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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

Apr 12-16

Online

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Starting to Write

Crafting your ideas into shape

Graham Mort
Lisa Blower
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Apr 12-16

Online

Children & YA

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Writing for Children and Young Adults

Finding Your Narrative Voice

William Sutcliffe
Patrice Lawrence

Apr 13

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

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Screenwriting

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Other

Arvon at Home: Craft of Writing with Robert Webb

In conversation with Alex Clark

Robert Webb

Apr 14

Online

Fiction

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Screenwriting

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Amrou Al-Kadhi via Zoom

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Apr 15

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Feeling Out Along the Length of the Line

Zoom masterclass with Jacob Polley

Jacob Polley

Apr 19-23

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Writing on Nature and Human Nature

Jay Griffiths
Peter Fiennes
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Apr 19-23

Online

Fiction

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Short Story

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Fantastic Flash Fiction

From Inspiration to Publication

Vanessa Gebbie
David Gaffney
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Apr 20

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: The Art of Research

Zoom masterclass with Marina Benjamin

Marina Benjamin

Apr 21

Online

Fiction

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Short Story

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Live reading and Q&A with Rebecca Watson via Zoom

Rebecca Watson

Apr 21

Online

Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children’s Young People Workshop with Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Black British Voices: Poetry to Prose

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Apr 22-22

Online

Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children’s & Young People’s Workshop with Cecilia Knapp

Finding The Magic of Writing

Cecilia Knapp

Apr 26-30

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Poetry

Writing Your Second Collection

John Glenday
Mona Arshi
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Last few places left

Apr 26-30

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Fiction

Work in Progress

Russ Litten
Liz Jensen

Apr 27

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Serious Fun

Zoom masterclass with Daljit Nagra

Daljit Nagra

Apr 28

Online

Poetry

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Other

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Henry Normal via Zoom

Henry Normal

Apr 29

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: How to Start a Novel

Zoom masterclass with Lesley Glaister

Lesley Glaister

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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