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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

Date

Centre

All courses

Jun 21-25

Online

Fiction

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Publishing

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Other

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Editing Fiction

Fine Tuning Your Draft

Tom Bullough
Rose Tomaszewska
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Jun 21-25

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Non-fiction – Writing about Motherhood

Mum's the Word

Nell Frizzell
Amy Liptrot
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Last few places left

Jun 21-26

Lumb Bank

Fiction

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Retreat

Writers’ Retreat at Lumb Bank

Tutored Retreat: Fiction

Stephen May
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Jun 22

Online

Poetry

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Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children and Young People’s Workshop with Lewis Buxton

Have Fun Running Lines

Lewis Buxton

Jun 23

Online

Non-Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading with Emma Jane Unsworth

Reading and Q&A with Emma Jane Unsworth via Zoom

Guest: Emma Jane Unsworth

Jun 23

Online

Poetry

,

Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children & Young People’s Workshop with Daljit Nagra

Three Ways to Write a Poem

Daljit Nagra

Jun 24

Online

Poetry

,

Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children & Young People’s Workshop with Joelle Taylor

Slam Poetry

Joelle Taylor

Jun 28-Jul 3

Totleigh Barton

Retreat

Writers’ Retreat at Totleigh Barton

Double Room

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Jun 28-Jul 3

Totleigh Barton

Retreat

Writers’ Retreat at Totleigh Barton

Single Room

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Jun 28-Jul 2

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Crime Fiction

Writing Relevant Crime Fiction

Adam Hamdy
Mari Hannah

Jun 28-Jul 3

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

,

Retreat

Writers’ Retreat at Lumb Bank

Tutored Retreat: Non-Fiction

Horatio Clare
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Jun 29

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Craft of Writing with Alan Hollinghurst

in conversation with Alex Clark

Alan Hollinghurst

Jun 30

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with Jane Corry via Zoom

Guest: Jane Corry

Jul 5-9

Online

Fiction

,

Poetry

Arvon at Home Writing Week: Fiction and Poetry

Becoming a Writer

Kate Clanchy
Luke Wright
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Jul 5-10

Lumb Bank

Poetry

,

Retreat

Writers’ Retreat at Lumb Bank

Tutored Retreat: Poetry

Clare Shaw
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Jul 7

Online

Fiction

Arvon at Home: Live Guest Reading

Reading and Q&A with J. A. Mensah via Zoom

Guest: J.A. Mensah

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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