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Workshop: How to Write a Memoir, Short Story, and Essay

With Jing Li, award-winning author of "The Red Sandals"
Sunday, 8/11/2024
2:00 - 3:00
Martin Paley Conference Room - 3rd Fl
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400
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Do you have a unique life story to tell? Do you want to sharpen up your writing skills but need a know-how person to guide you penning it down? Especially when English is your second language and you need a confidence boost?

SFPL got a just-right person to help you!

Come meet Jing Li, author of The Red Sandals: A Memoir (2022), which won the Montaigne Medal Finalist/Eric Hoffer Book Award (2023) for “most thought provoking,” and Indie Book Award/Finalist for “overcoming tragedy & adversity (2023-2024).” It’s truly inspiring Jing Li wrote her 400-page debut memoir in English her second language without a ghost-writer! Her successful experiences will no doubt benefit you embarking on your own memoir writing journey. For she’s got a track record - Jing Li’s Author Talk! on May 5,2024 right here at SFPL has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the roomful of live audiences!

In this hour-long workshop, Ms. Li will discuss twelve cutting-edge topics on memoir writing with detailed examples from her own uphill steep writing journey. The goal is to help you get a jump start!

Read & Write

Discover new titles, share inspiring works and participate in challenges and contests. 

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

All programs are drop-in (no registration necessary) unless otherwise noted. All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.

This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

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