Write It All Down: Cathy Rentzenbrink in conversation

Why do we want to write and what stops us?

In her latest book, bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to tackle putting your life on paper, by helping you discover the pleasure and solace found in writing, the satisfaction of wrestling a story onto a page and seeing the events of your life transformed by the experience of writing the self.

Perfect for beginners, habitual diarists, seasoned writers and everyone in between, Cathy will share the highs and lows, joys and doubts, benefits and fears all writers feel. 

Cathy Rentzenbrink is an acclaimed memoirist whose books include The Last Act of Love and Dear Reader. In 2021 she published her first novel Everyone is Still Alive. Her book about how to write a memoir is called Write It All Down and is out now. Cathy regularly chairs literary events, interviews authors, reviews books, runs creative writing courses and speaks and writes on life, death, love, and literature. Despite being shortlisted for various prizes, the only thing Cathy has ever won is the Snaith and District Ladies’ Darts Championship when she was 17. She is now sadly out of practice.

Sarah Travers is a freelance journalist, presenter, trainer and media coach, based in Northern Ireland. Sarah began her career with BBC Northern Ireland after completing a degree in broadcast journalism at Nottingham-Trent University, first in BBC Radio Foyle before joining the Radio Ulster news bulletins team in 1997.  Sarah’s perhaps best known for her role as an anchor on BBC Newsline over a thirteen-year period where she also fronted the weekly Family Focus slot, Lifeline, The Balmoral Show and Children In Need. Sarah also presented The Magazine programme on UTV and Made in NI on BBC NI.  In 2015 she set up her new training and coaching company, Bespoke Communications, with her business partner Camilla Long. She is passionate about helping people and organisations tell their stories through media appearances and keynote presentations and developing strong leaders of the future in areas of communication, confidence and resilience.