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Courses Overview

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Genre

Date

Centre

All courses
5 Day Course

Mar 9-14

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry

A Big Leap Forward

Mimi Khalvati
Zaffar Kunial
Guest: Holly Pester
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5 Day Course

Mar 9-14

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction Tutored Retreat

Powering up your prose

Jacob Ross
Emylia Hall
Guest: Candida Lacey
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5 Day Course

Mar 23-28

The Hurst

Playwriting

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Other

Writing for Forum Theatre

Staging stories of oppression

Adrian Jackson
Sarah Woods
Guest: gobscure
One-to-one

Mar 26

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

In-depth feedback on your fiction work-in-progress

Kerry Young
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5 Day Course

Mar 30-Apr 4

The Hurst

Poetry

POETRY

Risks to transformations

Jo Shapcott
Deryn Rees-Jones
Guest: Bhanu Kapil
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One-to-one

Mar 30

Online 2.00pm

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

In-depth feedback on your fiction work-in-progress

Kerry Young
5 Day Course

Apr 6-11

Lumb Bank

Other

Arvon Teacher Week

Discover your inner writer and transform your teaching

Jane Feaver
Anthony Wilson
Guest: Onjali Q. Raúf 
5 Day Course

Apr 13-18

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

NON-FICTION TUTORED RETREAT

Unleash your creative non-fiction project

Justin Marozzi
Rose George
Guest: Damian Le Bas
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5 Day Course

Apr 20-25

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE

Leaping into poetry and prose

Tiffany Murray
Raymond Antrobus
Guest: Lara Williams
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5 Day Course

Apr 20-25

The Hurst

Fiction

EDITING FICTION

Shape, refine and polish your writing

Nikesh Shukla
Angelique Tran Van Sang
Guest: Niki Chang
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5 Day Course

Apr 20-25

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

POETRY: TOWARDS A COLLECTION

Training your poems to work together

Jane Commane
Jacqueline Saphra
Guest: Nick Makoha
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5 Day Course

Apr 27-May 2

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE FICTION

Finding the right direction

Mark Haddon
Jane Feaver
Guest: Shahnaz Ahsan
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5 Day Course

Apr 27-May 2

The Hurst

Starting to Write

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Children & YA

STARTING TO WRITE YOUNG ADULT AND CHILDREN’S FICTION

Playful and brave writing

Marcus Sedgwick
Elen Caldecott
Guest: Ele Fountain
5 Day Course

Apr 27-May 2

Lumb Bank

Screenwriting

Feature Film Screenplays Industry Bootcamp

Script to pitch to screen (and phone)

Samm Haillay
Sophie Mathisen
Guest: Corrina Antrobus
5 Day Course

May 4-9

The Hurst

Poetry

POETRY TUTORED RETREAT

The poems only you can write

Michael Laskey
Helena Nelson
Guest: Dean Parkin
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3 Day Course

May 4-7

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

LIFE WRITING SHORT COURSE

With head and heart

Christie Watson
Rhik Samadder
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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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