Wednesday evenings: February 5, 19 and March 5, at 7 p.m.

In this three-part workshop series, you will explore the significance of collective memory and living testimonies in preserving oral history. You will be engaged in transcribing personal stories gathered from community members.

Over the course of three evenings, you will explore techniques to:

• Do interviews and record oral testimonies,
• Transform spoken accounts into literary or documentary texts,
• Contextualize your stories within broader history.

Become a collector of real-life stories!

No prior writing experience required, the workshop is open to all.

Please note: by booking a ticket for February 5, you are automatically registered for the full, three-part workshop. February 5 attendance is required to attend the sessions on February 19 and March 5.

Presenter biography

Sophie Létourneau was born in Levis in 1980. Since 2012, she is literature professor at Université Laval. Her latest book, Chasse à l’homme, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction in 2020.