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COURSES & RETREATS

Arvon centres are temporarily closed during the Covid-19 crisis, but we have a full Arvon at Home online programme of Guest Readings, Masterclasses, 1-1s and Writing Weeks.

Courses Overview

Type

Genre

Date

Centre

All courses

Jun 5

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Jo Brand via Zoom

Jo Brand

Jun 10

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

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Short Story

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from AL Kennedy via Zoom

A.L. Kennedy

Jun 11

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Excavating the Self

Zoom masterclass with Cathy Rentzenbrink

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Jun 15-19

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home: Poetry Writing Week 

Mining personal histories

Hannah Lowe
Andrew McMillan
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Jun 17

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Kamila Shamsie via Zoom

Kamila Shamsie

Jun 18

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: The Big Picture and Why Each Word Counts

Zoom masterclass with Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks

Jun 22-26

Online

Fiction

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Short Story

Arvon at Home: Short Story Writing Week 

Utterly distinctive short stories

Nicholas Royle
KJ Orr
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Jun 24

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Monica Ali via Zoom

Monica Ali

Jun 25

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: The Poem in Quarantine

Zoom masterclass with poet Kate Clanchy

Kate Clanchy

Jun 29-Jul 3

Online

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Starting to Write

Leaping into poetry and prose

Tiffany Murray
Raymond Antrobus
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Jul 2

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Fundamentals of Character

Zoom masterclass with A. L. Kennedy

A.L. Kennedy

Jul 8

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Will Self via Zoom

Will Self

Jul 15

Online

Poetry

,

Playwriting

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Luke Wright via Zoom

Luke Wright

Aug 6

Online

Fiction

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Starting to Write

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Non-Fiction

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Screenwriting

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Other

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Radio Drama

Arvon at Home Masterclass: A Short Guide to Writing Everything

Zoom masterclass with David Quantick

David Quantick

Aug 10-14

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Writing a Novel

Find your voice and develop your story

Stephen May
Samantha Harvey
5 Day Course

Aug 17-22

The Hurst

Poetry

POETRY

Making the most of the external world

Jack Underwood
Rachael Allen
Guest: Sandeep Parmar
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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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