Welcome to the Home of Magpie Cottage Enterprises (ABN: 65561505784)

and Mike’s Memoirs!

Manuscript Services

Established by Mike Cavanagh, Magpie Cottage offers manuscript services specifically tailored for memoir writers, whether you’re just beginning your journey or wanting to polish what you already have. The goal of this service is to encourage, support and challenge you to write the best memoir you can.

Located in Batemans Bay, on the New South Wales south coast, Magpie Cottage provides a full range of memoir manuscript services that can be tailored to your needs (and budget!). For more information, head to the Memoir Manuscript Services page. Or just drop me a note via the Contact section for further information. More than happy to discuss, completely obligation free.

Memoir Courses

I’ve been running the Go Write Yourself memoir writing course supported by the South Coast Writers Centre since 2020. These run more or less annually with the next one due sometimes in 2025, depending on demand. Some of the good things attendees have said: “…course met all my expectations”; “Mike went above and beyond” and “pleasantly surprised at the extent and depth [of the course]”.

This October (2024) sees an extension to the Go Write Yourself course with the additional How To Edit, Publish and Promote Your Memoir course kicking off. I’m running this one in collaboration with fellow published memoirist Anne Howell. For more information, go to the Memoir Courses page.

Mike’s Memoirs

I’ve now written three memoirs, which either means I’ve had an interesting life, or as my dear mum used to say, “He’s got tickets on himself”.  Either way, for more information on my published memoirs, check out Mike’s Memoirs. There you’ll find info on One of Its Legs are Both the Same, A Pocket Full of Days (Parts 1 and 2), and An Ordinary Boy… mostly (Part 1).

You can follow my blog on Goodreads and I can also be found most days lurking around in We Love Memoirs on Facebook.