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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

Date

Centre

All courses

Oct 18-22

Online

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Starting to Write

Starting (or Restarting) Your Creative Journey

Christopher Wakling
Romalyn Ante

Oct 20

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Melody Razak

Melody Razak

Oct 21

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home & Class Fest Masterclass: Poetry and the Body with Joelle Taylor

Zoom masterclass with Joelle Taylor

Joelle Taylor

Oct 25-29

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Life-Changing Non-Fiction

Horatio Clare
Laura Barton
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Oct 26

Online

Screenwriting

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Creating the fictional screenplay from factual stories

Zoom masterclass with Tina Gharavi

Tina Gharavi

Oct 27

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Damian Le Bas via Zoom

Damian Le Bas

Oct 28

Online

Poetry

,

Playwriting

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Other

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Volatile Space

Zoom masterclass with Inua Ellams

Inua Ellams

Oct 28

Online

Fiction

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Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children & Young People Reading with Emma Carroll

A reading and Q&A

Emma Carroll

Oct 31

Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Non-Fiction

Arvon Live Writing Day

Life Writing Day with Cathy Rentzenbrink & Raynor Winn

Cathy Rentzenbrink
Raynor Winn
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5 Day Course

Nov 1-6

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Life Writing

Demystifying Memoir

Cathy Rentzenbrink
Raynor Winn
Guest: Amy Liptrot
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5 Day Course

Nov 1-6

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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Publishing

Prepare For Publication

Fiction

James Spackman
Suzie Dooré
Guest: Emma Paterson

Nov 1-5

Online

Radio Drama

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Radio Drama

Holding Your Audience

Lu Kemp
Oliver Emanuel
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5 Day Course

Nov 1-6

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry: Towards A Collection

Developing the Poetic Aesthetic

Hannah Lowe
Tamar Yoseloff
Guest: Rishi Dastidar

Nov 2

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Fiction – The World of Things

Zoom masterclass with Conor O'Callaghan

Conor O'Callaghan

Nov 3

Online

Radio Drama

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Craft Talk and Q&A with Eloise Whitmore via Zoom

Eloise Whitmore
5 Day Course

Nov 8-13

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction: Tutored Retreat

Fire Up Your Fiction

Caitlin Davies
Jacob Ross
Guest: Gemma Seltzer
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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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