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COURSES & RETREATS

Arvon writing houses are reopening from June for retreats and courses. We also have a full Arvon at Home online programme of Live Guest Readings, Masterclasses, Craft of Writing Sessions, 1-1s and Online Writing Weeks.

Courses Overview

Type

Genre

Date

Centre

All courses

Sep 21

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: The Game of the Poem

Zoom masterclass with Caroline Bird

Caroline Bird
5 Day Course

Sep 27-Oct 2

Lumb Bank

Playwriting

Playwriting

Writing for Performance

Caroline Horton
Tim Crouch
Guest: Travis Alabanza
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Sep 27-Oct 1

Online

Fiction

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Publishing

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Prepare for Publication

Your First Steps to Publication

Janine Giovanni
Darcy Nicholson
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5 Day Course

Sep 27-Oct 2

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry

Retrievals and Reimaginings

Jay Bernard
Fiona Benson
Guest: Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
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Sep 28

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Taming the Elastic Beast

Zoom masterclass with Caroline Bird

Caroline Bird

Sep 29-29

Online

Fiction

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Publishing

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Poetry

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Emma Paterson via Zoom

Emma Paterson

Sep 30

Online

Short Story

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Short Stories – Finding Your Voice

Zoom masterclass with Lucy Caldwell

Lucy Caldwell
5 Day Course

Oct 4-9

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

First Steps on Your Writing Journey

Carys Bray
Stevie Ronnie
Guest: Louise Hare
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5 Day Course

Oct 4-9

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

Sound & Sense

Jane Draycott
Gregory Leadbetter
Guest: Zaffar Kunial
5 Day Course

Oct 4-9

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Life Writing

Capturing Your Story

Colin Grant
Nell Frizzell
Guest: Pragya Agarwal

Oct 5

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Non Fiction – Place and People

Zoom masterclass with Rory Maclean

Guest: Rory MacLean

Oct 6

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Jarred McGinnis via Zoom

Jarred McGinnis

Oct 8-10

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Weekend: Fiction

Fiction Toolkit Weekend with Cynan Jones and Carys Davies

Cynan Jones
Carys Davies
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5 Day Course

Oct 11-16

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Reach Wider and Deeper in Your Fiction

Amanda Smyth
Richard Skinner
Guest: Paul Mendez
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5 Day Course

Oct 11-16

The Hurst

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Taking First Steps

Alicia Stubbersfield
Stephen May
Guest: Annie Garthwaite
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Oct 11-16

Lumb Bank

Retreat

Writers’ Retreat at Lumb Bank

A slice of peace and quiet in West Yorkshire

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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