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COURSES & RETREATS

Escape to a beautiful place where you can free your imagination and let your writing off the leash.

Courses Overview

May 4-9

The Hurst

Poetry

POETRY TUTORED RETREAT

The poems only you can write

Guest: Dean Parkin

Last few places left

May 4-7

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

LIFE WRITING SHORT COURSE

With head and heart

Christie Watson

May 4-9

Totleigh Barton

Playwriting

THEATRE

From kitchen table to opening night

Mark Rosenblatt

Guest: Erica Whyman

May 8-10

Lumb Bank

Fiction

FICTION SHORT COURSE

Finishing it

Emma Jane Unsworth

May 11-16

The Hurst

Fiction

Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE A NOVEL

From your head to the page

Guest: Rosalind Stopps

May 11-16

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

FICTION

Tales of crisis, words of hope

Gregory Norminton

Guest: Ben Smith

May 11-16

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

NON-FICTION WORK-IN-PROGRESS

You're closer than you think

Elise Valmorbida

John-Paul Flintoff

Guest: Rachel Clarke

May 18-23

Lumb Bank

Poetry

POETRY

Getting to the heart of things

Guest: Roy McFarlane

Add to waiting list

May 18-23

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

NATURE WRITING

Putting wildness into words

Miriam Darlington

Guest: Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

May 18-23

The Hurst

Other

HYBRID WRITING

Unbox your words

Holly Corfield Carr

Guest: Harry Josephine Giles

May 25-30

The Hurst

Fiction

FICTION

Perspiration to inspiration

Guest: Michael Donkor

May 25-30

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Children & YA

CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Sharpen your writing and let your imagination go

Catherine Johnson

Christopher William Hill

Guest: Sita Brahmachari

Jun 1-6

The Hurst

Starting to Write

STARTING TO WRITE

First words

Christopher Wakling

Guest: Jonathan Davidson

Jun 1-6

Lumb Bank

Poetry

POETRY: TOWARDS A COLLECTION

Writing quickly, writing genuinely

Guest: Warda Yassin

Add to waiting list

Jun 1-6

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

NARRATIVE NON-FICTION

Finding your voice

Marina Benjamin

Guest: Raynor Winn

Jun 8-13

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

EDITING A NOVEL

Making writing work

Patricia Duncker

Richard Beswick

Guest: Jo Unwin

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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