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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash. Find out about our course types here

Courses Overview

Type

Genre

Date

Centre

All courses
5 Day Course

Aug 26-31

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

Grand designs

Luke Kennard
Colette Bryce
Guest: Jacqueline Saphra
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5 Day Course

Aug 26-31

Lumb Bank

Children & YA

Young Adult Fiction

Turning acorns into oaks

Chelsey Flood
Alex Wheatle
Guest: Liz Flanagan
5 Day Course

Aug 26-31

Totleigh Barton

Other

Songwriting

Seeing the wood for the trees

Kathryn Williams
David Ford
Guest: Paul Smith
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5 Day Course

Sep 2-7

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Next steps in the journey

Nicholas Royle
Liz Jensen
Guest: Sarah Winman
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5 Day Course

Sep 2-7

Lumb Bank

Playwriting

Playwriting: Tutored Retreat

Actors and audience – writing for a live medium

Ola Animashawun
Jessica Swale
Guest: Polly Stenham
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5 Day Course

Sep 2-7

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry: Towards a Collection

From first draft to publishing deal

Tom Chivers
Sarah Hesketh
Guest: Mary Jean Chan
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5 Day Course

Sep 9-14

The Hurst

Fiction

Crime Fiction

The essentials of murder and mayhem

Dreda Say Mitchell
Adam Hamdy
Guest: Imran Mahmood
5 Day Course

Sep 9-14

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Ways into writing

Mark Illis
Gillian Allnutt
Guest: Adelle Stripe
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5 Day Course

Sep 9-14

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Editing Non-Fiction

Developing a critical eye

Alexander Masters
Jenny Lord
Guest: Peter Straus
One-to-one

Sep 10

Online 9.30am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
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5 Day Course

Sep 16-21

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

New ways of making new work

Jean Sprackland
Jacob Polley
Guest: Paul Farley
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5 Day Course

Sep 16-21

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction

Brave new words

Cathi Unsworth
Christopher Wakling
Guest: Louise Beech
5 Day Course

Sep 16-21

Totleigh Barton

Screenwriting

Writing for TV: Comedy

Serious fun

Sarah Morgan
John-Luke Roberts
Guest: Joel Morris
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One-to-one

Sep 18

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Marcus Sedgwick

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

Marcus Sedgwick
5 Day Course

Sep 23-28

The Hurst

Playwriting

Playwriting

The art and craft of page to stage

Al Smith
Ella Hickson
Guest: Patricia Cumper
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5 Day Course

Sep 23-28

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Narrative Non-Fiction

History, memory and the art of telling stories

Julie Summers
Lucinda Hawksley
Guest: Damian Le Bas
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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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