Eco-writing Cruise with Magdalena Ball

Climb aboard The Lady Mac for a writing workshop on beautiful Lake Macquarie.

Eco-writing is a contemporary approach to writing about the environment that blends creativity with ecological awareness. This session will combine a delicious morning tea with a relaxing cruise and immersive and nature-focused writing exercises that explore ideas about the relationships between place, space, culture, and identity against the overarching question of how we can better bear witness to a changing world. You’ll enjoy plenty of warm camaraderie and leave with lots of fresh writing inspired by the beautiful waters of Lake Macquarie.

Please bring a notebook and pen.

Part of the Write Here Festival - Lake Mac Libraries. Full program details are here.

Cost: $80.00 plus booking fee
Lake Mac Arts Member: $72.00 plus booking fee
Membership cards are to be presented at event entry. Find out more about Lake Mac Arts Membership here

What's included:

• Writing exercises led by Magdalena Ball
• Devonshire tea
• Bottomless tea and coffee station

Magdalena Ball was born in New York City, where she grew up. After gaining an honours degree in English Literature from the City University of New York (CCNY), she moved to Oxford to study English Literature at a postgraduate level. She migrated to NSW Australia, where she now resides on a rural property with her family. Magdalena runs the respected review site and podcast Compulsive Reader. Her editorials, poetry, reviews and articles have appeared in many printed anthologies and journals and she has won local and international awards for poetry and fiction. She is the author of several novels and poetry books, most recently, Bobish, a verse memoir published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023.

Weather and Recommended Wear
This is an outdoor event. Suitable footwear/closed-in footwear and sun protection are recommended.

Important information for passengers:
This is an all-weather cruise and will proceed in rain. If there are safety concerns, the cruise will not go ahead, and you will be notified the day before.

The Lady Mac is not wheelchair accessible. For all other accessibility enquiries please contact 4921 0400.

*This event may be photographed and filmed and your image could be used in advertising and promotion by Lake Macquarie City Council. Should you wish not to be photographed or filmed please advise event organisers on entry at the event.