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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash. Find out about our course types here

Courses Overview

Type

Genre

Date

Centre

All courses
5 Day Course

Oct 14-19

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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Children & YA

Children’s and Young Adults’ Fiction: Tutored Retreat

Supporting you to bring out your best work

Melvin Burgess
Emma Carroll
Guest: Pete Kalu
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One-to-one

Oct 14

Online 10.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
One-to-one

Oct 15

Online 10.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
One-to-one

Oct 16

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Marcus Sedgwick

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

Marcus Sedgwick
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One-to-one

Oct 16

Online 10.00am

Non-Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Horatio Clare

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

Horatio Clare
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3 Day Course

Oct 18-20

The Hurst

Fiction

SHORT COURSE: Fiction

Vivid characters, suspenseful stories

Isabelle Grey
Abir Mukherjee
5 Day Course

Oct 21-26

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Turning inspiration and ideas into stories and poems

Kerry Hudson
JJ Bola
Guest: Lucy Burnett
One-to-one

Oct 21

Online 2pm

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
5 Day Course

Oct 28-Nov 2

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Life Writing

Mining your memories and experiences to create compelling writing

Cathy Rentzenbrink
Marina Benjamin
Guest: Michael Odell
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5 Day Course

Oct 28-Nov 2

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction

Haunting your text

Catriona Ward
Natasha Pulley
Guest: Andrew Michael Hurley
3 Day Course

Nov 1-3

Lumb Bank

Fiction

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Poetry

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Other

The Craft of Writing: Teacher Short Course

Short course for teachers plus CPD Day

Cliff Yates
Jamila Gavin
5 Day Course

Nov 4-9

The Hurst

Fiction

Editing Fiction

Getting your draft ready for publication

Rachael Kerr
Emma Jane Unsworth
Guest: Gautam Malkani
5 Day Course

Nov 4-9

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry

Developing a personal poetics

Deryn Rees-Jones
Sasha Dugdale
Guest: Mark Ford
5 Day Course

Nov 4-9

Totleigh Barton

Radio Drama

Writing for Radio

Developing your lyrical voice and technical skills

Simon Armitage
Susan Roberts
Guest: Eloise Whitmore
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5 Day Course

Nov 11-16

The Hurst

Screenwriting

Screenwriting: Tutored Retreat

How to strengthen, shape and sell your screenplay

Colin McLaren
Samantha Horley
Guest: Uzma Hasan
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3 Day Course

Nov 11-14

Lumb Bank

Fiction

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Starting to Write

SHORT COURSE: Starting to Write Fiction

Walking the walk – write that story

Nikesh Shukla
Emylia Hall

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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