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.

NEWS, VIEWS & EVENTS

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.

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 […]

Lost & found: the healing power of writing

At a recent Life Righting Collective Follow-up Group (aka FUG), I got to thinking about the sort of healing that writing can initiate. One of us wrote about writing off […]

Article in Balanced Life Magazine

Very pleased to have an article in July's edition of Balanced Life Magazine. Thank you Robyn Lane:

Under The Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin - Part 2

Our journey continues with Part 2 of Under the Covers with Desiree Anne Martin. As a beginner writer I take heart from Desiree’s respect for her craft in several ways. […]

After the Book Launch: Afterglow or Aftermath?

This piece was first featured in http://booksbywomen.org Are we strengthened or rendered vulnerable by putting our truth into the hands of strangers? As writers, we are always being advised to […]

Book review: Logical Family

Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin, published on 10 March 2017 by Harper Collins: R291.00 This is the long-awaited ‘real story’ of the much-loved Tales of the City author, Armistead […]

Under the Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin - Part 1

Starting the Writing Process Helena Wagener is an LRC course graduate. We’re delighted that she has offered to write a series of blogs, interviewing Desiree Anne Martin about the process […]

Book review: Wild

It’s 1995 and we’re on the 2 633 mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) with a young woman who’s using 1 100 miles of it as life repair. She’s in the […]

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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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