Join Rosemary Argue in an inspiring workshop exploring the delights and benefits of nature writing. Through observation, reflection, and writing exercises, participants will deepen their connection with the natural world and discover how to translate their experiences into words. Nature writing can stand alone or enhance journaling, travel writing, essays, poetry, fiction, or memoir, offering rich possibilities for creative expression.
The session begins indoors with guided activities and, weather permitting, includes a short walk to the wetlands or into the school grounds for firsthand inspiration. Discover how nature shapes storytelling and immerse yourself in the beauty of writing about the environment. Rosemary Argue has been a creative all her life, drawing, painting, stitching, choreographing and creating costumes.
Via a meandering path through science teaching, dance teaching, communications and carrying out vegetation surveys, she has now found her true calling, writing stories, true and fictional in Walyalup (Fremantle). One of her first short stories won the Langhorne Creek Writers’ Festival short story prize. Since then, her short stories have received highly commended in competitions and been published in anthologies across four states.
She is also writing a young adult historical novel set in 1824 on the south coast of Western Australia.
Rosemary Argue is an emerging author whose writing is inspired by history and nature. Her current project is a young adult novel set partly in King George Sound, which she started writing as Writer in Residence at Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany. She is also working on a picture book about endangered Western Ground Parrots. Several of her short stories have been published, including two in the Voices of the South 2025 Anthology.
As a tutor, Rosemary enables others to find their written voice so they can bring to life the stories they are passionate about.