Matheson History Museum to hold memoir workshop with Liz Coursen
Press release from the Matheson History Museum
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Matheson History Museum will hold a memoir workshop with Liz Coursen over eight sessions between January 13 and April 28.
This is the year!
If you’ve been promising to sit down and write your memoir for longer than you’d care to admit, then 2026 will be the year you do it!
If you’re ready, please join the Matheson History Museum as we welcome Liz Coursen, author of “The Complete Autobiography Workbook,” who will lead an 8-session, 4-month-long memoir writing workshop, starting in January 2026 and continuing through April. The comprehensive and fun workshop will cover all areas of the process, from selecting illustrations to what stories you’ve just got to tell, from designing your book’s cover to what stories you just might want to leave out — our goal is for all participants to complete the workshop with the first draft of their memoir in hand.
The workshop will take place at the Matheson on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, starting on January 13, from 10:30 a.m. until noon. The cost is $135 for Matheson Members and $180 for the general public.
Only 20 spots available! If you would like to receive the Matheson Member discount but you haven’t joined/renewed for 2026, you can do so here: https://mathesonmuseum.networkforgood.com/projects/260469-2026-annual-membership
Each participant will receive a copy of Coursen’s “The Complete Autobiography Workbook,” a 400-page doorstopper that will get you started, keep you going, and carry you over the finish line.
Are you ready? Yes? Then let’s go!
Schedule:
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Registration: https://www.simpletix.com/e/yes-you-an-entertaining-memoir-in-three-ea-tickets-247777
Liz Coursen
Liz Coursen grew up bouncing between Brunswick, Maine, and Sarasota, Florida. A self-described serial entrepreneur, Liz started her first business — selling Christmas ornaments of her own design and manufacture door-to-door — as a sixth-grader. She would go on to graduate from Emory University in Atlanta with a degree in English literature. While at Emory, Liz put herself through college by starting a lawn care service and played ice hockey all four years — as the only girl on the team.
This program is sponsored in part by Visit Gainesville/Alachua County, FL and the City of Gainesville.