Jan 10-15
Totleigh Barton
Fiction
The Art of Persuasion
Samantha Harvey
Paul Lynch
Guest: Evie Wyld
Last few places left
New Winter/Spring Season 2022
Arvon is a charity that runs creative writing courses, events and retreats both in-person and online. Our courses are tutored by leading authors and include a powerful mix of workshops and individual tutorials, with time and space to write, free from distractions of everyday life. Grants and concessions are available to help with course fees.
Jan 10-15
Totleigh Barton
The Art of Persuasion
Jan 10-15
The Hurst
How We Write the Lives of Others
Jan 11
Online
Zoom masterclass
Jan 13
Online
Zoom masterclass with Sally Abbott
Jan 17-22
Lumb Bank
Unleash Your Inner Short Story Maestro
Jan 17-22
Totleigh Barton
Tapping into the Ocean Within
Jan 18
Online
Zoom masterclass with Marvin Thompson
Jan 22
Online
Excavating the self
Our new online programme of courses, events and writing support
We're pleased to share our new Writing Weeks, Masterclasses, Live Guest Readings, Craft of Writing Sessions, Children & Young People programme and Arvon 1-1s, all accessible from the comfort of your sofa.
Give your writing the time and space it deserves with Arvon’s dedicated Writers Retreat at The Clockhouse
The Clockhouse is specifically designed for writers on retreat. It has four apartments for writers, each with bedroom, study-lounge and bathroom. All food is provided for you, so you can spend your time as you please.
How will Covid-19 affect Arvon courses?
We have reopened our writing houses for courses and retreats but are limiting the capacity at each house, and have put in place a number of safety precautions.
Do you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to unlock their creative potential?
We believe that everyone deserves the freedom to imagine, write and explore ideas regardless of their age or financial background.
We offer residential weeks for schools, young people and adult groups.
Our weeks for schools and groups follow the same pattern as our adult course programme – led by two professional writers, with tutorials, group workshops, and time and space to write.
25 Nov 2021 / My Arvon Week
Bodies Lined with Gold: Lumb Bank, The Arvon Foundation, August 1996 by Sarah Corbett
Sometime early in 1996 a…
03 Nov 2021 / The Stories We Tell
‘I’: 26 reflections on the fiction of self
Mæg ic be me sylfum soðgied wrecan
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17 Aug 2021 / My Arvon Journey
Perhaps it all begins with the voice.
What I remember most clearly now is Mrs Jenkins reading to us from …
14 Jul 2021 / My Arvon Journey
As a child I dreamt of being a writer, of travelling the world and telling stories. Journalism offered me the opportunity…
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