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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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Type

Genre

Location

Nov 28-Dec 3

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Screenwriting, Other

Residential Writing Week: TV Comedy

Writing funny

Abigail Burdess
Robin French
Guest: Joel Morris

Nov 28-Dec 2

Online

Fiction, Short Story

Online Writing Week: Short Story

Long story short

Nicholas Royle
Livi Michael
Guest: Giselle Leeb
Guest: S.B. Divya

Nov 28-Dec 3

The Hurst

Fiction

Tutored Retreat: Fiction

The way ahead

Diana Evans
Andrew Taylor
Guest: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Nov 28-Dec 3

Lumb Bank

Fiction, Poetry, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write

A Way into Writing

Caroline Brothers
Clare Shaw
Guest: Okechukwu Nzelu
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Nov 30

Online

Fiction

How I Write: Giselle Leeb & S.B. Divya

Q&A and Reading

Giselle Leeb
S.B. Divya

Dec 2

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: The Poetry of Grief

Zoom Masterclass with Alice Frecknall

Alice Frecknall

Dec 5-10

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

From first ideas to finished fiction

Adam Foulds
Kim Sherwood
Guest: Evie Wyld
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Dec 5-10

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

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

Asking the crucial questions

Lois Pryce
Richard Beswick
Guest: Sophie Lambert

Dec 5-10

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Poetry Work-in-Progress

Building from the bedrock

Martha Sprackland
Will Burns
Guest: Jack Underwood
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Dec 6

Online

Fiction, Short Story, Other

Masterclass: Flash Fiction

Painting pictures with words

Susmita Bhattacharya

Dec 9

Online

Poetry

Online Writing Day: Poetry

The unchartered

Caroline Bird
Guest: Kim Addonizio

Dec 12-17

Lumb Bank

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction and Non-Fiction

Mining the self for fiction and non-fiction

Cathy Rentzenbrink
Janine Giovanni
Guest: Bill Scott-Kerr
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Dec 12-16

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Week: Creative Non-Fiction

Mining your ideas and sparking your voice

Miriam Darlington
James Attlee
Guest: Nina Mingya Powles
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Dec 12-17

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Week: Starting to Write Fiction

Joyful possibilities

Michael Donkor
Sharlene Teo
Guest: A.K. Blakemore
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Dec 12-17

The Hurst

Poetry

Residential Writing Week: Poetry

Rewilding the imagination

Clare Pollard
Theophilus Kwek
Guest: Arji Manuelpillai

Dec 13

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Life Writing

Zoom masterclass with Alexandra Heminsley

Alexandra Heminsley

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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