Lily Dunn
@lilydunn.bsky.social
Sins of My Father ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Academic. Memoir lover. #lifewriting Co-founder @londonlitlab.bsky.social Find me here: https://lilydunn.substack.com/
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Lily Dunn
@lilydunn.bsky.social
· Feb 28
My next book, INTO BEING: will be published by MUP in October and I can now share the cover - it is part memoir, part teaching manual for those of you who love writing. It is one of the only books in the UK to focus on the craft of #memoir. Pre-order manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179258/
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August 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My current pre-order list:
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From the heart of your experience
You can birth writing
In line with your values
A tapestry made with faith
harnessing the therapuetic
"Find meaning in raw experience & elevate the personal to the universal"
Lily Dunn
Look forward to seeing @lilydunn.bsky.social
@carogileswrites.bsky.social
You can birth writing
In line with your values
A tapestry made with faith
harnessing the therapuetic
"Find meaning in raw experience & elevate the personal to the universal"
Lily Dunn
Look forward to seeing @lilydunn.bsky.social
@carogileswrites.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From the heart of your experience
You can birth writing
In line with your values
A tapestry made with faith
harnessing the therapuetic
"Find meaning in raw experience & elevate the personal to the universal"
Lily Dunn
Look forward to seeing @lilydunn.bsky.social
@carogileswrites.bsky.social
You can birth writing
In line with your values
A tapestry made with faith
harnessing the therapuetic
"Find meaning in raw experience & elevate the personal to the universal"
Lily Dunn
Look forward to seeing @lilydunn.bsky.social
@carogileswrites.bsky.social
Looking forward to this!
This Wednesday at Collected Books in #Durham don't miss writers @lilydunn.bsky.social and @carogileswrites.bsky.social in conversation with @kathryntann.bsky.social as they discuss the art and craft of memoir, and their experience of writing.
Tickets: collectedbooks.co.uk/products/lil... #booksky
Tickets: collectedbooks.co.uk/products/lil... #booksky
Lily Dunn and Caro Giles - Writing Memoir | Wednesday 29 October, 6.30
Join us for an evening with two exceptional writers - Lily Dunn and Caro Giles - as they discuss the art and craft of memoir, and their experience of writing. --- Lily Dunn is a memoirist, teacher, an...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Looking forward to this!
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Ever wondered what it really takes to get your book into the world?
Join us for an inspiring & practical discussion in SE London with leading voices from across the publishing industry including author & teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social - tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... #booksky
Join us for an inspiring & practical discussion in SE London with leading voices from across the publishing industry including author & teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social - tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... #booksky
Select tickets – PANEL EVENT: The Art of Getting Published – Peckhamplex
PANEL EVENT: The Art of Getting Published – Peckhamplex, Sat 8 Nov 2025 - Ever wondered what it really takes to get your...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ever wondered what it really takes to get your book into the world?
Join us for an inspiring & practical discussion in SE London with leading voices from across the publishing industry including author & teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social - tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... #booksky
Join us for an inspiring & practical discussion in SE London with leading voices from across the publishing industry including author & teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social - tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... #booksky
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Join @lilydunn.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social for a conversation on memory & the art of the memoir at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social.
Both acclaimed memoirists, Lily & Jenn will discuss their new books and the craft of sharing your story.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lily-dunn-...
Both acclaimed memoirists, Lily & Jenn will discuss their new books and the craft of sharing your story.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lily-dunn-...
Lily Dunn and Jenn Ashworth in Conversation
Join authors Lily Dunn and Jenn Ashworth for an evening conversation on memory and the art of the memoir.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Join @lilydunn.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social for a conversation on memory & the art of the memoir at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social.
Both acclaimed memoirists, Lily & Jenn will discuss their new books and the craft of sharing your story.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lily-dunn-...
Both acclaimed memoirists, Lily & Jenn will discuss their new books and the craft of sharing your story.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lily-dunn-...
Looking forward to this …
Coming up next week at Cheltenham Literature Festival on 13th Oct, authors @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their own experience, and reflect on how memoirists are reinventing the form in bold ways:
Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals
Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i
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October 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Looking forward to this …
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A ‘clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing’
Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
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Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir
Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A ‘clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing’
Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
My first review. And book of the week!
I reviewed this superb book about memoir for @rte.ie RTÉ Culture this week.
“Both erudite and utterly conversational in tone… @lilydunn.bsky.social argues that memoir writing can function as a form of radical transformation, for reader and writer alike.”
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
“Both erudite and utterly conversational in tone… @lilydunn.bsky.social argues that memoir writing can function as a form of radical transformation, for reader and writer alike.”
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
October 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My first review. And book of the week!
Very excited Into Being is launched today
Publishing today!
Memoirist and teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir. Inspired by her own experience, as well as interviews with fellow memoirists, she shows how you can turn writing memoir into a journey of discovery. ✍🏼 #booksky
Memoirist and teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir. Inspired by her own experience, as well as interviews with fellow memoirists, she shows how you can turn writing memoir into a journey of discovery. ✍🏼 #booksky
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Very excited Into Being is launched today
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'It will leave you with a towering stack of recommendations on the pile labelled want-to-read-next.'
Thanks to @rte.ie Culture for making @lilydunn.bsky.social's new book 'Into being' their Book Of The Week: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Out now, available from bookshops & online. #booksky
Thanks to @rte.ie Culture for making @lilydunn.bsky.social's new book 'Into being' their Book Of The Week: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Out now, available from bookshops & online. #booksky
Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir
Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.
www.rte.ie
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
'It will leave you with a towering stack of recommendations on the pile labelled want-to-read-next.'
Thanks to @rte.ie Culture for making @lilydunn.bsky.social's new book 'Into being' their Book Of The Week: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Out now, available from bookshops & online. #booksky
Thanks to @rte.ie Culture for making @lilydunn.bsky.social's new book 'Into being' their Book Of The Week: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Out now, available from bookshops & online. #booksky
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On Hannah Murray's TRE in the Afternoon from 16.00CET - @lilydunn.bsky.social with 'Into being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', Eric C. Rath on 'Kanpai: The History of Sake', and Charlie Brougham's weekend sport round up
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
On Hannah Murray's TRE in the Afternoon from 16.00CET - @lilydunn.bsky.social with 'Into being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', Eric C. Rath on 'Kanpai: The History of Sake', and Charlie Brougham's weekend sport round up
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Looking forward to reading @lilydunn.bsky.social’s “Into Being”, which launches today, live on Substack at 7 pm BST! #writing #memoir
Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir.
Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky
Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky
October 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Looking forward to reading @lilydunn.bsky.social’s “Into Being”, which launches today, live on Substack at 7 pm BST! #writing #memoir
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London people interested in memoir, the craft of non-fiction, and how we shape lives into words on a page, this is for you!
I will be in conversation at Daunt Books in Notting Hill with @lilydunn.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social ...
See you there!
#nonfiction #writing #memoir
I will be in conversation at Daunt Books in Notting Hill with @lilydunn.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social ...
See you there!
#nonfiction #writing #memoir
This event has all the feels. I'll be chairing, asking what memoir can do that other forms can't, and how each of them was changed by writing theirs @lilydunn.bsky.social and @joannapocock.bsky.social
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin
Buy tickets for the event with Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin at Daunt Books Notting Hill from Daunt Books today.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
London people interested in memoir, the craft of non-fiction, and how we shape lives into words on a page, this is for you!
I will be in conversation at Daunt Books in Notting Hill with @lilydunn.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social ...
See you there!
#nonfiction #writing #memoir
I will be in conversation at Daunt Books in Notting Hill with @lilydunn.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social ...
See you there!
#nonfiction #writing #memoir
This is such a fantastic project and I really want to take part www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir
Richard Beard says he’s got ‘better at telling the truth’ by arranging his life story on a grid – and invites others to do the same
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September 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is such a fantastic project and I really want to take part www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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Lovely to see @lilydunn.bsky.social's reading list for her excellent book on crafting memoir 'Into Being', and especially to see Some of Us Just Fall described as 'a superlative illness memoir.' Read about the books discussed in the book here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
Into Being: a reading list - Manchester University Press
We asked author Lily Dunn to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, Into Being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform. You can also view and shop the...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Lovely to see @lilydunn.bsky.social's reading list for her excellent book on crafting memoir 'Into Being', and especially to see Some of Us Just Fall described as 'a superlative illness memoir.' Read about the books discussed in the book here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
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INTO BEING: A reading list
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
INTO BEING: A reading list
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
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Really looking forward to hosting the great @lilydunn.bsky.social in conversation with @mariannebrooker.bsky.social. October 16th, tickets this way---> www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bos...
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Really looking forward to hosting the great @lilydunn.bsky.social in conversation with @mariannebrooker.bsky.social. October 16th, tickets this way---> www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bos...
So lovely to see Into Being out in the world
So thrilled yesterday to open a package and find a copy of @lilydunn.bsky.social's forthcoming book 'Into Being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform'. This is going to be such a useful book for anyone thinking about their own or other people's life-writing. #Memoir #BookSky
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
So lovely to see Into Being out in the world
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Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir.
Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky
Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir.
Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky
Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky
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We spoke to @lilydunn.bsky.social ahead of the release of her new book, 'Into being', about creative process, writers that influenced her, early responses to the book, and much more.
Read the full Q&A on our blog here:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
#memoir #author #booksky
Read the full Q&A on our blog here:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
#memoir #author #booksky
September 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We spoke to @lilydunn.bsky.social ahead of the release of her new book, 'Into being', about creative process, writers that influenced her, early responses to the book, and much more.
Read the full Q&A on our blog here:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
#memoir #author #booksky
Read the full Q&A on our blog here:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
#memoir #author #booksky
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To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:
Lily Dunn's Memoir Reading list
To celebrate the imminent release of Lily Dunn's Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform (published October 7th) Lily has given us a fascinating list of the authors that…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:
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Author @lilydunn.bsky.social visited her local bookshops in Bath & Bristol earlier this week to deliver advance proofs of her new book.
In 'Into being', Lily shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.
Pre-order your copy today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky
In 'Into being', Lily shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.
Pre-order your copy today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky
September 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Author @lilydunn.bsky.social visited her local bookshops in Bath & Bristol earlier this week to deliver advance proofs of her new book.
In 'Into being', Lily shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.
Pre-order your copy today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky
In 'Into being', Lily shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.
Pre-order your copy today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky
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Join us at @dauntbooks.bsky.social Notting Hill for a rare double-billing with two extraordinary memoirists, @joannapocock.bsky.social & @lilydunn.bsky.social, as they explore the craft of memoir-writing.
7th October
Tickets on sale now: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... #booksky
7th October
Tickets on sale now: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... #booksky
Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin
Buy tickets for the event with Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin at Daunt Books Notting Hill from Daunt Books today.
dauntbooks.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Join us at @dauntbooks.bsky.social Notting Hill for a rare double-billing with two extraordinary memoirists, @joannapocock.bsky.social & @lilydunn.bsky.social, as they explore the craft of memoir-writing.
7th October
Tickets on sale now: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... #booksky
7th October
Tickets on sale now: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... #booksky
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In @thebookseller.com today, author @lilydunn.bsky.social on how writing memoir can be exposing, but Substack is a good place to experiment.
Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-sa...
Lily's new book 'Into being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform' is out next month.
Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-sa...
Lily's new book 'Into being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform' is out next month.
A safe space
Writing memoir can be exposing, but Substack is a good place to experiment, says Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In @thebookseller.com today, author @lilydunn.bsky.social on how writing memoir can be exposing, but Substack is a good place to experiment.
Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-sa...
Lily's new book 'Into being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform' is out next month.
Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-sa...
Lily's new book 'Into being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform' is out next month.