Genre: Songwriting

Songwriting courses will help you kick-start your creativity, recognise and hone your own authentic lyric voice and arm you with all the essential tools you’ll need for the songwriting journey.

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Apr 26

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Day: Non-Fiction

Bringing your narrative to life

John-Paul Flintoff

Guest: Elizabeth Neep

Apr 29-May 4

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Hypnotising your readers

Apr 29-May 3

Online

Poetry

Online Writing Week: Poetry

Poetry and its Hinterland

John Glenday

Jane Clarke

Guest: Emma Must

Apr 29-May 4

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Poetry, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write

Begin the journey

Keith Jarrett

Carys Bray

Guest: Saba Sams

May 1

Online

Poetry

How I Write: Emma Must

Q&A and Reading

Emma Must

May 3

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Nature Writing

Writing the wild

Miriam Darlington

May 6-11

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Vital natures

Jay Griffiths

Tom Bullough

Guest: Sophia Pavelle

May 6-10

Online

Fiction

Online Writing Week: Finishing Your Novel

Moving on with your work-in-progress

Ana Fletcher

Kate Murray-Browne

Guest: Abi Fellows

May 6-11

The Hurst

Fiction, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting To Write Fiction

A way into writing

Rachel Seiffert

Toby Litt

Guest: Lucy Jago

May 7

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Using Social Media to Make Your Poems Fly

How to get your unique voice heard

Nikita Gill

May 8

Online

Other

How I Agent: Abi Fellows

Talk and Q&A

Abi Fellows

May 13-18

The Hurst

Theatre

Residential Writing Week: Playwriting

Moving from ideas into scripts

Evan Placey

Tessa Walker

Guest: Waleed Akhtar

May 17

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Exploring Autofiction

Stealing content

Jarred McGinnis

May 17

Online

Fiction

Online Writing Day: Making Progress with your Novel in Progress

Dig deep and go forward

Alison MacLeod

May 20-25

The Hurst

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Editing Fiction & Non-Fiction

Take a fresh look and dive deep into self-editing

May 20-25

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Poetry

Poetry can do everything!

May 20-Jun 18

Online

Non-Fiction

Online 5-Week Evening Course: Non-fiction

Growing your life writing

John-Paul Flintoff

Alice Jolly

Last few places left

May 21

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Writing with Instinct

Following your gut

Sheena Patel

May 24

Online

Starting to Write, Theatre

Online Writing Day: Write a Short Play in a Day

From idea to script

Evan Placey

Guest: Tessa Walker

May 27-Jun 1

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Find your unique voice

Stephen May

Lisa Harding

Guest: Fiona Williams

Last few places left

May 27-31

Online

Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Other

Online Writing Week: Starting to Write

Honing your working class voice

Katrina Naomi

Maria Fusco

Guest: Isabel Waidner

May 29

Online

Fiction, Starting to Write

How I Write: Isabel Waidner

Q&A and Reading

Isabel Waidner

May 31

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Poetic Metaphor

Nailing the mechanics of metaphor

Don Paterson

May 31

Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Poetry

Arvon Writing Festival: Lemn Sissay

Let the light pour in

Lemn Sissay

Jun 1

Other

Fiction, Poetry, Screenwriting, Other

Arvon Writing Festival: Henry Normal

Everything and more

Henry Normal

Jun 1

Other

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction

Festival of Writing Day

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Jun 3-8

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Writing place as character

Dan Richards

Taran Khan

Guest: Julia Blackburn

Jun 3-8

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Writing a Novel – Work-in-Progress

Cross the finish line (and make your novel shine)

Jun 4

Online

Theatre

Masterclass: Playwriting

Five types of experience

Simon Stephens

Jun 7

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Day: Non-Fiction

Get unstuck in a day – from fear to joy

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Jun 10-14

Online

Poetry

Online Writing Week: Prose Poetry

Fly-traps for the imagination

Anthony Anaxagorou

Sophie Robinson

Guest: Harmony Holiday

Jun 10-15

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Advanced Poetry

Poetry: You inside and out

Greta Stoddart

Shazea Quraishi

Guest: Glyn Maxwell

Jun 12

Online

Poetry

How I Write: Harmony Holiday

Q&A and Reading

Harmony Holiday

Jun 14

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Fictional Families

Understanding character and inspiring plot

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Jun 17-22

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Narrative Non-Fiction

Start with the facts, finish with a story

Elise Valmorbida

John-Paul Flintoff

Guest: Francesca Ramsay

Jun 17-22

Totleigh Barton

Other

Residential Writing Week: Songwriting

Creativity and play

Kathryn Williams

Louise Goffin

Guest: Daniel Willson (Withered Hand Dan)

Last few places left

Jun 18

Online

Other

Masterclass: Writing Parenthood

Bliss and bewilderment

Kirsty Logan

Jun 24-29

The Hurst

Fiction, Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Starting To Write Poetry & Fiction

Telling stories in poetry and prose

Cecilia Knapp

Romesh Gunesekera

Guest: Jane Sanderson

Jun 24-29

Totleigh Barton

Screenwriting

Residential Writing Week: TV Scriptwriting

Find your voice and get it heard

Claire Bennett

Lisa Holdsworth

Guest: John Fox

Jun 24-28

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Week: The Essay

Crafting your voice from beginnings to endings

Brian Dillon

Rebecca May Johnson

Guest: Katherine Angel

Jun 24-Jul 23

Online

Poetry

Online 5-Week Evening Course: Poetry

The good, the bad and the ugly

Caroline Bird

Vanessa Kisuule

Jun 26

Online

Non-Fiction

How I Write: Katherine Angel

Q&A and Reading

Katherine Angel

Jun 28

Online

Screenwriting

Masterclass: Screenwriting

Using your personal truth to create a compelling world

Neil Biswas

Jul 1-5

Online

Poetry, Theatre

Online Writing Week: Poetry and Theatre

Drawing inspiration from page and stage

Inua Ellams

Rachel Long

Guest: Caroline Bird

Jul 1-6

The Hurst

Fiction

Tutored Retreat: Fiction

Finding a reader

Jacob Ross

Maggie Gee

Guest: Irenosen Okojie

Jul 2

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Making a channel

Getting Out of Your Own Way in the Drafting and Editing Process

Melissa Broder

Jul 3

Online

Poetry

How I Write: Caroline Bird

Q&A and Reading

Caroline Bird

Jul 5

Online

Fiction

Online Writing Day: Fiction

Going for the bold: the poetry of prose

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Jul 7

Other

Poetry

Arvon Live Writing Day: Walking & Writing

Exploring your creative path

Steve Ely

Kirsten Norrie (MacGillivray)

Jul 8-13

IOU Hostel

Poetry, Other

Residential Writing Week: Poetry and Walking

Encounter and expression

Steve Ely

Kirsten Norrie (MacGillivray)

Guest: Emily Oldfield

Jul 12

Online

Screenwriting

Masterclass: The Essentials in Storytelling for the Screen

Telling great stories

Andrea Gibb

Jul 15-20

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Poetry with Dance

Movement, mindfulness and momentum

Katrina Naomi

Kyra Norman

Jul 15-19

IOU Hostel

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Writing the North

Andrew Michael Hurley

Katherine Clements

Guest: Andrew McMillan

Jul 15-20

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Nature Writing

Wildness into words

Miriam Darlington

Patrick Barkham

Guest: Noreen Masud

Jul 16

Online

Masterclass: How to apply for funding

Maximise your potential for successful funding applications

Jonathan Davidson

Jul 22-26

Online

Poetry

Online Writing Week: Poetry

Closer than skin, thicker than blood: writing about real and imagined families

Jenny Mitchell

Roy McFarlane

Guest: Zoë Brigley

Jul 22-27

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Building your craft

Kate Murray-Browne

Marcel Theroux

Guest: Kaliane Bradley

Jul 23

Online

Fiction, Poetry, Other

Masterclass: Marvellous and Impossible Things

Sprinkling magic on your words

Tania Hershman

Sean Lusk

Jul 24

Online

Poetry

How I Write: Zoë Brigley

Q&A and Reading

Zoë Brigley

Jul 29-Aug 3

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Writing Motherhood

Creation and inspiration

Nell Frizzell

Pragya Agarwal

Guest: Claire Lynch

Jul 30

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Shaping Your Non-Fiction

Creating new structures

Jessica J. Lee

Aug 5-10

Totleigh Barton

Other

Totleigh Barton Writing Retreat with Yoga

Stretch your creative muscles

Elizabeth Jenner

Aug 5-9

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Writing from Life

Jarred McGinnis

Miranda Ward

Guest: TBC

Aug 5-10

The Hurst

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Writing the Menopause

Learning from and capturing a changed perspective

Marina Benjamin

Miranda France

Guest: TBC

Aug 7

Online

Non-Fiction

How I Write: Natasha Carthew

Q&A and Reading

Natasha Carthew

Aug 12-17

Totleigh Barton

Children & YA

Residential Writing Week: Writing for Children

Writing to your younger self

Emma Carroll

Jasbinder Bilan

Guest: Julia Churchill

Aug 12-17

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Crafting fiction from your own experience

Melanie McGrath

Katie Watson

Guest: Mendez

Aug 16

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Ecopoetry

Wild listening

Holly Corfield Carr

Aug 20

Online

Theatre

Masterclass: Writing for Performance

Improvisation; joyful tools for scriptwriting

Katy Schutte

Aug 26-31

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Transforming travel experience into compelling writing

Sophy Roberts

Rory MacLean

Guest: Laura Beatty

Aug 26-31

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Non-Fiction, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write Fiction and Non-Fiction

The many ways to tell a story

Julia Armfield

Nick Hunt

Guest: Cathy Rentzenbrink

Aug 30

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: The Poetic Line

Dashes, slashes and white space

Tim Liardet

Aug 30

Online

Screenwriting

Online Writing Day: Screenwriting

Transform your screenplay

Philip Shelley

Sep 2-7

Totleigh Barton

Poetry, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Poetry & Memoir

New ways of looking at the world

Hannah Lowe

Anna Selby

Guest: TBC

Sep 2-7

IOU Hostel

Residential Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Shaping life into writing

Lamorna Ash

Paul Farley

Guest: Amanda Thomson

Sep 20

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Crime Fiction

Feeling the solve

Sophie Hannah

Sep 23-28

The Hurst

Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Poetry

Landscape and the body

Pascale Petit

Clare Best

Guest: Jonathan Totman

Sep 23-27

IOU Hostel

Fiction, Poetry, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write Poetry & Fiction

Finding your voice

Russ Litten

Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

Guest: Kit Fan

Sep 24

Online

Other

Masterclass: Containers and Wellbeing

'A Glittering Shoal in the Right-Sized Tank'

Caleb Parkin

Oct 7-12

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Place and Perspective

The writer in the world

Nancy Campbell

James Attlee

Guest: Preti Taneja

Oct 7-12

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Other

Residential Writing Week: Fiction and Hybrid Writing

Magic, reality, and all that lies between

Tania Hershman

Sean Lusk

Guest: Alinah Azadeh

Oct 22

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Poetry’s Architecture

How to build a poem

Emily Berry

Nov 5

Online

Other

Masterclass: Writing Across Multi-Platforms

Taking your stories to a broader audience

Alice Vincent

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