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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

Location

All courses

Dec 5

Online

Poetry

Arvon & Malika’s Poetry Kitchen Showcase

In support of 'Too Young, Too Loud, Too Different'

Dec 6-10

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Fiction

Nurturing Your Inner Writer

Tiffany Murray
Rajeev Balasubramanyam

Dec 8

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Rónán Hession via Zoom

Rónán Hession

Dec 9

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Journey into Stories

Zoom masterclass with Jonathan Lorie

Jonathan Lorie

Dec 13-18

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry: Tutored Retreat

Moving Your Practice On

Ann Sansom
Peter Sansom
Guest: Shash Trevett
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Dec 13-17

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Making Life Stories Thrilling

John-Paul Flintoff
Fiona Sampson

Dec 13-18

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction

The Elements of Fiction

Claire Fuller
Russ Litten
Guest: Derek Owusu
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Dec 13-18

Totleigh Barton

Children & YA

Writing for Children and Young People

On the Write Lines: From Picture Books to YA

Anna Wilson
Steve Voake
Guest: Joanna Nadin
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Dec 14

Online

Poetry

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Poetry: Say What?

Zoom masterclass with Jacob Polley & Chris Jones

Jacob Polley
Chris Jones

Dec 15

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Elise Valmorbida via Zoom

Elise Valmorbida

Jan 10-15

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction

The Art of Persuasion

Samantha Harvey
Paul Lynch
Guest: Evie Wyld

Jan 10-14

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Starting to Write Non-fiction

Turning Real Life into Gripping Stories

Lois Pryce
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

Jan 10-15

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry: Other Lives, Intertwined

How We Write the Lives of Others

Kim Moore
Jonathan Edwards
Guest: Abeer Ameer

Jan 10-15

Lumb Bank

Fiction

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Poetry

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Starting to Write

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Short Story

Starting to Write

Arrive as you. Leave as a writer.

Vanessa Gebbie
Catherine Smith
Guest: Luke Wright
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Jan 11

Online

Poetry

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Playwriting

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Other

Arvon at Home Masterclass: Writing for Performance with Communities

Zoom masterclass with Francesca Beard & Sara Clifford

Francesca Beard
Sara Clifford

Jan 13

Online

Screenwriting

Arvon at Home Masterclass: The A-Z of Developing a TV Show

Zoom masterclass with Sally Abbott

Sally Abbott

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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