Author Marta Maretich invites you to a Slovenian memoir-writing workshop at Slovenski Dom in London.
Duration: 1. 5 hours
Requirements: Participants need to bring a small personal item that relates to their Slovene background, as well as writing materials. All other materials will be provided.
Class information
Where: Slovenski Dom, 62 Offley Road, London SW9 0LS
When: 4-5:30 pm, Saturday 16th November, 2024
Instructor: Marta Maretich
For more information and to sign up: Contact Debora Porenta, 07365353900.
Are you interested in writing about your Slovene background but don’t know where to start? Curious about a certain object — perhaps something you’ve inherited or a found in the family archives—and would like to know more about how it links to your history?
Material objects are powerful tools for unlocking human memory and establishing meaningful connections with the past. Ordinary things, such as a pieces of jewelry, photographs, cookbooks or toys — anything! — can be starting points for researching personal history, gathering information toward a written memoir, or simply creating coherent stories about the past that you can share with family and friends.
In this hands-on workshop, Marta Maretich will demonstrate how you can use the objects you bring to class with you to investigate aspects of your Slovene past. Drawing on techniques and exercises designed to encourage careful observation, reflection, and recording, you will explore your objects and learn more about what they might have to teach you about your background.
This is an interactive class in which we will write, discuss and share our discoveries with one another. The class will be conducted in English. Come prepared to participate and learn from your fellow Slovenes as we investigate our stories together.
Participants are also cordially invited to the Slovenski Dom Martinovanje celebration, which will be held in the Dom following the class.
About Marta Maretich
Marta Maretich is a novelist, journalist and editor. She holds a masters degree in creative writing and is the author of three novels. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in many publications and she has taught creative writing at university level, most recently at Regents University, London. Her grandfather, Alois Marjetič, hailed from Gorenje Radulje in southern Slovenia. For more information about Marta, go to www.martamaretich.com.