ARVON BLOG
Colin Grant – First, Do No Harm – #Arvon50
13 Jul 2018 / #Arvon50
#Arvon50
Arvon is 50 this year and to celebrate we have collected the stories of writers far and…
Anne Patterson’s Arvon Week
22 Jun 2018 / My Arvon Week
In August 2007 I nearly didn’t go on an Arvon novel writing course. My ex said he had to go abroad…
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Jane Feaver – My life according to Arvon
15 Jun 2018 / #Arvon50
#Arvon50
Arvon is 50 this year and to celebrate we have collected the stories of writers far and…
Open Gardens at the Hurst – May 13th
04 Apr 2018 / #Arvon50
The Hurst, The John Osborne Arvon Centre, Clunton:
Open Gardens May 13th 2-5pm
Arvon is 50 this…
Tim Firth – Macbeth the musical – #Arvon50
22 Mar 2018 / #Arvon50
I was eighteen. A-Levels over. I wasn’t ready to go to University. I took a year off.
People use their years…
Victoria Lambert: Author Boundaries – My Arvon Journey
05 Mar 2018 / General
After 30 years of promising myself an Arvon course, in August 2015 I turned up at The Hurst to join a…
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Kirin’s Resolution Writing – Sensing Culture
15 Feb 2018 / General
I decided in 2018 one of my new year’s resolutions was to try at least one new thing each month. To…
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Tom Richardson – Interrogation
05 Feb 2018 / #Arvon50
Interrogation
Back last March, I wrench myself
from domestic cosiness of my eighty-first year,
and travel. Arriving at a house,
high…
Annie Fox – My Arvon Week
02 Feb 2018 / General
In July 2017, I was in a barn in Totleigh Barton listening to one of our playwriting tutors, Brad Birch, read…
Read moreWELCOME TO ARVON’S 2018 PROGRAMME
04 Dec 2017 / General
Ruth Borthwick, Chief Executive and Artistic Director
We are celebrating our 50th birthday in 2018. It’s an exciting moment…
ARVON APPOINTS JEREMY TREGLOWN AS CHAIR
06 Nov 2017 / General
Arvon has appointed Jeremy Treglown as its new Chair.
Chief Executive of Arvon, Ruth Borthwick said: “Arvon has a wonderful new…
The Write Way Forward: The Importance of Teachers Being Writers Alongside Children Being Writers
21 Aug 2017 / General
After another day of long lessons, Ofsted-prepping observations and mountains of marking (not to mention any of the many unforeseen fights,…
Read moreSarah Franklin’s Jerwood/Arvon mentoring scheme Journey
27 Jul 2017 / Lumb Bank
Jenn Ashworth is a Ninja Genius
In 2013 I travelled to Lumb Bank to attend a first Arvon course,…
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Louisa Rhodes Arvon Week
17 Jul 2017 / Lumb Bank
For the first week of the Easter holiday, I was lucky enough to go off on a Hive South Yorkshire and…
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