ARVON BLOG
Jean Atkin – A Shropshire Dimpsey, in Hurst Rough
29 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50
A Shropshire Dimpsey, in Hurst Rough
Lamp to our path, that dandelion globe has made
full moon above the…
Elise Valmorbida – Suitcase Stories
22 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50
I have just returned from Ted Hughes’ house in deepest greenest beautiful West Yorkshire. I’ve been teaching ‘Suitcase Stories’, a course…
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Irene Hossack – The Literary Life
15 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50
The Literary Life
I have found my place at Lumb Bank,
a wooden bench outside the communal dining room,
away from…
Ben Bransfield – #Arvon50
08 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50
It was an English teacher at school who first introduced me to the word ‘Arvon’, after having seen that creative writing…
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Carmina Masoliver – Shaneeka is not your friend anymore
03 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50
I was fortunate enough to be taken on a funded Arvon course by Apples & Snakes as part of The Writing…
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Wyl Menmuir – #Arvon50
26 Dec 2018 / #Arvon50
I wrote the first thousand words of what became my debut novel at a small desk overlooking the fields at the…
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Teresa Cremin – I won’t have to write will I?
18 Dec 2018 / #Arvon50
“I won’t have to write will I?” whispered Nicky as she entered the Totleigh Barton barn, “I’ve come to learn about…
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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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