You decide what is in it.
Some things are easier to write than to be asked about. With Chronicle, you control which chapters are included, which moments are emphasised, which truths are told.
For your own story
Write the story only you can tell.
A physical memoir of your own life – drawn out in your own words, one chapter at a time, by an interviewer that adapts to you.
Thirteen guided conversations, at your own pace. A complete, properly bound book at the end. Not a journal you keep meaning to start, not a folder of disconnected answers, not a year-long subscription. A finished memoir, in your voice.
Printed in the UK · One-off payment, no subscription · You own everything you write
“Most memoirs never get written. Not because the story isn't there, but because there is never a Tuesday morning that feels like the right one to start.”
Chronicle is built for this. There is no blank page to look at. There is no weekly email to ignore. There is a conversation, a chapter at a time, that produces a finished book.
You set the chapters that matter to you. You choose the tone. You move at your own pace. Chronicle holds the structure; you provide the voice.
Three reasons to do it yourself.
You move at your pace.
A chapter a week, a chapter a month, a chapter when you feel like it. The structure stays in place; the pace is yours.
The book is yours.
Your words. Your voice. Your edit. Nothing goes in the finished book that you have not approved.
Pick the tier that fits the book you want.
Memoir is the most chosen tier for self-told memoirs – voice sessions plus full colour photographs.
Life Story
A complete memoir, beautifully made. The whole life, in your own words.
- Thirteen guided conversations
- Typed sessions – write at your pace
- Black-and-white interior (+£15 colour upgrade)
- Perfect bound softcover, 90gsm
- Full-colour digital PDF included
£49
one-off
Memoir
Voice or typed sessions. Full-colour photos throughout. A casebound hardback, properly bound.
- Voice or typed sessions – your choice
- Full-colour photos on every page
- Casebound hardback, 130gsm
- Full-colour digital PDF included
£99
one-off
Heirloom
Two thread-sewn copies. Custom designed. Built to last a century.
- Voice or typed sessions – your choice
- Two Smyth Sewn hardbacks (150gsm)
- Custom-designed cover and interior
- Foil-stamping included on the cover
- Priority support throughout
£299
one-off
A note on voice sessions.
Voice sessions are available on Memoir and Heirloom. You speak the story rather than type it. The result is richer – more natural rhythm, more tangents, more of the texture that makes a story sound like you and not like a form.
On Memoir and Heirloom you can still type whenever you prefer – the voice option is in addition, not instead. Life Story is typed only, and produces the same finished book.
From the book
What a chapter sounds like.
Real customer stories are coming. While we wait for our first books to be delivered, here are two sample chapter openings to show what a finished chapter actually reads like.
The house I grew up in
The kitchen was the warmest room in winter and the coolest in summer. My mother kept the bread bin on top of the dresser where we couldn't reach. There was a clock that ticked too loud at night, and the back door that never quite shut properly…
What I want you to know
If you remember nothing else from this book, remember that I was here, and I loved you, and the things I did wrong I did because I was trying. The best thing I ever made was the family I made with your mother. The rest is just weather.
Questions, answered.
How long does it take?
Most people work at one to two chapters a week. The full thirteen-chapter memoir takes six to twelve weeks for most. There is no deadline; some take longer.
Can I share chapters with my family as I go?
Yes. Each chapter draft is yours to share, with whoever you want, at whatever stage. Nothing is published until you say so.
What if I want to come back to it in six months?
Then come back to it in six months. Chronicle holds your progress, every session is exactly as you left it.
What if my voice is hard to transcribe?
Voice transcription handles accent and age. Sessions are reviewed; you can correct anything that did not come through clearly.
How do I know it is in my voice and not Chronicle's?
Because every word in the finished book came out of your mouth, or off your keyboard. Chronicle shapes and structures; it does not invent.
The story you have been meaning to write – done properly.
Pick the tier that fits. Begin whenever you are ready.
Begin your story →