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Arvon is the UK’s home of creative writing, offering residential writing courses in three historic houses, along with an extensive online programme of Writing Days, Weeks, Months, and Masterclasses.

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Genre

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Jun 19

Online

Fiction, Non-Fiction, Screenwriting, Other

Masterclass: The Power of Story

A lightning guide to story structure

John Yorke

Jun 23

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Non-fiction that connects

Make your research come alive

Alev Scott

Jul 7

Online

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

Masterclass: The Journey from Academic to General Readership

Permission to experiment

Tania Hershman

Jul 17

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Non-Fiction

Bringing non-fiction to life

Darran Anderson

Jul 21

Online

Fiction, Other

Masterclass: Drawing Inspiration from Myth

Ancient stories with modern resonance

Emily Hauser

Jul 31

Online

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Writing with Grief

How to tell the most difficult stories

Khairani Barokka

Aug 4

Online

Fiction, Other

Masterclass: Autofiction

Reimagining life on the page

Octavia Bright

Aug 7

Online

Poetry, Non-Fiction, Other

Masterclass: The Lyric Essay

Form, voice and possibility

Hannah Lowe

Aug 11

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: The family memoir

Whose story is it anyway?

Tiffany Murray

Aug 18

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Fundamentals of Dialogue and Detail

Writing authentic dialogue, creating subtext and developing your eye for detail

Jessica Andrews

Sep 1

Online

Theatre

Masterclass: Playwriting

Structure and archetype

Jack Holden

Sep 4

Online

Poetry

Masterclass: Poetry and AI

Larger languages

Caleb Parkin

Sep 8

Online

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Research for Writers

Prying with a purpose

Claire Lynch

Sep 15

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Non-Fiction

Untangling story - writing lives

Francesca Wade

Sep 22

Online

Non-Fiction

Masterclass: Non-Fiction

Using first-hand impressions and sensory detail to bring your non-fiction to life

Helen Gordon

Sep 29

Online

Publishing

Industry Insight Session: Steps to Publication

Everything you need to know about getting published

Francesca Main
Sophie Lambert
Louise Doughty

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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