The Life Righting Collective runs courses to encourage self-exploration through life writing, raises funds for course fees and brings people together to share their stories and grow community.

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Please note: The views expressed in the blog section of the Life Righting Collective website do not necessarily represent the views of the Life Righting Collective as an organisation. We support and encourage the expression of diverse opinions and differing points of view and invite guest blogs about life writing. We will not publish writing that incites hatred or violence of any kind. Read our disclaimer here.

The LRC at the Bridges for Music Academy in Langa

And now for something very different... Dawn Garisch and Ian Bell go to Langa to teach memoir at the Bridges for Music Academy. Ian tells the story...

BOOK REVIEW: A DUTIFUL BOY BY MOHSIN ZAIDI

We all share the very human need to belong: to our families, our clan, our culture, our tribe. Feeling that we belong is no small thing: it can feel like […]

Poetry in McGregor 2021

Written by Julia Norrish and Inge Van Niekerk Poets – spanning the full spectrum from self-proclaimed novices, to the published and multi-award winning – gather annually on even ground in […]

Wild Poetry

In the Garden of the Beloved: the theme of this year’s poetry festival in McGregor. It was only afterwards, when I got home, fat with poetry, that I realised I’d […]

Under The Covers With Desiree-Anne Martin - Part 4

Our journey continues with Part 4 of Under the Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin.

The reviews keep on coming!

Another lovely review for This is how it is. Thank you to Margaret von Klemperer and The Witness, who published this review on Monday 14 October 2019. 'Accomplished and entertaining work'. If you […]

Under The Covers With Desiree-Anne Martin - Part 3

Our journey continues with Part 3 of Under the Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin. Discovering some of the process behind the writing of Desiree-Anne Martin’s book We Don't Talk About It. […]

Life - is it a story?

Are stories harmful? While visiting a friend, I picked up Yuval Harari’s latest book and was intrigued by an essay titled: Life Is Not A Story[1]. As a medical doctor […]

Book review: Open and The Tender Bar

Open by Andre Agassi (Knopf, 2009) and The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer (Hodder & Stoughton, 2005) At the end of Andre Agassi’s superbly written memoir Open, there are two pages of […]

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The Life Righting Collective runs courses to encourage self-exploration through life writing, raises funds for course fees and brings people together to share their stories and grow community.

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