ARVON BLOG
“Teachers as Writers” research project to evaluate the impact of teachers’ development as writers on the writing of their students
02 Jun 2015 / News
Arvon is delighted to announce it has been awarded £159,188 from Arts Council England’s new Research Grant for a two year…
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My imagination ran rampant: Keira Andrews’ Arvon journey
12 May 2015 / My Arvon Week
“You’re so close to IT, Keira. IT! You’re bloody good, and so close.”
– Horatio Clare, my…
First Lines – Ben Bransfield’s Arvon Week
23 Apr 2015 / General
Ben Bransfield, teacher of English at King’s College School in Wimbledon, introduces sixteen boys to their first Arvon experience –…
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Jim Hinks’ Arvon Story
14 Apr 2015 / General
“Before I was a publisher, I worked as a plasterer. Plastering often coincides with change: people moving into a new house,…
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08 Apr 2015 / General
Virginia Macgregor, novelist and English Teacher at Wellington College, blogs about a school week at The Hurst, Monday 30th March…
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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT JOHN MOAT
16 Mar 2015 / General
by Lindsay Clarke, author and Arvon tutor.
John Moat, the co-founder of Arvon, died last year. Arvon hosted an event…
David Eldridge Tutor Takeover on Twitter
11 Mar 2015 / General
We’re very excited to announce that on Friday 13th March from 2-3pm we’ll be holding a #TutorTakeover on twitter with award…
Read moreFrom Totleigh Barton to Barnes Bookshop: How My Cookbook Came to Life in Just Seven Short Years
10 Mar 2015 / General
by Kristen Frederickson
In the autumn of 2008, I joined about 15 other aspiring writers at Totleigh Barton, with…
Arvon tutor week at Lumb Bank
27 Feb 2015 / Lumb Bank
Image by Julia Golding
Three Arvon tutors who attended our Tutor Development Course ‘The Freehouse of the Imagination’ at Lumb Bank…
Six years at Totleigh
13 Feb 2015 / Totleigh Barton
by Oliver Meek, Centre Director at Totleigh Barton Arvon Centre for the last six years
I realised today,…
Beth Miller’s Arvon Weeks
04 Feb 2015 / My Arvon Week
photo by Elizabeth Roberts
I first went on an Arvon course in 2001. It was a selected course for people writing…
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Welcome to the 2015 Course Programme
07 Jan 2015 / Chief Executive
Ruth Borthwick, Chief Executive
It’s amazing to think that it is 40 years since Arvon started running courses…
PD JAMES AND ARVON
01 Dec 2014 / General
by Simon Brett
It is frequently said that crime writers are a benign and friendly lot, and of no…