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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
One-to-one

Jul 9

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
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One-to-one

Jul 9

Online 9.30am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Christopher Wakling
One-to-one

Jul 10

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Marcus Sedgwick

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

Marcus Sedgwick
5 Day Course

Jul 15-20

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry

Using everything: expanding your poetic field of images and influences

Jack Underwood
Morgan Parker
Guest: Momtaza Mehri
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5 Day Course

Jul 22-27

The Hurst

Other

Arvon Teacher Week

Time and space to write

Catherine Johnson
Cliff Yates
Guest: Emma Carroll
One-to-one

Jul 26

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Kerry Young
5 Day Course

Jul 29-Aug 3

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry

How to make opposites attract within our poems

Pascale Petit
Andrew McMillan
Guest: Seán Hewitt
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5 Day Course

Jul 29-Aug 3

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction

Fuel for the fire

Diane Setterfield
Russ Litten
Guest: Libby Page
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5 Day Course

Jul 29-Aug 3

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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Children & YA

Children’s Fiction

Wonder in words

Steve Voake
Anna Wilson
Guest: Michael Morpurgo
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5 Day Course

Aug 5-10

The Hurst

Fiction

Writing a Novel: Tutored Retreat

Re-energising your writing and supercharging your novel

Toby Litt
Rachel Seiffert
Guest: Kirsty Logan
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5 Day Course

Aug 5-10

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Finding and shaping the story

Richard Beard
Sarah Churchwell
Guest: Wendy Moore
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5 Day Course

Aug 5-10

Totleigh Barton

Other

Prepare for Publication

Navigating your way from manuscript to book deal

James Spackman
Jenny Parrott
Guest: Judith Murray
5 Day Course

Aug 12-17

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry

Building a repertoire

Mimi Khalvati
Mona Arshi
Guest: James Sheard
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5 Day Course

Aug 12-17

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Folk Fiction

Looking for life in fantastical places

Adam Marek
Zoe Gilbert
Guest: Irenosen Okojie
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3 Day Course

Aug 12-15

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Short Course: Non-Fiction Tutored Retreat

Supercharge your non-fiction project

Ian Marchant
Lois Pryce
5 Day Course

Aug 19-24

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Starting to Write

Becoming you, the writer

Graham Mort
Jo Furniss
Guest: Nick Makoha
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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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