Short Story: Tutored Retreat

Oct 15-20

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Taking the first steps

Oct 15-20

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry: Tutored Retreat

Placing your words

Oct 19-21

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Short Course: Poetry

Perspectives, process, play

Amanda Dalton

Jacob Sam-La Rose

Oct 22-27

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Written: Fiction Work in Progress

Developing and editing fiction

Patrice Lawrence

Guest: Jacob Ross

Oct 29-Nov 3

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Short Story

Short Story: Tutored Retreat

Diving deep

Oct 29-Nov 3

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Making your way through the labyrinth

Jonathan Lee

Anne Meadows

Guest: Kit de Waal

Oct 29-Nov 3

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Life Writing

Create powerful stories from your lived experience

John-Paul Flintoff

Alice Jolly

Guest: Anthony McGowan

Nov 5-10

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Starting to Write

Children & YA

Starting to Write Children’s and Young Adult’s Fiction

Dreaming big

Nov 5-10

The Hurst

Screenwriting

Screenwriting: Tutored Retreat

The journey from page to screen

David Eldridge

Eleanor Greene

Nov 5-10

Totleigh Barton

Radio Drama

Writing for sound

Dan Rebellato

Polly Thomas

Guest: Eloise Whitmore

Nov 7-12

Lumb Bank

Children’s and young adult fiction: tutored retreat

Improving your playwriting craft from blank page to stage

A.L. Kennedy

Aamer Hussein

Guest: Abigail Graham

Nov 12-17

The Hurst

Fiction

Historical Fiction

Old wine, new bottles

Nov 12-17

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Entertaining our ideas

Jen Hadfield

Peter Sansom

Guest: Vanessa Kisuule

Nov 19-24

The Hurst

Fiction

Editing Fiction

Turning first drafts into publishable books

Hannah Griffiths

Guest: Irenosen Okojie

Nov 19-24

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Flash Fiction

The shortest of stories. Enough said.

Nov 19-24

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction: Work-in-progress

Non-fiction as art

Marina Benjamin

Alexander Masters

Guest: Melanie McGrath

Nov 22

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Nov 26-Dec 1

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Get the basics and try out something new

Nov 26-Dec 1

The Hurst

Poetry

Editing Poetry

First draft to publishing deal

Patience Agbabi

Tom Chivers

Guest: Michael Schmidt

Nov 26-Dec 1

Totleigh Barton

Playwriting

From idea to page to stage

Nov 26

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Nov 27

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Dec 3-8

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Overcoming the initial hurdles

Katy Moran

Peter Sansom

Guest: Leone Ross

Dec 3-8

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

The techniques and processes of writing fiction

Rachel Seiffert

Jonathan Buckley

Guest: Jane Harris

Dec 3

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Dec 4

Online

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Dec 10-15

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction: Literary Thriller

Secrets and suspense

Dec 10-15

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

A practical guide to badly behaved poems

Clare Pollard

Luke Kennard

Guest: Sophie Collins

Dec 10-15

The Hurst

Fiction

Children & YA

Young Adult Fiction

How to hook teenage readers with your fiction

Martyn Bedford

Lucy Christopher

Guest: Clare Furniss

Dec 10

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Jan 14-19

Totleigh Barton

Starting to Write

Winter Warmer: Starting to Write

Finding the key to your writing

Jan 24

Online 10:00

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Jan 28-Feb 2

The Hurst

Poetry

Winter Warmer: Poetry

New year, new writing

Jan 29

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Feb 4-9

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Winter Warmer Fiction: Tutored Retreat

New horizons, fresh perspectives

Feb 5

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Feb 7

Online 10:00

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Feb 12

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Feb 12

Online 10:00

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Feb 25-Mar 2

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Winter Warmer: Poetry

The poetry workout

Jo Shapcott

Karen McCarthy Woolf

Guest: Raymond Antrobus

Feb 27

Online 13.00pm

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Mar 5

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Mar 7

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Mar 11-16

The Hurst

Fiction

Winter Warmer: Fiction

Re-energising your creativity

Mar 12

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Mar 19

Online 9:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Mar 20

Online 10:00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

Mar 22

Online

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Apr 1

Online

Protected: Arvon 1-1 Follow-on with Chris Wakling

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Apr 8-13

The Hurst

Fiction

Children & YA

Young Adult Fiction

Enthralling the young adult reader

Sheena Wilkinson

Anthony McGowan

Guest: Yaba Badoe

Apr 15-20

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Unlearning rules, building instinct

Samantha Harvey

Jason Hewitt

Guest: Darcy Nicholson

Apr 22-27

The Hurst

Fiction

Technique and tenacity: a good first draft and beyond

Apr 22-27

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Seeing your poetry in the round

Apr 22-27

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Narrative Non-Fiction

The secret to writing luminous and commercial prose

Apr 23

Online 9.30am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

Apr 25

Online 2.00pm

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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Apr 29-May 4

The Hurst

Poetry

Poetry: Towards a Collection

Navigating a maze of your own creation

Caroline Bird

Jane Commane

Guest: Rishi Dastidar

Apr 29-May 4

Lumb Bank

Screenwriting

Stand out from the crowd

Sophie Mathisen

Samm Haillay

Guest: Andrew McVicar

Apr 29-May 4

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Starting to Write Fiction

Finding fresh connections

Molly McGrann

Guest: Sophie Mackintosh

Apr 29

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

May 6-11

The Hurst

Fiction

Finding your way through the woods

Andrew Taylor

Claire Fuller

Guest: David Hayden

May 6-9

Lumb Bank

Fiction

SHORT COURSE: Short Story

Unlocking the mysteries of this dazzling form

Vanessa Gebbie

Tom Vowler

May 6-11

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Celebrating curiosity

May 7

Online 09.30

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

In depth feedback on your fiction work in progress

May 7

Online 11.30am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Chris Wakling

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

May 10-12

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

SHORT COURSE: Writing from life

Turning life’s raw material into good writing

Ian Marchant

Catherine Fox

May 13-18

The Hurst

Other

Creative Writing and Wellbeing

Enhance your ability to flourish

May 13-18

Lumb Bank

Retreat

Time to write

May 13-18

Totleigh Barton

Playwriting

Finding a new language for your ideas

Chris Thorpe

Lu Kemp

Guest: Charlene James

May 15

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

May 17

Online

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May 20-25

The Hurst

Playwriting

Writing for Performance

Crafting text to support live performance

Tim Crouch

Mandy Redvers-Rowe

Guest: Bridget Minamore

May 20-25

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Poetry: Tutored Retreat

The house of poetry

May 20-25

Totleigh Barton

Starting to Write

Capturing ideas

Ross Sutherland

Laura Barnett

Guest: Eley Williams

May 20

Online 10.00am

Fiction

Arvon 1-1 with Kerry Young

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

May 27-Jun 1

The Hurst

Poetry

Words as pictures and film

George Szirtes

Clare Shaw

Guest: Sophie Collins

May 27-Jun 1

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Popular Non-Fiction

From imagination to industry

Lois Pryce

Emily Robertson

Guest: Stuart Maconie

May 27-Jun 1

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Editing Fiction

Now to make it sing

Jun 3-8

The Hurst

Fiction

Writing a Novel

The art of crafting a world

Maggie Gee

Patrick McGuiness

Guest: Louise Doughty

Jun 3-8

Lumb Bank

Children & YA

Children’s and Young Adults’ Fiction: Tutored Retreat

Guidance and space to explore your story

Jun 10-15

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Other

Nature Writing

Nature and human nature: to vivify and vitalise

Jay Griffiths

Paul Kingsnorth

Guest: Richard Kerridge

Jun 17-22

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Memoir

Transforming real life into art

Tim Lott

Louisa Young

Guest: Helen Stevenson

Jun 17-22

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Developing your narrative craft

Jacob Ross

Clare Fisher

Guest: Patrick Gale

Jun 17-22

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Other

Fierce Words

Writing as if the world mattered

Lucy Neal

Charlotte Du Cann

Guest: John Jordan

Jun 24-29

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction: Tutored Retreat

The end is nigh: plotting your finish

Lisa Blower

Leone Ross

Guest: Tom Rachman

Jul 8-13

The Hurst

Fiction

Starting to Write

Starting to Write Fiction

Secrets and lies: exploring the imagination

Jo Mazelis

Wyl Menmuir

Guest: Carys Bray

Jul 8-13

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

Telling your stories in poetry and prose

Hollie McNish

Malachy Tallack

Guest: Michael Pedersen

Jul 15-20

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Using everything: expanding your poetic field of images and influences

Jul 22-27

The Hurst

Other

Arvon Teacher Week

Time and space to write

Catherine Johnson

Cliff Yates

Guest: Emma Carroll

Jul 29-Aug 3

The Hurst

Poetry

How to make opposites attract within our poems

Jul 29-Aug 3

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fuel for the fire

Diane Setterfield

Russ Litten

Guest: Libby Page

Jul 29-Aug 3

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Children & YA

Children’s Fiction

Wonder in words

Steve Voake

Anna Wilson

Guest: Michael Morpurgo

Aug 5-10

The Hurst

Fiction

Writing a Novel: Tutored Retreat

Re-energising your writing and supercharging your novel

Aug 5-10

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Finding and shaping the story

Aug 5-10

Totleigh Barton

Other

Prepare for Publication

Navigating your way from manuscript to book deal

James Spackman

Jenny Parrott

Guest: Judith Murray

Aug 12-17

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Building a repertoire

Mimi Khalvati

Mona Arshi

Guest: James Sheard

Aug 12-17

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Folk Fiction

Looking for life in fantastical places

Adam Marek

Zoe Gilbert

Guest: Irenosen Okojie

Aug 19-24

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Becoming you, the writer

Aug 19-24

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction: Tutored Retreat

Finding your way

Diana Evans

Rajeev Balasubramanyam

Guest: Nuala Ellwood

Aug 19-24

Totleigh Barton

Retreat

Retreat with Yoga

Find your balance, on and off the page

Lucy Greeves

Aug 26-31

The Hurst

Poetry

Grand designs

Luke Kennard

Colette Bryce

Guest: Jacqueline Saphra

Aug 26-31

Lumb Bank

Children & YA

Young Adult Fiction

Turning acorns into oaks

Chelsey Flood

Alex Wheatle

Guest: Laura Steven

Aug 26-31

Totleigh Barton

Other

Songwriting

Seeing the wood for the trees

Sep 2-7

The Hurst

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Next steps in the journey

Nicholas Royle

Liz Jensen

Guest: Sarah Winman

Sep 2-7

Lumb Bank

Playwriting

Playwriting: Tutored Retreat

Actors and audience – writing for a live medium

Ola Animashawun

Jessica Swale

Guest: Polly Stenham

Sep 2-7

Totleigh Barton

Poetry

Poetry: Towards a Collection

From first draft to publishing deal

Tom Chivers

Sarah Hesketh

Guest: Mary Jean Chan

Sep 9-14

The Hurst

Fiction

Crime Fiction

The essentials of murder and mayhem

Dreda Say Mitchell

Adam Hamdy

Guest: Imran Mahmood

Sep 9-14

Lumb Bank

Starting to Write

Ways into writing

Mark Illis

Gillian Allnutt

Guest: Adelle Stripe

Sep 9-14

Totleigh Barton

Non-Fiction

Editing Non-Fiction

Developing a critical eye

Alexander Masters

Jenny Lord

Guest: Peter Straus

Sep 16-21

The Hurst

Poetry

New ways of making new work

Jean Sprackland

Jacob Polley

Guest: Paul Farley

Sep 16-21

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Brave new words

Cathi Unsworth

Guest: Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Guest: Louise Beech

Sep 16-21

Totleigh Barton

Screenwriting

Writing for TV: Comedy

Serious fun

Sarah Morgan

John-Luke Roberts

Sep 23-28

The Hurst

Playwriting

The art and craft of page to stage

Al Smith

Ella Hickson

Guest: Patricia Cumper

Sep 23-28

Lumb Bank

Non-Fiction

Narrative Non-Fiction

History, memory and the art of telling stories

Julie Summers

Lucinda Hawksley

Guest: Damian Le Bas

Sep 23-28

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Building fiction brick by brick

Kamila Shamsie

Gillian Slovo

Guest: Rupert Thomson

Oct 7-12

The Hurst

Fiction

Short Story: Tutored Retreat

Exploring the magic of short stories

Courttia Newland

Joanna Walsh

Guest: KJ Orr

Oct 7-12

Lumb Bank

Other

Hybrid Writing

Writing in uncharted waters

Tania Hershman

Maria Fusco

Guest: Kristen Kreider

Oct 7-12

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Starting to Write

Starting to Write a Novel

Lessons on voice, character, plot and setting

Chibundu Onuzo

Rob Doyle

Guest: Mick Kitson

Oct 14-17

The Hurst

Poetry

Short Course: Poetry

The art of storytelling in poetry

Liz Berry

Matthew Francis

Steven Camden (Polarbear)

Oct 14-19

Lumb Bank

Fiction

Fiction: Work-in-Progress

Digging deep

Amanda Smyth

Chris Cleave

Guest: Rosie Garland

Oct 14-19

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

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

Oct 18-20

The Hurst

Fiction

SHORT COURSE: Fiction

Vivid characters, suspenseful stories

Isabelle Grey

Abir Mukherjee

Oct 21-26

The Hurst

Starting to Write

Turning inspiration and ideas into stories and poems

Kerry Hudson

JJ Bola

Guest: Ali Land

Oct 28-Nov 2

The Hurst

Non-Fiction

Life Writing

Mining your memories and experiences to create compelling writing

Oct 28-31

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Short Course: Spoken Word

Exploring our histories and diving into spoken stories

Belinda Zhawi

Oct 28-Nov 2

Totleigh Barton

Fiction

Haunting your text

Catriona Ward

Natasha Pulley

Guest: Andrew Michael Hurley

Nov 4-9

The Hurst

Fiction

Editing Fiction

Getting your draft ready for publication

Rachael Kerr

Emma Jane Unsworth

Guest: Gautam Malkani

Nov 4-9

Lumb Bank

Poetry

Developing a personal poetics

Deryn Rees-Jones

Sasha Dugdale

Guest: Mark Ford

Nov 4-9

Totleigh Barton

Radio Drama

Writing for Radio

Developing your lyrical voice and technical skills

Simon Armitage

Susan Roberts

Guest: Eloise Whitmore