ARVON BLOG
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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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Poetry competition First Prize: Jill Munro – “Iris Pupil”
18 Jul 2019 / News
Iris/pupil
With my eyes shut it could be easy
to believe I am white-stick blind,
hidden in the…
Poetry competition Second Prize: Jo Matthews – “Lonely”
18 Jul 2019 / News
Lonely
You’re lying close enough
that your eyes are black liquid stars
and I can count the constellations…
Poetry competition Third Prize: Joan Lennon – “Itis and Labyrinth”
18 Jul 2019 / News
Itis and the Labyrinth
(Labyrinthitis: a self-limiting disorder of the inner ear)
Hitchcock angles start the pinwheel.
My room…
Peter Papathanasiou – My two writing births
18 Jul 2019 / Lumb Bank
I’ve had two writing births in my life: the birth, and the rebirth. My time at Arvon in 2013 was part…
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How many Arvon courses does it take to write a published novel? – Juile Pike
11 Jul 2019 / My Arvon Journey
I know, it’s an impossible question to answer. For many the answer is of course none, but in my case the…
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