ARVON BLOG
Jacob Ross – The Stories We Tell
11 Jun 2020 / The Stories We Tell
Unlocking Rooms
My appreciation of the power of stories happened in 1974. I was a pupil at a boys’…
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Hannah Lowe – The Stories We Tell
18 May 2020 / The Stories We Tell
Electric Silences
My instinct to become a poet emerged from a desire to tell stories. Perhaps I should have…
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The Stories We Tell
19 Mar 2020 / The Stories We Tell
The Haunted Library
The inspiration to write historical fiction arrives with a strange and wonderful sensation. A subject that…
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Covid-19 Update
18 Mar 2020 / News
Following government advice, and with the safety and wellbeing of our staff and course participants in mind, we have made the…
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Stephen Thompson – The Stories We Tell
01 Mar 2020 / The Stories We Tell
Speaky-Spokey
I decided to become a writer after reading A House For Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul. …
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The Stories We Tell – Eley Williams
05 Feb 2020 / The Stories We Tell
On Jotting – Ten Postcards
Postcard 1
I once wrote a short story titled ‘Smote’. Actually,…
Chris Power – The Stories We Tell
15 Jan 2020 / The Stories We Tell
Writing Stories, Writing Jokes
It might begin with a man buttering a slice of toast. Stories can begin anywhere,…
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Sarah Hall – The Stories We Tell
18 Dec 2019 / The Stories We Tell
River Story
The other day, my daughter told me she wants to be a writer. She is currently learning…
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Nikesh Shukla – The Stories We Tell
04 Dec 2019 / The Stories We Tell
Ten Rounds: Boxing and Writing
Inspiration for new books can come from the strangest places. My second novel was…
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Kerry Hudson – The Stories We Tell
08 Nov 2019 / The Stories We Tell
Take Me to Tesco’s
I like writing, but I love living more. I’ve said variations of this many times…
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What Makes A Writer? – Guest post by Kim Cook
01 Nov 2019 / Uncategorized
This is a question that anyone reading this has surely asked themselves. For me some days I’m a writer, other days…
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Raymond Antrobus – The Stories We Tell
18 Oct 2019 / The Stories We Tell
Beginning With A Line
The Northern Irish poet Michael Longley once said, ‘If I knew where poems came from,…
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Bernardine Evaristo – The Stories We Tell
01 Oct 2019 / The Stories We Tell
These Things I Know
During my career I have often felt like the snail overtaken by many hares. I…
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Totleigh Barton’s outreach work in Devon schools
27 Aug 2019 / General
If anyone has bought an item from the Totleigh Barton gift shop, firstly, thank you! We hope you are enjoying your…
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