March 2022 - Forever Young Autobiographies

Wildflower Girl: Dana Stewart Quinney’s adventurous autobiography

Case study: Idaho field biologist’s life story is a surefire nature fix

Dana Stewart Quinney’s autobiography Wildflower Girl: A Lifelong Journey Beyond the Trail highlights nature’s richness and magic.

Dana spent her 1950s childhood exploring Idaho’s Wood River Valley and went on to visit many wild paces around the world as a distinguished field biologist.

Her life s tory Wildflower Girl was published by Hidden Shelf Publishing House in 2020 and was named 2019 Idaho Library Association Book of the Year.

And Forever Young Autobiographies caught up with Dana recently to find out more about writing this adventurous read …

Memory palaces: What you should know about mnemonic memory palaces

Ask Nicola Q&A: How to understand mind palaces and the method of loci

G’day and welcome to Forever Young Autobiographies – Ask Nicola.

As a life-story coach I’m asked many questions about planning, writing, polishing and publishing.

And in this Q&A series my responses aim to help life-story creators!

So today’s question is: “What are memory palaces for your mind?”

The Happiest Man on Earth: Bestseller by 100yo Auschwitz survivor Eddie Jaku

Book review: Amazing ways to live by a Holocaust survivor

Kicking off this year’s book reviews is the powerful life story by the late Eddie Jaku OAM: The Happiest Man on Earth: A Holocaust survivor shares how he found gratitude, kindness and hope in the darkest of places.

The bestseller was published in 2020 by Pan Macmillan Australia after Jaku turned 100.

And last year it won the Australian Book Industry Awards Biography Book of the Year.

So let’s find out what the book is about, why it is so interesting and what you can learn for your own writing …