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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash. Find out about our course types here

Courses Overview

Type

Genre

Date

Centre

All courses
5 Day Course

Jul 22-27

The Hurst

Other

Arvon Teacher Week

Time and space to write

Catherine Johnson
Cliff Yates
Guest: Emma Carroll
5 Day Course

Jul 29-Aug 3

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

How to make opposites attract within our poems

Pascale Petit
Andrew McMillan
Guest: Seán Hewitt
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5 Day Course

Jul 29-Aug 3

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction

Fuel for the fire

Diane Setterfield
Russ Litten
Guest: Libby Page
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5 Day Course

Jul 29-Aug 3

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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Children & YA

Children’s Fiction

Wonder in words

Steve Voake
Anna Wilson
Guest: Michael Morpurgo
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One-to-one

Jul 29

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

In-depth feedback on your fiction work-in-progress

Kerry Young
One-to-one

Jul 31

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

In-depth feedback on your fiction work-in-progress

Kerry Young
One-to-one

Aug 1

Online 2.45pm

Poetry

Arvon Poetry 1-1 with Jen Hadfield

In-depth feedback on your poems

Jen Hadfield
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One-to-one

Aug 1

Online 4pm

Poetry

Arvon Poetry 1-1 with Jen Hadfield

In-depth feedback on your poems

Jen Hadfield
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5 Day Course

Aug 5-10

The Hurst

Fiction

Writing a Novel: Tutored Retreat

Re-energising your writing and supercharging your novel

Toby Litt
Rachel Seiffert
Guest: Kirsty Logan
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5 Day Course

Aug 5-10

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Finding and shaping the story

Richard Beard
Sarah Churchwell
Guest: Wendy Moore
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5 Day Course

Aug 5-10

Totleigh Barton

Other

Prepare for Publication

Navigating your way from manuscript to book deal

James Spackman
Jenny Parrott
Guest: Judith Murray
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5 Day Course

Aug 12-17

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry

Building a repertoire

Mimi Khalvati
Mona Arshi
Guest: James Sheard
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5 Day Course

Aug 12-17

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Folk Fiction

Looking for life in fantastical places

Adam Marek
Zoe Gilbert
Guest: Irenosen Okojie
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3 Day Course

Aug 12-15

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Short Course: Non-Fiction Tutored Retreat

Supercharge your non-fiction project

Ian Marchant
Lois Pryce
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One-to-one

Aug 12

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

In-depth feedback on your fiction work-in-progress

Guest: Kerry Young
5 Day Course

Aug 19-24

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Becoming you, the writer

Graham Mort
Jo Furniss
Guest: Nick Makoha
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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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