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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash.

Courses Overview

Type

Genre

Date

Centre

All courses
One-to-one

Mar 30

Online 2.00pm

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
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One-to-one

Apr 2

Online 14.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
One-to-one

Apr 9

Online 14.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
One-to-one

Apr 16

Online 14.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
5 Day Course

Apr 27-May 2

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE FICTION

Finding the right direction

Mark Haddon
Jane Feaver
Guest: Shahnaz Ahsan
5 Day Course

Apr 27-May 2

Lumb Bank

Screenwriting

Feature Film Screenplays Industry Bootcamp

Script to pitch to screen (and phone)

Samm Haillay
Sophie Mathisen
Guest: Corrina Antrobus
Retreat

May 4-9

The Hurst

Poetry

POETRY TUTORED RETREAT

The poems only you can write

Michael Laskey
Helena Nelson
Guest: Dean Parkin
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Last few places left
3 Day Course

May 4-7

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

LIFE WRITING SHORT COURSE

With head and heart

Christie Watson
Rhik Samadder
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Last few places left
5 Day Course

May 4-9

Totleigh Barton

Playwriting

THEATRE

From kitchen table to opening night

Amy Rosenthal
Mark Rosenblatt
Guest: Erica Whyman
3 Day Course

May 8-10

Lumb Bank

Fiction

FICTION SHORT COURSE

Finishing it

Emma Jane Unsworth
Mark Watson
5 Day Course

May 11-16

The Hurst

Fiction

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Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE A NOVEL

From your head to the page

Kerry Young
Tyler Keevil
Guest: Rosalind Stopps
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Last few places left
5 Day Course

May 11-16

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

FICTION

Tales of crisis, words of hope

Gregory Norminton
Liz Jensen
Guest: Ben Smith
5 Day Course

May 11-16

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

NON-FICTION WORK-IN-PROGRESS

You're closer than you think

Elise Valmorbida
John-Paul Flintoff
Guest: Rachel Clarke
One-to-one

May 11

Online 11.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

5 Day Course

May 18-23

Lumb Bank

Poetry

POETRY

Getting to the heart of things

Liz Berry
Niall Campbell
Guest: Roy McFarlane
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5 Day Course

May 18-23

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

NATURE WRITING

Putting wildness into words

Tim Dee
Miriam Darlington
Guest: Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

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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