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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

Mar 3

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Nell Frizzell via Zoom

Nell Frizzell

Mar 4

Online

Radio Drama

Arvon at Home Masterclass: 10 Things You Need To Know About Writing Radio Drama

Zoom Masterclass with Oliver Emanuel

Oliver Emanuel

Mar 8-12

Online

Poetry

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Playwriting

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Writing for Performance

From page to stage

Yomi Sode
Joelle Taylor
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Mar 8-12

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Non-fiction

Narrating travel, place & the natural world

William Atkins
Jessica J. Lee
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Mar 9

Online

Playwriting

Arvon at Home: Craft of Writing with Jude Kelly and Simon Stephens

In conversation

Jude Kelly
Simon Stephens

Mar 10

Online

Fiction

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Playwriting

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Screenwriting

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Courttia Newland via Zoom

Courttia Newland

Mar 11

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: The Arts of Non-Fiction

Zoom Masterclass with Horatio Clare

Horatio Clare

Mar 15-19

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Poetry

Capturing spirituality on the page

Roy McFarlane
Clare Shaw
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Mar 15-19

Online

Fiction

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Starting to Write

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Children & YA

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Non-Fiction

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Short Story

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Starting to Write

Taking your first step into the worlds of fiction and non-fiction

Rory MacLean
Kerry Young
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Last few places left

Mar 17

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Nadine Aisha Jassat via Zoom

Nadine Aisha Jassat

Mar 18

Online

Fiction

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Short Story

Arvon at Home Masterclass: How to Write a Short Story

Zoom Masterclass with Graham Mort

Graham Mort

Mar 22-26

Online

Non-Fiction

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Other

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Writing from Life

Transforming the raw material of life

Jane Feaver
Laura Barton
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Mar 22-26

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Writing a Novel

How to capture life on the page

Alison MacLeod
Tom Vowler
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Mar 23

Online

Fiction

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Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Titles, or the Ajar Door

Zoom masterclass with Rachel Long

Rachel Long

Mar 24

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Stephanie Scott via Zoom

Stephanie Scott

Mar 29-Apr 2

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Poetry

Writing Back

Raymond Antrobus
Jillian Weise
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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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