Writing Family History Workshop with Dr Betty O’Neill

Join Dr. Betty O’Neil on 27 February 2025 at Ngununggula in the beautiful Southern Highlands town of Bowral, NSW for a workshop on Writing Family History. More information at https://writersatthewoolshed.com.au/writingworkshops/

Dr Betty O’Neill is a Sydney-based author, workshop and retreat facilitator, and university lecturer in Creative Intelligence and Innovation in the TD (Transdisciplinary) School at the University of Technology Sydney. She loves facilitating writing workshops and retreats, talking writing, books and creativity and paddling the waterways in her inflatable kayak.

As a past Director of the Board of the Society of Australian Genealogy (SAG), Betty has a passion for memoir and family history and facilitate regular Introduction to Writing Family History workshops for both SAG and Writing NSW.

Betty’s debut memoir, The Other Side of Absence, was published by Ventura Press in 2020. She has also published a range of articles and book chapters and presented conference papers and workshops in Australia and overseas. Betty is currently researching and writing a memoir/family history on intergenerational homelessness.