2024 Retreats
Residential Workshop Retreats
Rosemary's House offers signature residential workshop retreats, where each day unfolds with a group workshop dedicated to exploring the nuances of storytelling. Participants will benefit from personalized feedback, receiving insights from both the mentor-in-residence and their fellow writers. We advocate for writers to select a cohort led by a mentor whose expertise aligns with their individual craft and professional aspirations. Our workshops are intentionally multi-genre, bringing together writers with diverse strengths and backgrounds. This eclectic mix enriches the collective understanding of story architecture, allowing writers to cross-pollinate ideas and overcome narrative challenges.
Individualized Tutorial Retreat
Our individualized tutorial retreat caters to writers seeking to dedicate most of their time to writing, guided by expert supervision. In collaboration with Sally Bayley, Rosemary’s House has crafted a week-long experience reminiscent of an Oxbridge supervision term. Participants will have the opportunity to submit up to 10,000 words of a larger work for detailed review, complemented by personalized mentorship sessions, ensuring focused and constructive advancement of their project.
Generative Storytelling Retreat
Rosemary’s House is proud to introduce our first-ever themed generator week, focusing this year on 'The Healer’s Journey.' Instead of the usual group workshops, this unique residency emphasizes generative writing exercises designed to foster creativity, develop process, and invite personal growth through storytelling. This retreat is open to writers at all stages of the creative process and invites those who are curious to explore the relationship between story, selfhood, and freedom.