Memoir Writing Classes
Maria de Jong enjoys sharing her craft and encouraging others to find their unique voice and unlock their inner writer. Her Memoir Writing classes are fun, inspiring and interactive. She has tutored Memoir Writing at the Wanaka Arts Festival, Creative Matakana, Onehunga Community Education, the Auckland Women’s Centre, Selwyn College and Ryman Villages.
In August 2026 Maria will tutor Memoir Writing at Selwyn College, Auckland.
“Thank you so much for all you have done for us over the last few years. It has been a very interesting journey and we have all learned and gained so much. You have set me on a path I had never expected to go along and it has been so stimulating and rewarding.”
– Marion Hopcroft, Logan Campbell Retirement Village
Here is what the students have to say:
‘I think quite a few of us had approached the idea of writing our memoirs with some trepidation, but we all loved your refreshing approach, and the way you dropped us unsuspectingly into sharing various episodes of our lives! With some quite unexpected results. It was an amazing few days, and I am sure that all of us left the course feeling that you had opened our eyes to many and varied ways to record our personal history, and to enjoy the process. And I so enjoyed the excerpts you read us to illustrate some of these ways in which to approach this.’
- Diana Robertson
WHY YOUR STORY MATTERS
Your memories, experiences and history matter. Let us help you preserve them in a beautifully written and crafted book that can be shared for generations to come.