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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

Jan 30-Feb 4

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Non-fiction

How to find the light in the dark

Dan Richards
Cal Flyn
Guest: Tabitha Lasley
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Jan 30-Feb 4

The Hurst

Children & YA

Residential Writing Week: Writing for Children and Young Adults

Grabbing and holding the attention of your reader

William Sutcliffe
Emily Barr
Guest: Jasbinder Bilan
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Jan 30-Feb 4

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Publishing

Residential Writing Week: Editing Fiction

From fundamentals to fine-tuning

Paul Murray
Louisa Joyner
Guest: Carrie Plitt
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Jan 31

Online

Other

Masterclass: Writing with Cultural Sensitivity

Zoom Masterclass with Abda Khan

Abda Khan

Feb 4

Online

Non-Fiction, Other

Online Writing Day: Copywriting

The copywriting workout

John Simmons
Will Awdry
Guest: Rishi Dastidar

Feb 6-10

Online

Fiction

Online Writing Week: Speculative Fiction

Exploring the borderlands between dream and reality

Christopher Priest
Nina Allan
Guest: Priya Sharma

Feb 8

Online

Fiction, Other

How I Write: Priya Sharma

Q&A and Reading

Priya Sharma

Feb 10

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Popular Science

Zoom Masterclass with Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks

Feb 13

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

Building Worlds

Juno Dawson

Feb 13-18

Lumb Bank

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction and Non-Fiction

Mining the Self

Cathy Rentzenbrink
Janine Giovanni
Guest: Bec Evans
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Feb 14

Online

Fiction, Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children and Young People’s Reading with Hiba Noor Khan

One Home: Stories of Young Climate Activists

Hiba Noor Khan

Feb 16

Online

Children & YA

Arvon at Home: Children and Young People’s Reading with Sharna Jackson

The Good Turn

Sharna Jackson

Feb 17

Online

Fiction

Online Writing Day: Fiction

Going for bold: the poetry of prose

Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Guest: Helen Garnons-Williams

Feb 20-25

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Fiction

Making it real

Jane Feaver
Ardashir Vakil
Guest: Liz Hyder

Feb 20-24

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Week: Non-Fiction

Creating compelling worlds in your non-fiction

Jessica J. Lee
Paul Scraton
Guest: Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Feb 20-25

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Writing a Novel

Make your story happen

Charlotte Mendelson
Lottie Moggach
Guest: Tessa Hadley
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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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