Family businesses, the business of families, the art of biography. Anne Sebba explores with acclaimed writers Thomas Harding and Peter J Conradi their respective books Legacy and Family Business, tributes to their forebears and explorations of their own place in the world.

Part of Life Lines, exploring life stories at the cemetery and on the page.

An online creative writing workshop hosted by the Professional Writing Academy. With Ayisha Malik as your guide, learn to take inspiration and telling details from the world and people around you.

Part of Life Lines, exploring life story at the cemetery and on the page.

Limited to 20 places.

Sally Bayley’s memoir tells of a life saved by books. In real life Gabriel Krauze left Kilburn gangs for writing. Next year Nikesh Shukla will publish his own story of race, family and home. Rebecca Abrams discusses memoir and auto-fiction with some of the most exciting writers of the genres.

Part of Life Lines, exploring life stories at the cemetery and on the page.

Celebrated London-based writers Guy Gunaratne, Xiaolu Guo and Howard Jacobson explore why a sense of place is so crucial to their recent novels In our Mad and Furious City, The Lover’s Discourse and Live a Little.

Part of Life Lines, exploring life stories at the cemetery and on the page.

An online creative writing workshop from the Professional Writing Academy. Paul Dodgson will help you develop a narrative through prompts from the body and your own memories.

Part of Life Lines, exploring life stories at the cemetery and on the page.

Limited to 20 places.

It can be a challenge to sum up someone’s life with brevity or speed. New York Times writer Alan Cowell, Canon Giles Fraser and poet Aviva Dautch discuss obituaries, eulogies and epitaphs with Rabbi Harvey Belovski of Golders Green Synagogue, sharing their best stories.

Part of Life Lines, exploring life stories at the cemetery and on the page.