Hi! I’m Augustine Blaisdell, a Feminist Author

As the founder of The Writers Retreat in the Côte d’Azur and the independently published author of Women À La Mode, I know what it is like to lead my own team, to directly connect with my audience and most importantly to have fun while doing it. I see marketing as community care, a joyous way to connect and share. I am a passionate advocate for my own work as well as my writer friends, both in-person and online. You can expect to work with someone who is professional, creative and committed to the literary community of feminist authors.

As an author mentor …

I have run a successful coaching and consulting business since 2019. From my signature Airbnb experiences of French Feminists on the Beach and Writers of the Côte d’Azur, I have the entrepreneurial spirit necessary to reach my audiences and provide valuable information in an accessible way.

An expert in the marketing and promotion of my own masterclasses and generative workshops, I am highly skilled at bringing people together. With my positive and outgoing attitude, as well as my experience as a major events planner, I excel at creating an environment where writers feel welcomed, respected, admired, and loved.

Originally from Los Angeles, California, I’ve lived in France for the past sixteen years (nine in Paris and seven in the South of France) and am fluent in French. I received my MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University and my BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College. Essays from my work in progress, The Philogyny Project have been published by Catapult Story, KGB Bar Online Literary Magazine, The Intentional Muse and supported by the Bread Loaf Writers Conference where I studied with Melissa Febos and Paul Lisicky.

For over sixteen years, I have worked closely with prominent author and French Feminist, Dr. Claudine Monteil, who was recently invited by French President Macron for the official ceremony of the addition of abortion rights to the French constitution. As one of Simone de Beauvoir’s inner circle of young activists, and the youngest signer of the Manifesto of the 343, Dr. Monteil has been fighting for over fifty years for women’s rights both by the publishing of her ten books and her work as a diplomat.