ARVON BLOG
Peter Leyland – What we did on our holidays
11 Dec 2018 / #Arvon50
What do marketing analysts, postgraduate history scholars, Information Technology librarians, and recently retired teachers have in common? Answer – they don’t…
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Alice Jolly – Arvon at 50
04 Dec 2018 / #Arvon50
I went on my first Arvon course twenty five years ago. For the whole week I was plagued by an evil…
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Barbara McDaid – I’m Still Here
29 Nov 2018 / #Arvon50
‘I’m not sure I’m cut out for this’ I said, my case packed and my taxi due. Having been trying my…
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Anjum Malik – The Sizzle Of Love
27 Nov 2018 / #Arvon50
Arvon has played a major part in my writing career as a creative writing tutor, I was asked to tutor a…
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Maitreyabandhu – Full Circle at The Hurst
13 Nov 2018 / #Arvon50
On May 21st this year I will catch a train to The Hurst in the company of the wonderful Mimi Khalvati,…
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Remembering Nick Grant
12 Nov 2018 / News
It is with a heavy heart that we share this sad news. Our dear friend Nick Grant passed away peacefully on…
Read moreRuth Borthwick announces her departure
08 Nov 2018 / Chief Executive
Arvon today announces that Ruth Borthwick will step down in April 2019, after a decade as Artistic Director and Chief Executive….
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Lois Pryce – Arvon at 50
06 Nov 2018 / #Arvon50
In the mid-90s, aged 22, I landed my dream job at an indie record label. This was mainly due to a…
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Katrina Naomi – The Best View in England
30 Oct 2018 / #Arvon50
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Arvon is 50 this year and to celebrate we have collected the stories of writers…
Marcus Sedgwick – This is it
23 Oct 2018 / #Arvon50
‘This is it’
It was a cold and rainy winter’s evening and the weather whipped around Ted Hughes’ old…
Roger Robinson – Arvon: A Clear Space
16 Oct 2018 / #Arvon50
Arvon: A Clear Space
You’ve needed this trip, you’ve committed
you’re in the room and you feel guilt, guilt…
Emylia Hall – Coming Home
09 Oct 2018 / #Arvon50
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Arvon is 50 this year and to celebrate we have collected the stories of writers far and…
Hannah Lowe – The Calmness of Sheep
02 Oct 2018 / #Arvon50
I took my first Arvon course about ten years ago, at Totleigh Barton, with George Szirtes and Helen Ivory. I was…
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Liz Jensen – Arvon at 50
27 Sep 2018 / #Arvon50
Today, with eight novels behind me, I look back with bafflement at the amount of guilt I felt when I signed…
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