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Aug 3, 2021
BBC recently invited Roy to discuss the growing interest in writing memoirs and autobiographies. He also shared how it all started when he wanted to capture his father Jules’ stories and sent his personal assistant to document everything. After Jules’ book was finalized, he wanted to help others with their memoirs.
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Jan 11, 2021
Looking for something meaningful to do? Always wanted to write your memoirs? Since March 2020, we have a Covid-19 safe and simple process. To remove any potential technology challenges our budding authors might have, we are now providing free tablets that are pre-loaded and connected to the internet.
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Dec 30, 2020
Is it possible to end 2020 better than LifeTime Memoirs’ founder Roy Moëd being interviewed by Elaine Pofeldt for Forbes? The article “This Entrepreneur Has Built A Fast-Growing Business Helping Elderly People Tell Their Stories” is centered around how Roy’s father Jules inspired him to set up LifeTime Memoirs in 2012.
Read MoreDec 4, 2020
Stephanie Hirst, BBC Radio Leeds, recently invited LifeTime Memoirs’ founder Roy to talk about how writing a memoir could give lonely and isolated older citizens an interesting project to work on. Roy spoke about how his father Jules got his appetite for life back when he wrote his memoir “Life Is For Sharing”.
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Nov 23, 2020
Roy had a great discussion about how we have pivoted our customer journey since the beginning of the pandemic and his passion for tackling loneliness. Not only does a LifeTime memoir provide a meaningful project during the Covid-19 restrictions but the team also stays in touch with former customers living alone.
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Sep 30, 2020
Barbara Thompson MBE is a legend of the global jazz scene, and her career has spanned nearly five decades. Her influence will continue throughout 2020, with the release of her autobiography, upcoming appearance on Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E, and the continued appeal of her music.
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Sep 22, 2020
We are happy to announce that most consumer-facing activity in North America will gradually transition to LifeTime Memoirs branding. Consumer research revealed that memoir resonates better than autobiography with people looking to write their life stories.
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Sep 11, 2020
LifeTime’s founder Roy was invited onto an episode of the podcast, which also included an interview with legendary Sir Geoff Hurst. Host Matthew O’Neill explored Roy’s views on leadership and the impact Covid has had on LifeTime Memoirs’ business.
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Mar 31, 2020
It’s more important than ever to have positive projects to focus the mind. The team has adapted to working from home and the company has adopted a new way around dealing with the issue of social distancing: we will temporarily be switching to remote video interviews. This way, we can continue helping you writing your life stories.
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Mar 16, 2020
All employees have moved from the headquarters in England and Indiana to work remotely, and they continue to deliver the beautiful memoirs our families deserve. In order to protect both our authors and their interviewers, we are using our video interviewing technology, allowing our projects to continue without interruption.
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Mar 13, 2020
Roy has recently given interviews about his passion for helping ordinary people telling their life stories, recording social history and how writing a memoir is a therapeutic project offering a real social benefit. He also expressed how integrity and personal service are paramount to the company.
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Dec 13, 2018
LifeTime Memoirs’ founder Roy Moëd was invited for an interview by Alan Wick for his new radio show, ‘Real Business with Alan Wick’. The show aired on 25th November on 107 Meridian and is broadcasted at 5 pm on the last Sunday of every month. Alan talks to entrepreneurs from various business sectors.
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Feb 7, 2018
We are very grateful for YPO’s support of LifeTime’s quest to help people supporting their parents better. Roy, our founder. was interviewed by YPO for their website about what inspired him to start LifeTime. It’s great to see such an amazing organization showing an interest in Roy’s campaign to help people care for their parents.
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Feb 5, 2018
With Christmas and New Year behind us, what better way to start off January than with a visit from one of our very early LifeTime authors? Derek Abbott and his wife, Ruth, visited the office to sign a copy of the new edition of his memoir for us. Derek’s new edition was the first using Mohawk paper and being linen-bound.
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Nov 28, 2017
With Christmas rapidly approaching (only three weeks to go at the time of writing!), we here at LifeTime Memoirs are currently experiencing our busiest Christmas production schedule yet. Unfortunately, Santa is too busy to help with our deliveries this year, but at least we’re now on first-name terms with our couriers.
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Nov 20, 2017
Our founder Roy took part of a tour of the McLaren Technology Centre as part of an Institute of Directors event aimed at inspiring businesses in Surrey. The day included presentations by Simon Turner of Driving for Better Business and Rob Melville, McLaren’s Design Director, plus a fantastic tour of the factory.
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Sep 20, 2017
Having captured the fascinating story of one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world, we are now at the exciting stage of editing the manuscript. The recently retired chief executive has been here at the LifeTime Memoirs office to give instructions to the editorial team to ensure his company’s story is perfectly told.
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Feb 15, 2017
Alara Kap talks about how he fell in love with LifeTime Memoirs during a family gathering where he found himself listening closely to the story of Roy Moëd. He likes how, from the first words to the first heartbreaks, unkept promises to kept secrets, LifeTime reveals as much as one is willing to; without any judgment or prejudice.
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Nov 11, 2016
The best history books are packed with first-hand accounts, detailed anecdotes, and unique perspectives that reveal real human life stories from a distinct period in time. As Remembrance Sunday approaches, the memories of those who have lived through times of war are firmly at the forefront of the nation’s minds.
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Oct 13, 2016
Dave Waller from The Times visited LifeBook’s, LifeTime Memoirs’ parent company, head office for an interview with founder Roy Moëd. The interview resulted in David’s article “For everybody’s life story, there’s a ghostwriter”. He was intrigued by the titles of the memoirs in the bookshelf, including Unfinished Journey, I Hate Ships and Oil Companies.
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Jul 22, 2016
In Reader’s Digest’s latest podcast, LifeTime Memoirs is in the good company of best-selling novelist Santa Montefiore, who talks about her new book Daughters of Castle Deverill, singer-songwriter Harriet and debut writer Kit de Waal. Moreover, the editorial team discusses the transition from childhood to adulthood.
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Jul 6, 2016
We were very honored to be featured in BBC’s article “Memoirs are no longer just for the rich and famous” telling the stories of memoir gifters Ali Levin and memoir author Ichko Gombodorj. The article also covers the inspiration behind the company and how the LifeTime Memoirs expert team delivers the service.
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Mar 4, 2016
Congratulations to Bob Pryor, winner of the Telegraph Subscriber’s Corner Competition. Bob won the opportunity to have his autobiography produced by LifeTime Memoirs. He was presented with his prize by LifeTime’s founder Roy at Cambridge Meridian Golf Club with his close friends and family.
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Oct 9, 2014
Findmypast and LifeTime Memoirs just announced their partnership. A match made in heaven. LifeTime helps you create your own personal history, to pass down to future generations, and with their searchable online archive of over 1.8 billion family history records, Findmypast has all the records needed to fill in the details.
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Nov 21, 2013
Roy Moëd, Founder of LifeTime Memoirs, story caught the attention of The Daily Mail. Roy talks about how an exercise to put purpose back into his dad’s life and give him a reason to look forward to tomorrow led to the idea of LifeTime Memoirs. The interviews for his memoir quickly became the highlight of his father’s week.
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Nov 11, 2013
LifeTime Memoirs has taken to the airwaves to help highlight the importance of capturing the war stories for future generations. Important historical events and anecdotes of major significance. We have been featured in The IrishExaminer, The Guardian, The Independent, The Herald Scotland and on Sky News and ITV.
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Nov 10, 2013
As we approach Remembrance Day, it is a time to remember our countrymen but it has been revealed that despite 64% of Brits being told war stories by family members, only 8% of us have recorded them for future generations – important historical events and anecdotes that will soon be lost forever. Act before it is too late.
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Oct 2, 2013
Getting our most treasured memories down on paper is something many of us think about but often we don’t know how to do it. Writing an autobiography seems to sit with celebrities who have a star-studded story to tell but we all know we’d prefer to leave more than our photos and trinkets behind for our families to remember us by.
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Aug 28, 2013
Entrepreneur Roy Moëd set up LifeTime Memoirs, a bespoke autobiography service, in 2010 with the mission of helping older people enjoy their lives and ‘age successfully’. He was inspired by his elderly father, Jules, who was blind, in a care home and felt he had nothing left to live for. Roy was very affected by the experience.
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