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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

Jan 13-18

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction

Re-ignite your writing

Guest: Niall Griffiths

Jan 17-19

Lumb Bank

Other

Freehouse of the Imagination

Tutor Development Short Course

Last few places left

Jan 27-Feb 1

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

Uncovering your story, finding your voice

Alexander Masters

Guest: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

Feb 3-8

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry

Discovering the tools

Guest: Luke Thompson

Feb 17-22

Lumb Bank

Playwriting

Other

Writing for Performance with Communities

Telling the stories that need to be heard

Francesca Beard

Guest: Rob Watt

Feb 24-29

Totleigh Barton

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Time and permission to write

Guest: Matthew Sperling

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Feb 24-29

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Non-fiction

Creativity and craft in true stories

Melanie McGrath

Guest: Alan Johnson

Mar 9-14

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry

A Big Leap Forward

Guest: Holly Pester

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Mar 9-14

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction Tutored Retreat

Powering up your prose

Guest: Candida Lacey

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Mar 23-28

The Hurst

Playwriting

Other

Writing for Forum Theatre

Staging stories of oppression

Guest: Femi Keeling

Mar 30-Apr 4

The Hurst

Poetry

POETRY

Risks to transformations

Deryn Rees-Jones

Guest: Bhanu Kapil

Apr 13-18

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

NON-FICTION TUTORED RETREAT

Unleash your creative non-fiction project

Guest: Damian Le Bas

Apr 20-25

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE

Leaping into poetry and prose

Raymond Antrobus

Guest: Lara Williams

Apr 20-25

The Hurst

Fiction

EDITING FICTION

Shape, refine and polish your writing

Angelique Tran Van Sang

Guest: Niki Chang

Apr 20-25

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

POETRY: TOWARDS A COLLECTION

Training your poems to work together

Jacqueline Saphra

Guest: Nick Makoha

Apr 27-May 2

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE FICTION

Finding the right direction

Guest: Shahnaz Ahsan

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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