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COURSES & RETREATS

Arvon writing houses are open for Residential Writing Weeks and Retreats. We also have a full Arvon at Home online programme of Online Writing Weeks, Masterclasses, 1-1s and free How I Write events.

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Genre

Location

Sep 25-30

The Hurst

Starting to Write, Other

Residential Writing Week: Songwriting

Freeing your voice

Fiona Sampson
Findlay Napier
Guest: Katie Melua
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Sep 25-30

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Transforming the everyday

Sophie Mackintosh
Thomas McMullan
Guest: Kamila Shamsie
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Sep 25-30

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction Work-in-Progress

Cross the finish line (and make your novel shine)

Sharon Duggal
Beth Miller
Guest: Russ Litten
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Sep 26

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Contemporary Non-Fiction

Other peoples' histories

Bella Bathurst

Oct 2-7

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Narrative Non-Fiction Work-in-Progress

Giving structure and story to your words

Nell Frizzell
Tobias Jones
Guest: Preti Taneja
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Oct 2-7

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Poetry, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write

Finding your voice

Mendez
Joelle Taylor
Guest: Courttia Newland

Oct 5

Online

Poetry

Black Poets Masterclass: US Poets, Part 2

Exploring the canon of Black US poets with Karen McCarthy Woolf

Karen McCarthy Woolf

Oct 6

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Poetic Tone

Watch your tone!

Nick Laird

Oct 9-14

The Hurst

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Starting to Write, Other

Residential Writing Week: Return to Writing

Nurture the writer waiting inside

Vanessa Gebbie
Robert Hamberger
Guest: Claire Adam

Oct 9-Nov 6

Online

Fiction, Children & YA

Online 5-Week Evening Course: Writing for Teens

How to spark and sustain a novel for teens

Steve Voake
Sophie McKenzie

Oct 13

Online

Other

Masterclass: Access as Creative Starting Point

A creative approach to access

Mandy Redvers-Rowe

Oct 16-20

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Week: Narrative Non-Fiction

Characterising real people

Ali Millar
Alexander Masters
Guest: Puja Changoiwala
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Oct 18

Online

Non-Fiction

How I Write: Puja Changoiwala

Q&A and Reading

Puja Changoiwala

Oct 20

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Compelling Crime Fiction

Making crime pay

Amit Dhand

Oct 23-28

Lumb Bank

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Theatre, Children & YA, Screenwriting, Other

Lumb Bank Writers’ Retreat

The gift of writing

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Oct 23-28

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Children & YA, Theatre, Screenwriting, Other

Totleigh Barton Writers’ Retreat

The gift of writing

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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