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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash. Grants are available to help with the course fee.

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Genre

Date

Centre

All courses
5 Day Course

Feb 25-Mar 2

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Winter Warmer: Poetry

The poetry workout

Jo Shapcott
Karen McCarthy Woolf
Guest: Raymond Antrobus
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One-to-one

Feb 27

Online 13.00pm

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
One-to-one

Mar 5

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
One-to-one

Mar 7

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
5 Day Course

Mar 11-16

The Hurst

Fiction

Winter Warmer: Fiction

Re-energising your creativity

Kirsty Gunn
Meaghan Delahunt
Guest: Tony White
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One-to-one

Mar 12

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
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One-to-one

Mar 19

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
One-to-one

Mar 20

Online 10:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
5 Day Course

Apr 8-13

The Hurst

Fiction

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Children & YA

Young Adult Fiction

Enthralling the young adult reader

Sheena Wilkinson
Anthony McGowan
Guest: Yaba Badoe
5 Day Course

Apr 15-20

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction

Unlearning rules, building instinct

Samantha Harvey
Jason Hewitt
Guest: Darcy Nicholson
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5 Day Course

Apr 22-27

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction

Technique and tenacity: a good first draft and beyond

Adam Foulds
Alison MacLeod
Guest: Tor Udall
5 Day Course

Apr 22-27

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry

Seeing your poetry in the round

Ian Duhig
Catherine Smith
Guest: Zaffar Kunial
5 Day Course

Apr 22-27

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Narrative Non-Fiction

The secret to writing luminous and commercial prose

Horatio Clare
Bella Bathurst
Guest: John Grindrod
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5 Day Course

Apr 29-May 4

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry: Towards a Collection

Navigating a maze of your own creation

Caroline Bird
Jane Commane
Guest: Rishi Dastidar
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5 Day Course

Apr 29-May 4

Lumb Bank

Screenwriting

Screenwriting

Stand out from the crowd

Sophie Mathisen
Samm Haillay
Guest: Andrew McVicar
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5 Day Course

Apr 29-May 4

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Starting to Write Fiction

Finding fresh connections

Mark Haddon
Molly McGrann
Guest: Sophie Mackintosh
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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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