Do you have a personal story that is calling you to write?
Following on from our Autofiction I & II courses, this is an advanced course for writers with an ongoing writing project that involves their lived experience. This could be memoir, poetry, an essay collection, lyrics, a screenplay… no matter the form it takes, the core aim of this course is to develop and strengthen the courage it takes to write from life with honesty and to unbury truths in your own writing and bring them to light on the page.
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If you haven’t taken the previous Autofiction courses, but have a project you’re developing, feel free to get in touch to discuss if this is the right course for you.
Designed to foster self inquiry, to encourage personal openness, and to access memories more vividly, the course will focus on one to two writers per week, sharing their work with the group to workshop processes, techniques and next steps towards publishing.
This is an intensive course for writers who want to push the boundaries between research, creativity and radical honesty.
Siouxzi Connor is an Australian-born writer and experimental filmmaker, based in Berlin. She has previously taught “On the Nature of Writing” for The Reader. Her new book, ‘Your Body of Water’, was published by Repeater Books in June 2025 and launched at Hopscotch Books Berlin and San Serriffe Amsterdam with an accompanying scent installation. Siouxzi’s first book was published by Repeater Books in 2017, titled ‘Little Houses, Big Forests (desire is no light thing)’, and was launched with an accompanying film and artworks, titled ‘In the dark, dark room’. She is also a former research fellow of the ICI.