Classes for You in 2009

Paris Memoir Masterclass

Spend a long weekend in the heart of literary Paris, learning the art and craft of memoir and biography.

The Master Class

  • Three days of intensive tuition in the technique of memoir and biography.
  • Personal attention – each group limited to 10 persons.
  • Professional aid in preparing a book for publication, presentation to a publisher, finding an agent.
  • Relaxed domestic atmosphere.
  • Option for mentoring manuscripts following the masterclass.
  • Time off for walking tours, antique-hunting, restaurant visits...

Recommendation from a student

“The mysteries of memoir writing – learning about the ins and outs of writing about oneself – the difference between autobiography, memoir and fiction – and his most emphasised ‘rule’ “write every day – something; anything” was an inspiration – a fun and very informative 3 days with John Baxter, a well-known Australian author, living in Paris.”
Master Class partcipant 2009, Barbara Paroissien

The next class will take place from the 19th to 21st August. For further information and registration, email: John Baxter.

Yes, that is Notre Dame you can see in the distance.

Happening in 2009

John Baxter

the teacher...

of the Paris Memoir Masterclass
John Baxter has published more than forty books, including biographies of Woody Allen, Robert De Niro, George Lucas, Steven Speilberg and Stanley Kubrick, and three acclaimed memoirs, A Pound of Paper, We'll Always Have Paris, and Immoveable Feast; A Paris Christmas.

The Location

A penthouse apartment in a building visited by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Joyce.