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Katrina Syme
Katrina Syme was born in the UK in 1947 and arrived in WA in 1953. She has lived in Denmark, WA, for 32 years.
Her love of natural history stems from early childhood. She has always drawn and painted, becoming lost in the detail because she’s short-sighted! On a holiday in Tasmania in 1982 she discovered fungi, filling her diary with paintings of their incredibly beautiful fruiting bodies. This fascination increases for Katrina with each passing year and she is now torn between painting them and documenting new species.
Another passion is for textiles, which she dyes with fungi and plants. She’s taught workshops in all these things both in Australia and overseas.
Books available from Fremantle Press
Other Books by this Author
- Fungi of Southern Australia
From the Catalogue
Outdoor Reading in Freo
The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.
Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading
When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au
