ARVON BLOG
‘I’m a writer’ – Colette Watson’s Arvon Aftermath
26 Aug 2014 / My Arvon Week
by Colette Watson, a writer on the Starting to Write Short Stories week at Lumb Bank 4-9 August 2014…
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Beta readers – the benefits of a critiquing partnership
14 Aug 2014 / General
Writing can be a lonely business when you’re holed up in the attic hammering out your masterpiece. It’s easy to lose…
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Use Your Loaf – Vicki Lloyd’s Arvon week
30 Jul 2014 / General
Vicki Lloyd writes about her week of writing eating at Totleigh Barton…
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Deepest Devon for Writing…
Grants for the Arts and writers
03 Jul 2014 / Writing Advice
Are you on the cusp of a significant artistic achievement? Are you thinking about the future of storytelling? Are you…
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Tips for continuing writing once your Arvon course is over
01 Jul 2014 / Writing Advice
You’ve finished your Arvon course and returned home to your family, work, and a week’s worth of laundry. How…
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“Instead, I wrote”: Jennifer Watson’s Arvon week
20 Jun 2014 / General
by Jennifer Watson, a writer on a Fiction Retreat at Moniack Mhor 9-14 July 2014, tutored by Morag Joss and…
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ARVON APPOINTS ALISTAIR BURTENSHAW AS CHAIR
12 Jun 2014 / Chief Executive
From Ruth Borthwick, Chief Executive, Arvon
Arvon is at a very special moment in its 46 year old history as we…
A Grand Opening at The Hurst offers a way back to the past
29 May 2014 / The Hurst
By Gabriela Blandy, Assistant Centre Director, The Hurst
‘Don’t leave The Hurst!’ John Osborne was to say to…
“Writing into being”: Anthea Morrison’s Arvon week
28 May 2014 / My Arvon Week
by Anthea Morrison, a writer on a Fiction week at The Hurst May 12 – 17, tutored by Andrew Miller…
Read moreThe Gillian Hush Award – a fully funded place on Writing for Radio
23 May 2014 / General
For the second year Arvon is pleased to present The Gillian Hush Award for writers of radio drama. The…
Read moreCelebrating The Hurst
19 May 2014 / General
Earlier this month we spent a spring afternoon in the ‘blue remembered hills’ to celebrate the opening of The Hurst, The…
Read moreWhat I Took Home: ‘Poetry: The Lyrical Impulse’ at Totleigh Barton
14 May 2014 / General
by Hannah Copley, a writer on a Poetry week at Totleigh Barton Apr 23- May 3, tutored by Mimi Khalvati…
Read moreMy Arvon Week – Queer Fiction
28 Apr 2014 / Lumb Bank
Ahead of this year’s Queer Fiction week at Lumb Bank with Kerry Hudson and Jonathan Kemp at Lumb Bank (find out…
Read moreArvon and Moniack Mhor
23 Apr 2014 / News
From April 2015, Arvon courses will no longer be held at Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre near Inverness. Moniack Mhor…
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