W o r k s h o p s &
C o u r s e s
Mark runs poetry and other creative writing workshops—online and onsite—and he’s done so for more than twenty years—in Australia and around the world. Mark is a sought-after teacher of his craft; join a workshop with him soon.
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W O R K S H O P S
What the Light Tells
An Online Poetry Masterclass with Mark Tredinnick
Four hour classes, conducted on Zoom, once a week over six weeks.
The Poetry Studio
A weekly online poetry workshop led by Mark Tredinnick. Thursday mornings (AEDT) 9am to noon. Pay as you go. Drop in when you can or make a weekly habit of it at the Poetry Studio.
If You Want Heaven Start in Mud
A one-day online poetry workshop led by Mark Tredinnick, looking closely at half a dozen poems to discover what poetry is, how it works, why we need it, and how you make yours more powerful.
Saturday 7 December 2024 (AEDT) 10:00am to 4:00pm.
The Rules for Paradise
A one-day online grammar workshop led by Mark Tredinnick.
Friday 10 October 2025 (AEDT) 10:00am to 4:00pm.
The Little Red Writing Workshop
A one-day online creative writing workshop led by Mark Tredinnick.
Friday 7 March 2025 (AEDT) 10:00am to 4:00pm.
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P R I V A T E
W O R K S H O P S
Four or five times a year, Mark hosts weekend workshops—in poetry, creative writing, nonfiction, and grammar—near his home in the Southern Highlands, and at various other locations. Watch for news of those here.
Little Mountain Writing Workshops
Recent Workshops
Fire & Ice Poetry Masterclass, Val Des Mons, Quebec, 21 –23 February 2020
Immerse yourself in poetry writing led by one of the best internationally-recognized poets of the new century: Mark Tredinnick—prize-winning Australian poet, internationally-lauded essayist and creative non-fiction writer.
The Little Red Writing Workshop, Bundanoon, 29–30 June 2019.
Held over two days in the Bundanoon Supper Room, the Little Red Writing Workshop is a crash-course in grace led by acclaimed poet and essayist Mark Tredinnick, a Southern Highlands local. The workshop draws on Mark’s inspirational writing guide, The Little Red Writing Book—and on his lifetime in letters.
The Self Escaping. A Masterclass. Palm Beach, 9–10 March 2019
The Self Escaping is a creative-writing masterclass held over two days in Palm Beach. It’s a crash-course in grace, and it’s led by Mark Tredinnick. It draws on Mark’s inspirational guide to creative writing, The Little Red Writing Book. And Mark’s twenty-five years of teaching writing.
Write the way you would be loved; write the way you would be governed, the way you’d want justice done. Write the way you’d like to be remembered.
The Eaglemont Masterclass, Melbourne, VIC, 2 March 2019
A one-day poetry class for advanced writers.
“It is impossible to be in Mark's presence and not find oneself both informed and inspired.”
— Sherre Strange
“Mark, no doubt you've heard this a thousand times, but gosh you're a gifted teacher. What you offer us - the generosity and clarity of it – is hard to describe. I see why Adrienne F. phoned me last year and said Kate You Must Enrol In Mark's Course Immediately.
Btw I read your first-page proof of your upcoming Griffith Review essay. I see how your extraordinary talent as a poet transfers so elegantly into an essay form. Those rhythms! That sharp mind! That heart! I am so looking forward to reading your full essay once it's out.”
—Kate Rossmanith
“Mark is unlike any teacher I've had. I took his creative writing class about a year ago, the best decision I've ever made. He taught techniques and principles that have become instinctive in my writing. I went from not having written since high school to being a published writer. If you have the chance to learn from Mark, take it.”
—Caroline Wagner
C C E
C O U R S E S
Mark appears as a guest teacher at writers’ centres, and for a quarter of a century he’s run workshops at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education, Here’s what he’s teaching at CCE now and in the coming months.
Creative Writing
“All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation—it is the Self escaping into the open.”
—E.B. White
Writing
the Real
“Mark is one of our greatest living poets, unpretentious, accessible, lyrical and profound. He is also a superb teacher of creative writing.”
—Peter Bishop
T E A C H I N G
Mark teaches rhetoric, creative nonfiction, and literary journalism at the University of Sydney. He makes frequent school visits (primary and secondary) to talk poetry and creativity, and to teach writing craft and literature.
“The care and close attention Mark pays to the surroundings and to the work of each student in a class is amazing. Taking a class with Mark is indeed a wonderful experience, and there is no other like it.”
—Carol A Stephen