Travel Writing Workshop with Will Yeoman

Join travel writer and photographer Will Yeoman in this short yet intensive workshop. Learn basic concepts and techniques such as notetaking, observation, description, atmosphere and place. After a short introduction, students will head outdoors, collecting material with notebooks and/or mobile phones before heading back inside to organise, distil and express ideas to create an integrated piece of micro travel writing.

Suitable for ages 16 and above.

Will Yeoman is CEO of Writing WA and a freelance travel writer. He was for over 15 years variously an arts writer, literary editor and travel writer, all at The West Australian. Will has travelled to, written about and photographed destinations including Tokyo, Amsterdam, London, Hyderabad, Bruges, Vienna, Paris and Arnhem Land.

When: Thursday 30 January
Time: 9am–11am
Where: The Makerspace
Cost: $35 per person
Please be SunSmart and bring a notebook, writing implements, or if you prefer laptops, tablets, mobile phones. Spare materials will be available.

Photo credits: Will Yeoman.