Meet How To Write Your Life Story tutor Simon Petherick for an exclusive live Q&A session 

This is a FREE event for Idler Academy members and students on the Idler Academy course, “How To Write Your Life Story.” Prep your questions and join us at 6pm London time on Wednesday 11th January 2023.

Exclusively for Academy Members and “How To Write Your Life Story” online course students. To join this event, please enrol on the course by clicking ‘BUY NOW’ or join the Idler Academy by Tuesday 10th January. You will then receive an email invitation to the event.

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink and join writer Simon Petherick for an interactive question and answer session. Simon will be answering any questions you may have as well as well as talking about examples of life stories that we can all draw inspiration from.

About the Tutor

Simon Petherick is the author of many published novels and works of non-fiction under his own name and is also an experienced and accomplished ghostwriter. He read Modern History at Merton College, Oxford, and then trained as a writer of longform texts at the UK Government’s Central Office of Information before going on to work as a freelance writer. His published novels include English Arcadia, inspired by the true story of the political party Common Wealth during World War Two; The Last Good Man, a mystery set on a Cornish beach; and The Damnation of Peter Pan, inspired by the life of JM Barrie. A new novel Like Fire Unbound, a novel dedicated to and about London, was published in 2021 and he has a new short novel entitled Jack and Barry coming out in America in 2023. He compiled an oral history of the city of Plymouth during World War Two focusing on the impact of the Blitz which was sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund. He has written screenplays set in Cuba and turn-of-the-century Germany. His ghostwriting work has ranged from fiction to non-fiction and he has written countless life stories for clients over the years. Simon has lived in London since 1982 but spends plenty of time in his home county of Cornwall.