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WordSpring 2026 Workshop

Saturday, May 31, 2026,

9:30 am to 11:30 am


Marjorie Simmons

Spring into Memoir: Finding the Life Story You Need to Write.

Write the best memoir you can, once you know how much choice you have, both subject-wise, and structure-wise. Workshop description to come!





Bio:

Marjorie Simmins is an award-winning journalist and the author of five non-fiction titles. These include a trio of memoirs, Coastal Lives, Year of the Horse, and In Search of Penguins, a book on the practice of memoir, Memoir: Conversations and Craft, and a biography of spectacular Canadian racehorse, Somebeachsomewhere: A Harness Racing Legend from a One-Horse Stable. Simmins teaches writing workshops around the Maritimes and across Canada, and also via Zoom. When she’s not writing or teaching, you can usually find her somewhere near horses or anywhere near the water, salty or fresh.

www.marjoriesimmins.ca



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