Storyphile can help you preserve your life story as a collection of audio recordings, a photo-based celebration book or a full-scale heirloom book. You can choose from one of our life story packages. Or we can customize a package to suit your needs.

If you prefer to do your own writing, we can provide editing services to polish your prose.

If you want to be sure you have the last word, we can help you craft a living obituary—so you’re still in charge of what’s said about you even when you’re gone.

We can help you or your family write eulogies and memorial cards for loved ones who have passed on. And we can  help you create tribute books to memorialize people whose lives touched yours.

Choosing your story format

There are lots of ways to preserve your life story.

You can choose a basic package that gets the job done, or a fancy package with lots of extras, or something in between.

It’s sort of like planning a vacation. (You can rough it in the bush or stay at a five-star hotel.) Or like buying a car. (A wee hatchback will get you around town, but you may prefer a sporty convertible.)

The package you choose and the price you’ll pay depend on what you want to do.

Do you want to preserve your whole life story? Or just a memorable chapter—perhaps your school days, your military service, or a special day in your life?

Would you like a book you can hold in your hand? Or is a recording all you need?

Whatever you choose, you’ll have a product that captures your voice and your personality for the generations that follow you.

You’ll create your own legacy—preserved for posterity—in a format you can afford.

Choosing your investment

Storyphile will custom-design your life story package to suit your budget and your goals. And we’ll give you a firm price before any work begins.

Our life story packages start as low as $225 for a keepsake hour.

A set of personal interview recordings that covers a complete life story starts at $2,700.

A full-scale custom-designed life story book can take more than 600 hours to produce and cost upwards of $40,000.

That’s about the cost of remodelling your kitchen, or buying a fancy car, or taking a dream vacation. But in 10 years, your kitchen will be out of date again. Your car will need to be replaced. And your vacation will be a distant memory. 

Your life story, on the other hand, will never depreciate. It will never stop giving. And it will become more precious with each passing year.

Telling your life story is an investment in your past—for your future.

For the people who love you, it’s priceless.

So don’t put it off until it’s too late.

Make an investment for the ages. Contact Storyphile today, and let us help you tell your story.