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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

Aug 19-24

Totleigh Barton

Retreat

Retreat with Yoga

Find your balance, on and off the page

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Aug 26-31

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

Grand designs

Guest: Jacqueline Saphra

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Aug 26-31

Lumb Bank

Children & YA

Young Adult Fiction

Turning acorns into oaks

Guest: Laura Steven

Aug 26-31

Totleigh Barton

Other

Songwriting

Seeing the wood for the trees

Kathryn Williams

Guest: Paul Smith

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Sep 2-7

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Next steps in the journey

Guest: Sarah Winman

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Sep 2-7

Lumb Bank

Playwriting

Playwriting: Tutored Retreat

Actors and audience – writing for a live medium

Ola Animashawun

Guest: Polly Stenham

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Sep 2-7

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry: Towards a Collection

From first draft to publishing deal

Guest: Mary Jean Chan

Sep 9-14

The Hurst

Fiction

Crime Fiction

The essentials of murder and mayhem

Dreda Say Mitchell

Guest: Imran Mahmood

Sep 9-14

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Ways into writing

Gillian Allnutt

Guest: Adelle Stripe

Sep 9-14

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Editing Non-Fiction

Developing a critical eye

Alexander Masters

Guest: Peter Straus

Sep 16-21

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

New ways of making new work

Jean Sprackland

Guest: Paul Farley

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Sep 16-21

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction

Brave new words

Christopher Wakling

Guest: Louise Beech

Sep 16-21

Totleigh Barton

Screenwriting

Writing for TV: Comedy

Serious fun

John-Luke Roberts

Guest: Joel Morris

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Sep 23-28

The Hurst

Playwriting

Playwriting

The art and craft of page to stage

Guest: Patricia Cumper

Sep 23-28

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Narrative Non-Fiction

History, memory and the art of telling stories

Lucinda Hawksley

Guest: Damian Le Bas

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Sep 23-28

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Building fiction brick by brick

Guest: Rupert Thomson

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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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