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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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Online courses

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Aug 11-15

Online

Children & YA

Online Writing Week: Writing for Children and Young Adults

Exploring voices of longing and belonging

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

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: Simon Armitage

Early Bird Booking

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 19

Online

Screenwriting, Other

Masterclass: Audio Drama

Get ready to podcast!

Aug 25-30

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Residential Writing Course: Poetry

I am my own character

Guest: Sarah Howe

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Aug 25-30

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Non-Fiction

Writing the natural world

Guest: Michael Malay

Sep 1-23

Online

Non-Fiction

Online Writing Month: Memoir

From raw material to crafted narrative

Sep 8-13

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Fiction

Write here, write now

Christopher Wakling

Guest: Naomi Ishiguro

Sep 8-13

The Hurst

Poetry, Other

Residential Writing Course: Poetry & Visual Art

Everyday play

Sophie Herxheimer

Guest: Karenjit Sandhu

Sep 8-13

Lumb Bank

Screenwriting

Residential Writing Course: Screenwriting

Develop and pitch ideas that will work on TV

Lisa Holdsworth

Guest: Alice Nutter

Last few places left

Sep 12

Online

Fiction

Masterclass: Writing the Future

What could possibly go wrong?

Sep 15-20

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Residential Writing Course: Advanced Poetry

Breathing new life into tradition

Guest: Caleb Klaces

Last few places left

Sep 15-20

Totleigh Barton

Other

Residential Writing Course: Audio Drama

Effective storytelling through sound

Guest: Jon Nicholls

Sep 22-27

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Residential Writing Course: Non-Fiction

Transforming travel experience into compelling writing

Guest: Laura Beatty

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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