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Events

NEXT WEEK: WRITE IN: Writing Retreat Day

A day of writing in community next week in London

Jun 18 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

Free Monday Morning Pages on Zoom at 11am

Join me for our weekly writing hour from 11am-12pm (UK time).

Jun 15 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

SOLD OUT: The Writers' Nest Retreat

Get in touch for 2027 Retreat and London Residentials

Mar 29 • Amy I Beeson 🐝, Emma Simpson, and Tom Wentworth

I Need to Finish This Before I Die

I Need to Finish This Before I Die

Memoir writing, open-hearted writing practice and creative community, online and in person.

Books

Read Happy Baby, Happy Family

Learning to trust yourself and enjoy your baby

Mar 10 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

Read The New Arrival

The Heartwarming True Story of a 1970s Trainee Nurse by Sarah Beeson MBE and Amy Beeson

Feb 6 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

Branding 101

Listen Again: Getting Started with your Brand

Branding 101: Who's your real competition bite-sized tutorial

Jun 1 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Divya Venkatesh

Who's Your Real Competition?

Branding 101: Lunch & Learn Live Tutorial

May 19 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Divya Venkatesh

40:51

Branding 101 Lunch & Learn 🐝

Getting started with brand from Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Divya Venkatesh

May 6 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Divya Venkatesh

Podcasts

I Need to Finish This Before I Die

15 Minute Daily Writing Bursts

WRITE UP

What does the future hold for WRITE UP?

For those who’ve written with me, and those who might

Jan 30 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

33:04

WRITE UP: Studio Interview with Jessica Montoya and Amy Beeson

A recording from Amy I Beeson 🐝's live video

Jan 29 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Jessica Montoya

36:16

Live with Amy I Beeson 🐝

A recording from Amy I Beeson 🐝's live video

Jan 28 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Océane Meftah

Stories in the Making: Don’t Miss WRITE UP: Studio London

Barons Court Theatre 2.30pm Saturday 31 January 2026 - join us for readings and drinks

Jan 23 • Amy I Beeson 🐝, Emma Simpson, and Tom Wentworth

42:37

Hosting Writing Events

A recording from Amy I Beeson 🐝's live video

Dec 11, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Lauren Powell

37:40

WRITE UP chat with Holly

A recording from Amy I Beeson 🐝's live video

Dec 11, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Holly Bailie (she/her)

29:39

WRITE UP Chat with Writer Alissa Mears

A recording from Amy I Beeson 🐝's live video

Dec 9, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Alissa Mears

39:13

WRITE UP CHAT with Reader Sasha Neal

A recording from Amy I Beeson 🐝's live video

Dec 9, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝 and Sasha Neal

Podcast

6:08

My Worst Mother’s Days

When these days feel me with dread there's a book that gets me through

Mar 23, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

7:37

Do I Share One Of Worst Things That Ever Happened To Me In My Memoir?

IWD Siren Songs

Mar 2, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

10:34

Christmas Goodbyes: Ep 3

The Staff of Hackney Hospital put on a Christmas Show for the children and Santa makes a visit to Infants Ward.

Dec 20, 2024

16:13

Heartwarming Christmas Stories: Ep 2

Enjoy tales from the Infants' Ward at Hackney Hospital, Christmas 1971 with Nurse Sarah Hill

Dec 18, 2024 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

11:38

Christmas Stories and Community Ep.1

Last night's Substack event and a reading of The New Arrival Chapter Nine

Dec 17, 2024 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

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Memoir

Why Big Toy Boxes Don’t Work (and Everything I Know About Storage)

Making Space for Family Life (and Yourself)

Sep 21, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

7:37

Do I Share One Of Worst Things That Ever Happened To Me In My Memoir?

IWD Siren Songs

Mar 2, 2025 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

How to fail and still be a writer

Learning from our teenage selves

Oct 11, 2024 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

Do You Remember The First Time?

Are you a romantic? At 18-years-old I was, I still am.

May 29, 2024 • Amy I Beeson 🐝

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