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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

Sep 22

Online

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

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Non-Fiction

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Other

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Short Story

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Hybrid Writing

Zoom masterclass with Tania Hershman

Tania Hershman

Sep 23

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Rachel Long via Zoom

Rachel Long

Sep 28-Oct 2

Online

Radio Drama

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Writing for Radio

Holding Your Audience

Lu Kemp
Oliver Emanuel
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Last few places left

Sep 30

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Patrick McGuinness via Zoom

Patrick McGuinness

Oct 1

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: A Portable Paradise Craft Talk

Zoom masterclass with Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson

Oct 5-9

Online

Non-Fiction

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Other

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Life Writing with Coaching

Freeing yourself from procrastination

Colin Grant
Jo Alderson
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Oct 7

Online

Poetry

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Other

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Songwriting

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from John Hegley via Zoom

John Hegley

Oct 12-16

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Fiction

Bringing the imaginary to life

Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Chibundu Onuzo
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Oct 12-16

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Poetry Towards a Collection

Developing the character of your own poetry

Fiona Sampson
Sean O'Brien
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Oct 19-23

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Prose Poetry

A week of formal and narrative play

Anne Caldwell
Sophie Collins

Oct 22

Online

Playwriting

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Other

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Making Yourself Useful

Zoom masterclass with Chris Thorpe

Chris Thorpe

Oct 26-30

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Popular Non-Fiction

Writing for the modern reader

Nell Frizzell
Darcy Nicholson
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Oct 28

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Winnie M Li via Zoom

Winnie M Li

Nov 2-6

Online

Children & YA

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Young Adult Fiction Work-in-Progress

Getting on with it

Jenny Valentine
Melvin Burgess

Nov 2-6

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Stories and the Living World

in Fiction and Non-Fiction

Jay Griffiths
Tom Bullough

Nov 9-13

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Poetry

Form and Freedom

Mona Arshi
Mimi Khalvati

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.

Find out more