You can book me for your event or to run a workshop by contacting me or through my Speaking Agency Speakers Ink.
Or just drop me a line 🙂 HERE
DEAR MADMAN EVENTS
TOWNSVILLE Monday June 15 Dear Madman event at Mary Who? Bookshop 6pm- 7:30 pm. Free event but please book in for catering purposes. Townsville friends please come along and say hi! Book in here
KURANDA Friday 19 June – 9:30 am Kuranda Library. Writing Workshop details coming!
CAIRNS Saturday 20 June – 1 pm Smithfield Library – Writing workshop! Details coming (thank you to the wonderful Eve Stafford for organising)
GATTON LIBRARY – 22 July Dear Madman event. 6 pm – 7:30 more details as they come. Book through Gatton Library.
GYMPIE FREE WRITING WORKSHOP – Introduction to Creative Writing 31 July 10 – 11:30 – Book through Gympie Library
BUNDABERG FREE WRITING WORKSHOP – 3 August 9:30 -12, Bundaberg Library. Structuring your story. Free but book through Bundaberg Library.
FEEDBACK AND REVISION RETREAT – 7 – 9 August Springbrook – see here for all the info
If your local bookstore would be interested in hosting an event, or you’d like me to come and visit your bookclub, just drop me a line! (I love signing books!)
EUMUNDI WRITERS FESTIVAL 4 – 6 September – more details as they come
RESEARCHING AND WRITING FAMILY HISTORY FULL DAY WORKSHOP – 13 September Qld Writers Centre. Book through the centre.
BEAUTIFUL BYRON BAY TRANSFORMATIONAL WRITING RETREAT – 19 – 24 September All the info here.
RETREATS 2026
Feedback and Revision Retreat – AUGUST 7 – 9 2026 PLENTY OF SPACES
TRANSFORMATIONAL WRITING RETREATS
BEAUTIFUL BYRON BAY – Life Writing and Memoir Retreat September 19 -24. PLACES AVAILABLE. INFO HERE
INCREDIBLE ITALY October 1 – 8/2027 Escape to the Tuscan hills and write up a storm INFO HERE
For all the latest info on retreats see HERE
Find the latest of my posts on retreats HERE
I hope you find a retreat that’s just right for you. CONTACT ME for more info.
We always have a wonderful time! We’re a growing tribe of creative women. Come and join us!
You can book into any of the retreats for 2025 right now by dropping me a line and paying the $200 deposit. APRIL IS ALMOST FULLY BOOKED but places are available for August. Please specify which retreat you’re interested in. Participant numbers are strictly limited so I can give everyone the attention they deserve. For INTERNATIONAL RETREATS please see HERE.
Come along and join our group of happy campers! Treat yourself to a retreat this year. You deserve some time and space for just you and your writing.
“I feel transformed, as a writer and as a human being.”
Bianca Millroy – repeat retreater
“The fully-catered retreat environment was comfortable and stress-free. Edwina and her team create an atmosphere that encourages, motivates and inspires.”
Gay Liddington – repeat retreater
Contact Edwina ASAP for more details or if you’d like to come.
You deserve some time and space for just you and your writing.
Please do get in touch if you’re struggling financially and we’ll work something out so you can come too. I first started these retreats because I couldn’t afford to go to any of the fancy ones we saw advertised, so the accommodation isn’t posh, but the workshops and people are first class! (We like to think so anyway)
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