Writing Workshop: Genealogy

About Writing WorkshopsIs there a person or family in your family you would like to write about? Genealogy research is in great momentum these years - and for good reason. Here are good and touching stories to find. Come to a workshop where you get a grip on how you can write about these people. Both to create good texts for the pleasure of others, but also to become wise yourself on relationships in your own life? One result of writing is always that your horizons expand. Maybe you want to write for the closest circle, maybe you want to address a larger audience and be published? During the workshop you will get an insight into both the non-fiction and the fiction tools. You will learn what characterizes a good language and how to organize a writing process.

About the teacherMarie Østergaard Knudsen (born 1971) is a writer and editor. The focus of her work is to help people to write readably about their own lives and that of relatives. She runs the two related companies ditliv.nu and Forlaget Aftidning. She is the author of the books Tell Your Life. How to Write Your Memories and Write About Your Family. How to tell about others and get read. In November 2026, she will publish the novel YOU MUST NOT WRITE ABOUT MOTHER at the publishing house Alhambra.

Practical InfoWriting Workshop is aimed at adults.Participation is free, but requires registration at Billetto.The writing workshop takes place at Copenhagen Central Library, 4th floor, live.We do not provide computers, so bring your own and/or paper and pen. There is very limited table space, so you probably have to sit with the computer/paper in your lap.We offer a writing pad that you can have as a base for your block/paper.There is a water post and a coffee machine on the 4th floor, but in addition we cannot offer provisions. Bring a water can or bottle for water.Find your wayFrom the main entrance of the Main Library you can find the 4th floor in the following ways:

- Take the elevator that you find on your right hand when you step from Krystalgade into Centralsalen. The stage is on the right as you step out of the elevator.

- Take the stairs that you find on your right hand when you step from Krystalgade into Centralsalen. Follow the stairs up to fourth. The stage is on the right as you step out onto the floor.

- Follow the escalators up to the 3rd floor. At the end of the last escalator, a staircase goes on your right side up to the 4th floor. Go right to get to the stage area.

Writing WorkshopsEvery month, Copenhagen Libraries invites you to writing workshops all over the city. The themes and trainers vary. Our writing workshops are not workshops, but stand-alone workshops of two hours in which lecturers give presentations and give participants writing exercises.