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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

Location

All courses

Dec 1

Online

Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Sarah Crossan via Zoom

Sarah Crossan

Dec 5

Online

Poetry

Arvon & Malika’s Poetry Kitchen Showcase

In support of 'Too Young, Too Loud, Too Different'

Dec 6-10

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Fiction

Nurturing Your Inner Writer

Tiffany Murray
Rajeev Balasubramanyam

Dec 8

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Rónán Hession via Zoom

Rónán Hession

Dec 9

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Journey into Stories

Zoom masterclass with Jonathan Lorie

Jonathan Lorie

Dec 13-18

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry: Tutored Retreat

Moving Your Practice On

Ann Sansom
Peter Sansom
Guest: Shash Trevett
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Dec 13-17

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Making Life Stories Thrilling

John-Paul Flintoff
Fiona Sampson

Dec 13-18

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction

The Elements of Fiction

Claire Fuller
Russ Litten
Guest: Derek Owusu
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Dec 13-18

Totleigh Barton

Children & YA

Writing for Children and Young People

On the Write Lines: From Picture Books to YA

Anna Wilson
Steve Voake
Guest: Joanna Nadin
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Dec 14

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Poetry: Say What?

Zoom masterclass with Jacob Polley & Chris Jones

Jacob Polley
Chris Jones

Dec 15

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Elise Valmorbida via Zoom

Elise Valmorbida

Jan 10-15

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction

The Art of Persuasion

Samantha Harvey
Paul Lynch
Guest: Evie Wyld

Jan 10-14

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Starting to Write Non-fiction

Turning Real Life into Gripping Stories

Lois Pryce
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

Jan 10-15

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry: Other Lives, Intertwined

How We Write the Lives of Others

Kim Moore
Jonathan Edwards
Guest: Abeer Ameer

Jan 10-15

Lumb Bank

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

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Short Story

Starting to Write

Arrive as you. Leave as a writer.

Vanessa Gebbie
Catherine Smith
Guest: Luke Wright
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Jan 11

Online

Poetry

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Playwriting

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Other

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Writing for Performance with Communities

Zoom masterclass with Francesca Beard & Sara Clifford

Francesca Beard
Sara Clifford

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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