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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

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Genre

Location

Dec 1

Online

Screenwriting

Masterclass: Screenwriting

Develop a compelling thriller for the screen

Jed Mercurio

Dec 5

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Bringing the Landscape to Life

New ways to think about place

John Grindrod

Dec 8

Online

Poetry

Black Poets Masterclass: Caribbean Poets, Part 2

Exploring the canon of Black Caribbean poets with Jason Allen-Paisant

Jason Allen-Paisant

Dec 15

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Dialogue in Fiction

Writing engaging and believable conversations

Charlotte Mendelson

Jan 12

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Writing Through Emergency

Bruised, burning, beautiful

Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Jan 16

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Character-driven Fiction

Characters that stir and inspire

Matt Cain

Jan 26

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Writing with Chronic Illness

Delight is eternal energy

Gwyneth Lewis

Jan 30

Online

Non-Fiction, Other

Masterclass: Writing From Professional Experience

Creating Compelling Non-Fiction from Your Work Life

Rachel Clarke

Feb 2

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Imagining Worlds, Building Stories

Developing a process

Sadie Jones

Feb 6

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Weaving Your Own Story with Others

Combining personal memoir and narrative non-fiction

Alice Vincent

Feb 9

Online

Theatre

Masterclass: Theatre

Modern adaptation for theatre

Inua Ellams

Feb 13

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Poetry of Joy

Revelling in the pleasure of poems

Caleb Parkin

Feb 20

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Serious Play in Poetry

Reaching deep into your toybox psyche

Rachel Long

Feb 23

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: How to Write Fiction

Writing into the unknown

Rupert Thomson

Feb 27

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Pushing the Limits of the Essay

Taking creative risks

Thea Lenarduzzi

Mar 8

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: The Personal and the Political

The Personal and the Political

Rachel Hewitt

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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