TUTOR: Raelee holds a Master of Arts (Writing) from the University of New England and has been teaching creative writing and editing workshops since 2015 for a range of organisations, including community centres, NGOs, writing groups, women’s shelters and a prison school. She enjoys working with writers of all levels. She is skilled at providing both structural and sentence-level feedback across a range of genres.
Her short stories have been published in Griffith Review, Overland, Southerly,
Westerly, Mascara Literary Review, Singapore Love Stories, and Best Australian Stories 2017. Her nonfiction work has appeared in several online and print publications in Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Raelee has travelled extensively and lived overseas in China and Singapore for more than a decade. She now resides in Canberra, Australia with her family and rescue greyhound.
Start Date: 5th November, 2025
Duration: 6 Weeks
Fee: €190
Find Your Voice, Tell Your Journey
Have you ever carried a story from your travels—a memory, a feeling, a moment—that you longed to put into words but didn’t know how to begin? The Travel Writing Course is an invitation to finally bring those journeys to life.
Over six weeks, you’ll step into the art of travel storytelling—whether through articles, poetry, or memoir. This course welcomes all writers, no matter your experience. Together, we’ll take those first exhilarating steps into shaping place, memory, and imagination into stories that sing.
A Course Designed Like a Journey
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Small and Intimate: To keep our community close-knit, we cap enrolment at just ten students. It’s personal, guided, and immersive. Spots disappear quickly, so reserve yours early.
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Yours to Revisit: The lessons don’t end when the course does. You’ll have access to the materials for a full year—time enough to wander back through the modules whenever inspiration strikes.
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Open to the World: No matter where you are, you can join us. Our circle of writers stretches across continents, bringing perspectives as rich and varied as the places we explore in words.
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Guidance Every Step: Each week, you’ll receive a module by email—practical lessons paired with assignments designed to spark creativity. Your tutor will read your work closely and offer feedback to help your voice grow stronger, clearer, and more confident.
Expect to spend 2–3 hours a week with the material, but feel free to move at your own pace—there are no set class times, only the rhythm that suits your life.
Course Map – Six Lessons, Six Journeys
Lesson 1: Introduction to Travel Writing
What makes travel writing sing? Learn the art of showing, not telling, and how to capture the places that live in memory.
Lesson 2: Planning and Research
Find inspiration, build structure, and create tension that keeps your readers turning the page.
Lesson 3: Travel Articles
Write engaging stories for blogs, magazines, or journals. Discover how to hook readers and where to share your work.
Lesson 4: Memoir
Explore the deeply personal side of travel writing. Learn to weave your experiences into a narrative while balancing your voice with those of the people you meet.
Lesson 5: Fiction and Poetry
Step into the imaginative. Invent places that feel real, blend travel with storytelling, and experiment with lyrical travel poetry.
Lesson 6: Editing and Publishing
Shape your drafts into polished pieces, and learn how to take your work into the world with confidence.
Begin Your Story
Enrolling in the Travel Writing Course isn’t just about learning technique—it’s about unlocking your ability to transport readers, to share wonder, to inspire curiosity. Your words can be the vessel that carries someone across oceans, through cobbled streets, or into the heart of a fleeting moment.
This is your chance to begin. Let your journeys find their home on the page. Join us today, and start writing the stories only you can tell.
Ready to Start?
Reserve your place today or get in touch with us at info@creativewriting.ie. We’d love to welcome you on this journey.