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COURSES & RETREATS

Arvon writing houses are open for Residential Writing Weeks and Retreats. We also have a full Arvon at Home online programme of Online Writing Weeks, Masterclasses, 1-1s and free How I Write events.

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Type

Genre

Location

Apr 3-7

Online

Fiction

Online Writing Week: Fiction Work-in-Progress

Focus on the Craft

Marcel Theroux
Rachel Seiffert
Guest: Tania Hershman
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Apr 3-May 1

Online

Poetry

Online Evening Course: Poetry – Towards a Collection

Becoming your own best editor

Jane Commane
Ian Humphreys
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Apr 4

Online

Poetry, Other

Masterclass: How to Teach Poetry

Invent a workshop that is entirely yours

David Morley

Apr 5

Online

Fiction

How I Write: Tania Hershman

Q&A and Reading

Tania Hershman

Apr 6

Online

Children & YA

Children’s and Young People’s Reading with Steven Camden

My Big Mouth

Steven Camden (Polarbear)

Apr 10-15

The Hurst

Fiction, Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write

Uncover your writing

Cecilia Knapp
Russ Litten
Guest: Sammy Weaver
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Apr 10-14

Online

Poetry

Online Writing Week: Poetry

Indulging in your obsessions

Stephen Sexton
Jessica Traynor
Guest: Amali Gunasekera
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Apr 11

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Lessons from Speculative Fiction

Harnessing the power of 'what if?'

Sophie Mackintosh

Apr 12

Online

Poetry

How I Write: Amali Gunasekera

Q&A and Reading

Amali Gunasekera

Apr 14

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Writing the Wild Way

Zoom Masterclass with Jack Wallington

Jack Wallington

Apr 16

Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Fiction

Arvon Live Writing Day: Fiction

Writing Dark Fictions

Andrew Michael Hurley
Katherine Clements

Apr 17-21

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Writing family history: whose story is it anyway?

Hannah Lowe
Colin Grant
Guest: Meriel Schindler

Apr 17-22

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Life Writing

More than memoir

Alice Jolly
John-Paul Flintoff
Guest: Roopa Farooki
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Apr 17-22

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Landscapes and Underworlds

Zoe Gilbert
Andrew Michael Hurley
Guest: Samantha Harvey
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Apr 19

Online

Non-Fiction

How I Write: Meriel Schindler

Q&A and Reading

Meriel Schindler

Apr 21

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Poetry

Finding a Path

Jen Campbell

Clockhouse Retreats

Give your writing the time and space it deserves with Arvon’s dedicated Writers Retreat at The Clockhouse. The Clockhouse is open year-round, set in the grounds at The Hurst.

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