I have archived information about past workshops, conferences, communiques and other events. This archive is a work in progress. Please feel free to browse this section of my website. Your suggestions and comments would be most appreciated.
"Thank you so much for the wonderful session on Sunday [Feb. 20, 2011]. I think your way of leading us through the writing exercises is very special, particularly in the way you are able to build trust among the participants and to make them feel safe writing about and talking about very personal matters."
I have had the privilege to attend two different memoir writing workshops given by Lil Blume, the first was a workshop at Har El Synagogue in North Vancouver which was open to all members of the congregation and the second was for the Vancouver Second Generation group (adult children of Holocaust survivors) who have been meeting regularly over many years and doing workshops with Lil Blume. In each case Lil was enthusiastic, interesting, and motivating. In each of these workshops, participants ranged widely in age, writing ability, and experience as writers. Lil demonstrated an inspiring ability to make the workshop relevant for all participants while supporting each of us in such a way that we not only moved forward individually, but learned to honour and appreciate the contributions of others. I cannot recommend Lil highly enough as a teacher and mentor.-- Helen Mintz, storyteller, performer, translator www.helenmintz.com
