LifeBook – This Photo Sums Up Why We Do It
A huge thank you to Tom and Viebecke Vraalsen, who sent us this wonderful photograph upon completion of Tom’s LifeBook project in July and kindly gave us permission to post about it. We love to hear from our authors once their projects have completed and the books have been circulated among family and friends.
LifeBook’s a great way to capture your memories
One of LifeTime Memoirs’ authors explains how she believes that the regular 90-minute interviews were just the right length so that she didn’t get tired or lose concentration. They also enabled her to check on the writing as it evolved and meant she could add things she had forgotten to say the first time she was interviewed.
BBC Radio 4 Presenter Nick Baker Visits LifeBook
LifeBook was featured in “Niche work if you can get it” on BBC Radio 4. The program was transmitted on the 17th January 2018 on BBC Radio 4. Nick Baker and his producer Leanne Coyle came to interview our founder Roy and other team members about the niche work they do and the service we provide.
Reasons to Give Dad a LifeBook™ for Father’s Day
Anyone looking to find a special gift for their father will know it is not always easy to come up with a gift idea that he doesn’t already have. Dad is most likely the sort who has already bought everything he needs – including your intended gift! What about a memoir? It is a very unique and personal gift for your father.
LifeBook Charity – An Evening With Chickenshed
LifeBook was delighted to donate a memoir project for the Chickenshed Grand Auction to raise money and support their pioneering work through theatre and music! Many of the people Chickenshed have helped over the years were present at the auction and shared their amazing stories. Stories perfect for a memoir.
The First Greek LifeBook – An Opus Odyssey
Caroline, LifeBook bespoke project manager, elaborates on why she decided to join LifeBook in October 2015. With an academic publishing background and a love for history and literature, it was a perfect fit. Last year she got the opportunity to manage a very interesting project. An autobiography written in Greek.
The Amazing Story of Former Broadcaster Julie Coker
Every life story of our authors is fascinating and provides an important insight into each family’s history. LifeBook is proud to have been involved in the family autobiography of Julie Coker, former Nigerian television broadcaster and founder of the Richard Coker Foundation charity supporting anemia research.
Bespoke LifeBook: Love and Laughter in a Suitcase
LifeBook was honored to welcome Virginia Bayless and her daughter Brenda to the office for a coffee and cake presentation. Brenda's final manuscript was over 152,000 words. We upgraded her memoir to our beautiful larger format hand-bound and stitched linen book and it is one of the biggest books in our library.
Recipe for Ageing Well: The Ingredients
Afraid of the ticking clock? Not sure you'll be aging well? The LifeBook team offers eight suggestions on how to age well: use it or lose it, embrace the senior moment, old dogs new tricks, a change is a good as a rest, there is more time than you think, tasks of aging, sandwich generation, and eat drink and be merry. Start practicing right away.
The Very First LifeBook: Jules Moëd, Life Is For Living
Jules talks about his memoir and the story behind the title "Life is for sharing". “I wasn’t too ambitious, I decided that life was for living. I didn’t work too late or come in too early. I had a nice business, I didn’t have sleepless nights, and I just ran a business. I didn’t make big profits but enough to live on and I was happy that way.”
