A writing course with local author and educator, Natalie Rose Dyer
What’s on offer: 6 walks / 6 weeks of writing with a local Yarra Ranges author, Natalie Rose Dyer, who teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Melbourne.
The first hour will be dedicated to the discussion of the weekly reading at a local cafe, and the next two hours will be dedicated to walking in the Yarra Ranges, and undertaking writing exercises.
Natalie will provide feedback to each student on a 1,500 word essay, towards publication in a literary journal.
Course Outcomes
Learn how to ethically represent landscapes in creative writing.
Develop a personal writing practice rooted in ecological awareness.
Receive editorial feedback on a 1,500-word short essay towards publication.
Explore the intersections of literature, activism, and environmental philosophy.
Meet fellow writers and take a walk in a wonderful part of Melbourne.
Course Fees
The total cost is $795, paid in advance.
Course Details
Week 1: Writing on Stolen Lands/ No Pastoral Comfort
9am–12pm, 13th September, 2025
Week 2: Mind Wandering/ On Getting Migrated into Place
9am–12pm, 11th October, 2025
Week 3: Becoming the Mountain to Write the Mountain
9am–12pm, 18th October, 2025
Week 4: Fieldwork Writing in the Anthropocene
9am–12pm, 25th October, 2025
Week 5: Making New Maps/ What Are Some of Your Maps?
9am–12pm, 1st November, 2025
Week 6: Re-enchanting the Landscape: Environmental & Political Activism
9am–12pm, 8th November, 2025
About the Instructor
Natalie Rose Dyer currently teaches into the Creative Writing Program at The University of Melbourne where she is an Honorary Research Fellow. She completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne (2017) where she also earned an MFA (2010) with an Australian Postgraduate Award. Natalie was the recipient of The Peter Steele Poetry Award in 2021 towards the completion of her first poetry manuscript (forthcoming). She was recently highly commended for the 2024 Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize for poems towards her first collection. Selected poetry is widely published in journals including Meanjin Quarterly, Australian Poetry, Cordite Poetry Review, The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellors Anthology, Wisconsin Review and many more. Natalie’s book Notes on a Wild Fluiditywas published with Palgrave (2020) and in it she takes a fresh look at the feminist politics of corporeality. https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030598129#reviews
Writing Ecologies in the Yarra Ranges
A writing course with local author and educator, Natalie Rose Dyer
What’s on offer: 6 walks / 6 weeks of writing with a local Yarra Ranges author, Natalie Rose Dyer, who teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Melbourne.
The first hour will be dedicated to the discussion of the weekly reading at a local cafe, and the next two hours will be dedicated to walking in the Yarra Ranges, and undertaking writing exercises.
Natalie will provide feedback to each student on a 1,500 word essay, towards publication in a literary journal.
Course Outcomes
Course Fees
The total cost is $795, paid in advance.
Course Details
Week 1: Writing on Stolen Lands/ No Pastoral Comfort
9am–12pm, 13th September, 2025
Week 2: Mind Wandering/ On Getting Migrated into Place
9am–12pm, 11th October, 2025
Week 3: Becoming the Mountain to Write the Mountain
9am–12pm, 18th October, 2025
Week 4: Fieldwork Writing in the Anthropocene
9am–12pm, 25th October, 2025
Week 5: Making New Maps/ What Are Some of Your Maps?
9am–12pm, 1st November, 2025
Week 6: Re-enchanting the Landscape: Environmental & Political Activism
9am–12pm, 8th November, 2025
About the Instructor
Natalie Rose Dyer currently teaches into the Creative Writing Program at The University of Melbourne where she is an Honorary Research Fellow. She completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne (2017) where she also earned an MFA (2010) with an Australian Postgraduate Award. Natalie was the recipient of The Peter Steele Poetry Award in 2021 towards the completion of her first poetry manuscript (forthcoming). She was recently highly commended for the 2024 Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize for poems towards her first collection. Selected poetry is widely published in journals including Meanjin Quarterly, Australian Poetry, Cordite Poetry Review, The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellors Anthology, Wisconsin Review and many more. Natalie’s book Notes on a Wild Fluidity was published with Palgrave (2020) and in it she takes a fresh look at the feminist politics of corporeality. https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030598129#reviews
Her second book of essays Nothing But a Fine Nerve Meter; New Maps at the Planetary Turn is forthcoming in 2025 with Revolutionaries https://www.revolutionaries.com.au/about-revolt
Email: mail@natalierosedyer.com to express your interest and sign up for the course.
For more on Natalie’s work, visit natalierosedyer.com.
Sign Up
To register or inquire further, complete the form below or email Natalie at mail@natalierosedyer.com. Limited spaces available.