Richard Freadman is Emeritus Professor of English and former Director of the Unit for Studies in Biography and Autobiography at La Trobe University. He is the author of several books and has published articles about life writing in relation to illness and disability. He is currently working on the final chapters of a collection of biographical and autobiographical narratives entitled The Coming of Age at Peconic in which aging, memory and dementia feature as important themes. He currently works as a volunteer in the Eastern Palliative Care Biography Program and as a volunteer for Baptcare where he co-runs the dementia life story workshops with Paula.
