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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.

Courses Overview

All courses
In-person courses
Online courses

Type

Genre

Location

Jul 8

Other

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Short Story, Other

Arvon Live Writing Day

Celebrating Identity

Kit de Waal
Lisa Blower
Guest: Cold War Steve

Jul 11-15

Online

Fiction, Other

Online Writing Week: Crime and Thriller

Killer writing

Jenny Parrott
Saima Mir
Guest: Chris Whitaker
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Jul 12

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: The Poetics of Home

Zoom Masterclass with Romalyn Ante

Romalyn Ante

Jul 13

Online

Fiction

How I Write: Chris Whitaker

Q&A and Reading

Chris Whitaker

Jul 18-23

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Writing a Novel

Celebrate process and power in your writing

Amanda Smyth
Chris Cleave
Guest: Melody Razak
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Jul 18-23

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Week: Narrative Non-Fiction

Honing your story, finding your voice

Laura Barton
Luke Turner
Guest: Rhik Samadder
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Jul 18-23

Lumb Bank

Other

Residential Writing Week: Songwriting

Lyrics and Music

Kathryn Williams
Michele Stodart
Guest: Chris Difford
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Jul 18-Aug 15

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Evening Course: Non-Fiction

Bring your story to life with John-Paul Flintoff and Melanie McGrath

John-Paul Flintoff
Melanie McGrath
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Jul 19

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: The Essay

Zoom Masterclass with Brian Dillon

Brian Dillon

Jul 20

Online

Fiction

How I Write: Julia Armfield

Q&A and Reading

Julia Armfield

Jul 25-29

Online

Poetry

Online Writing Week: Poetry – Developing a Mindful Writing Practice

How to bring a generative, expansive and nurturing poetry practice into your life

Cecilia Knapp
JJ Bola
Guest: Shash Trevett
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Jul 26

Online

Fiction, Children & YA

Children’s & Young People’s Reading with Polly Ho-Yen

Q&A and Reading

Polly Ho-Yen

Jul 27

Online

Poetry

How I Write: Shash Trevett

Q&A and Reading

Shash Trevett

Jul 29

Online

Fiction, Short Story

Masterclass: Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction, and the Unknown

Zoom Masterclass with Liz Jensen

Liz Jensen

Jul 31-Aug 7

Lumb Bank

Poetry, Other

The Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Summer School

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Steve Ely
Heather Clark

Aug 2

Online

Screenwriting, Theatre

Masterclass: Autobiographical Theatre

Zoom Masterclass with Caroline Horton

Caroline Horton

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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