturday, October 23, 2:00PM - 3:30PM Outdoor courtyard, next to the Library Shop, Downtown library Registration required as this event is limited to 100 attendees: REGISTER HERE

  • Learn from Local Authors – Memoir Panel

    Featured
    ZOOM Online CA, United States

    Learn from Local Authors - Memoir Panel on November 6 Join us for a dynamic panel of local authors who will discuss their process - from writing to revising to publishing and marketing. Bring your questions! Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09 Meeting ID: 967 4545 2627 Passcode: 068262

  • Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing (Diesel, A Bookstore )

    Featured
    Diesel Bookstore 12843 El Camino Real Suite 104, San Diego, United States

    Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing  Diesel, A Bookstore Sunday, November 7, 2:00PM - 3:30PM Diesel, A Bookstore 12843 El Camino Real Suite 104 San Diego, CA 92130

  • Warwick’s + SDWF Book Club & SDMWA Meeting – House of Sticks: A Memoir with Author Ly Tran

    Facebook Live

    February Book Club Pick: House of Sticks This beautifully written "masterclass in memoir" (Elle) recounts a young girl's journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens, New York, "showcas the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). Ly […]

    Free