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COURSES & RETREATS

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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Type: Residential Writing Course, Tutored Retreat

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Jun 23-28

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Starting to Write

Residential Writing Course: Starting to Write Fiction

Making every word count

Vanessa Onwuemezi

Guest: Anna Wood

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Jun 30-Jul 5

The Hurst

Poetry, Other

Residential Writing Course: Poetry and Songwriting

Finding your voice

Guest: Serafina Steer

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Jun 30-Jul 5

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Life Writing

Crafting real stories

Guest: Nina Stibbe

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Jul 7-12

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Fiction

Playing with Words

Guest: Lucy Caldwell

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Jul 14-19

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Course: Poetry

The lyric self

Guest: Ella Frears

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Jul 21-26

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Non-Fiction

The techniques behind the story

Darran Anderson

Guest: Noreen Masud

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Jul 21-26

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Tutored Retreat: Fiction

Time to focus

Caroline Brothers

Guest: Kamila Shamsie

Early Bird Booking

Aug 4-9

Totleigh Barton

Fiction, Non-Fiction, Other

Residential Writing Course: Writing with Coaching

Refresh your approach, energise your writing

Janine Giovanni

Elise Valmorbida

Guest: John-Paul Flintoff

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Aug 4-9

The Hurst

Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Fiction

Reaching the finish line

Kate Murray-Browne

Guest: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Aug 4-9

Lumb Bank

Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Starting to Write, Children & YA, Screenwriting, Theatre, Short Story, Publishing, Other

Writers’ Retreat at Lumb Bank

Time and space to write

Aug 11-16

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Non-Fiction

Self, place and wider world

Guest: Wyl Menmuir

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Aug 11-16

The Hurst

Fiction, Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Queer Fiction and Non-Fiction

Find your voice and tell your story

Guest: Shon Faye

Aug 11-16

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Residential Writing Course: Poetry

Haunt your poems into being

Guest: Zaffar Kunial

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Aug 18-23

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Fiction

Transform your novel in progress

Guest: Okechukwu Nzelu

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Aug 18-23

Totleigh Barton

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

Residential Writing Course: Shorts

Short fiction, non-fiction, poetry and hybrids

Holly Corfield Carr

Guest: Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

Aug 25-30

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Course: Poetry

I am my own character

Guest: Sarah Howe

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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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