The new podcast, Biographers in Conversation, goes live

The new podcast, Biographers in Conversation, goes live

When you read a biography, do you feel like you’re in the story living the biographical subject’s life, feeling what they’re feeling and seeing what they’re seeing? To stimulate your imagination this way, biographers make hundreds of decisions. It’s these choices the biographer and LSA member, Gabriella Kelly-Davies, explores in her new podcast, Biographers in […]

Creating connections through life story telling

Creating connections through life story telling

By Felicity Lenehan Once there was a time, dare I say its name, when there were two thing’s I couldn’t do due to lockdowns.  The first was conduct life story interviews in person with my lovely clients. The other heartbreaking activity I could not do was take my children to see their grandparents. I came […]

Tips for family history ‘conversation starters’ at Christmas

Tips for family history ‘conversation starters’ at Christmas

Creating and tapping in to family conversations at Christmas is the perfect way to collect the anecdotes you need to start writing your family’s history. An Aussie Christmas Picture an Aussie Christmas lunch with the extended family. The feast in the backyard has just finished—the endless dips, main courses and pavlova filled with fresh whipped […]