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 Background: Mark’s twin passions are landscape and literature, and much of his work explores these terrains—the syntax of places and the ecology of paragraphs. His writing, teaching and advocacy promote the vigour and liveliness of these two elements—the language we use and the places we live in—for our futures may depend upon the health of both. Mark Tredinnick is the founding vice president of ASLE–ANZ (the Association for the Study of Literature & the Environment–Australia & New Zealand). Mark lives in Burradoo near Bowral, New South Wales. Area / Skills: Mark teaches creative nonfiction, nature writing, ecology and literature, business writing, composition and grammar at the University of Sydney. He also teaches short courses in these areas at writers’ centres, the University of Technology, Sydney, Macquarie University and elsewhere. Mark also does a lot of freelance writing for government and business organisations - strategies, annual reports, profiles and so on.
Available for: Mark is an experienced workshop tutor who can teach in the many areas, including: The craft of non-fiction; Getting to grips with grammar; Nature writing.
Publications: Mark’s books include A Place on Earth: An Anthology of Nature Writing from Australia and North America (UNSW Press and U Nebraska Press, 2003), The Land’s Wild Music (Trinity University Press, 2005), and the forthcoming landscape memoir The Blue Plateau. His book The Little Red Writing Book is due for release in mid 2006 (UNSW Press). Mark’s writing has appeared in magazines—including Orion, Resurgence, Island, ISLE, Southerly and PAN—in Australia, the US and the UK. With Scott Slovic, he is editing an anthology of Australian desert writing. With Nicolette Stasko, he edited a special issue of Southerly dedicated to nature writing and ecocriticism (March 2005). And with Barry Lopez and Larissa Behrendt, Mark is editing an issue of Manoa dedicated to contemporary Australian writing (winter 2006–07). Winner of the 2005 Wildcare Tasmania Nature Writing Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize in 2007, and the Calibre (ABR) Essay Prize 2008
Winner of the 2008 Blake Poetry Prize for the poem Have you seen and commended in 2008 Black Poetry Prize for the poem Paradise.
The Road South - an audio CD of poems (River Road Press, 2008)
Referrals provided though Invite-A-Writer:
If you would like to enquire about employing this person, email director@actwriters.org.au or phone 6262 9191 during 10am-5pm Tuesday - Friday. Subscribed until November 2009 |