Walking back to happiness – book available and how to write your own memoir

Jeanette de Heer with her latest book Walking back to happiness

Jeanette De Heer gave a fascinating and engaging talk on her “overseas experience/working holiday” in the early 1960s, which involved hitch-hiking in the UK, flatting in Earl’s Court, and travelling around Europe with friends in a small car.

Jeanette’s book Walking Back to Happiness (2024) complete with excellent photos from her time overseas in the 60s can be purchased from jdeheer@xtra.co.nz or from The Little Book Shop in Remuera.

If you are interested in writing your own memoir, there are courses run in Auckland by:

Three-hour Memoir Workshop with Caroline Barron

Date: Sunday 20th October 2024

Time: 10am-1pm

Venue: Parnell Cricket Club (clubrooms)

More info and tickets: https://carolinebarronauthor.com/news-events-media/#events

Following sold-out workshops in Hamilton, Palmerston North, Queenstown and Dunedin, award-winning author, Caroline Barron, brings her three-hour memoir workshop to Tāmaki / Auckland and Whāngarei. Join her for a rare opportunity to identify the best structure for your work, refine your craft, unlock your creativity, and bring your personal story to life. Copy and paste this link to your browser to read more and to book:

https://carolinebarronauthor.com/news-events-media/#events

https://www.deborahshepardbooks.com/events/category/life-writing-workshops

See also https://authors.org.nz/writing-groups/

Stepping out in Queen St, December 1958 https://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/s/stepping-out-in-queen-street-auckland-1958/

Jeanette has also written the following:

Between Maungakiekie and the Manukau: An Onehunga Childhood 1939-1948. 19 Dec 2016. https://www.deborahshepardbooks.com/from-writing-course-to-book-publication/book-review
Seafarers, villagers, townsfolk and immigrants: a history of the Corbett and Anderson families from 1736. Published: 2022.
The weekend that was. Her Story: Women Shaping New Zealand History. New Zealand Memories, 2007.
Mount Hobson: In memory of the boys. New Zealand Memories, Issue 68 October/November 2007, page 60-61.
Seen at the Tudor: a history of the Tudor Theatre. 2004.

Seen at the Tudor: A History of the Tudor Theatre

Walking back to happiness – book available and how to write your own memoir

Jeanette De Heer gave a fascinating and engaging talk on her “overseas experience/working holiday” in the early 1960s, which involved hitch-hiking in the UK, flatting in Earl’s Court, and travelling around Europe with friends in a small car.

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