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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash.

Courses Overview

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Genre

Date

Centre

All courses

Apr 8

Online

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A from Cathy Rentzenbrink via Zoom

Cathy Rentzenbrink
One-to-one

Apr 9

Online 14.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
One-to-one

Apr 16

Online 14.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
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One-to-one

May 11

Online 11.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
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One-to-one

May 18

Online 11.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
One-to-one

May 25

Online 11.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
5 Day Course

Jul 6-11

Lumb Bank

Fiction

EDITING FICTION

Make your writing sing

Anne Meadows
Cynan Jones
Guest: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Retreat

Jul 6-11

Totleigh Barton

Retreat

WRITING RETREAT WITH PILATES

Centre, stretch and engage yourself in the present

Lynne Rogers
5 Day Course

Jul 13-18

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

EXPERIMENTAL FICTION

Freedom and structure

Toby Litt
Sophie Mackintosh
Guest: Kevin Barry
5 Day Course

Jul 27-Aug 1

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

FICTION: WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Reach wider and deeper in your fiction

Amanda Smyth
Richard Skinner
Guest: A.L. Kennedy
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5 Day Course

Jul 27-Aug 1

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

MEMOIR

Bringing what's in your head and heart onto the page

Rachel Lichtenstein
Gillian Slovo
Guest: Geoff Thompson
5 Day Course

Jul 27-Aug 1

Lumb Bank

Playwriting

THEATRE: WORK-IN-PROGRESS

The next level

Evan Placey
Tessa Walker
5 Day Course

Aug 3-8

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

QUEER POETRY

Using your own fire

Caroline Bird
Richard Scott
Guest: Mary Jean Chan
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5 Day Course

Aug 3-8

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

NON-FICTION

Writing to discover

Horatio Clare
Laura Barton
Guest: Guy Stagg
5 Day Course

Aug 3-8

Lumb Bank

Fiction

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Other

Writing with the Brontës

Make new discoveries in your writing and reading through the Brontës

Tiffany Murray
Rachel Joyce
Guest: Samantha Ellis
3 Day Course

Aug 10-13

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE SHORT COURSE

Tips and tricks to unlock your imagination

John McCullough
Irenosen Okojie

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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