The Saturday Writing Club (August)

The Saturday Writing Club will be taking a summer break in August, and will be back every month from September. 

We all know that writing can be a solitary experience. Join fellow writers once a month to write together, share tips and recommendations and set intentions for the month ahead.

The Saturday Writing Club is an inclusive, fun and encouraging community of writers. We welcome everyone, regardless of experience, the genre you’re writing in, or your writing goals.

Each month will be hosted by members of the Arvon team and we will be joined by a special guest writer who will set some short writing prompts.

The format of the hour will be:

• Check-in in the chatbox about how your writing has been going that month
• Some short fun writing exercises to get the creative juices flowing
• Intention setting for the month ahead

Each month you will:

• Feel part of a wider writing community
• Join in some fun writing prompts with a guest writer
• Reflect on how your writing has been going that month
• Set intentions for the month ahead
• Share book recommendations in the chatbox
• Be invited to join our online community padlet

Cameras optional.

Online: Pay what you can

Suggested donation £5 or £2.50

We are committed to making our Arvon at Home programme accessible to as many people as possible.

Our FAQ page may also helpful.

Across all of Arvon at Home 

• All sessions will have auto-generated captioning
• There is a Chat facility to ask any questions.

Masterclasses 

• A recording of the masterclass will be available to view without a time limit after the live event. You will receive an email with a link to the recording the day after the masterclass takes place. You can also access it in your Arvon account by logging in on our website, finding the course under My Bookings and clicking on More Details. The recording will have auto-captions running, and chat and transcript will be visible alongside. Any course materials shared by the tutor will also be available in your Arvon account.
• There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions
• Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event)
• We aim to present all resources in two formats e.g., extracts of texts will be read aloud and provided in text form via screen-share or as a document. If it would be helpful for you to have any available resources ahead of the session, we will try to arrange this for you. Please email arvonathome@arvon.org to discuss.

The Obsidian Black Poetry Lectures 

• A recording of the event will be available to view for six months after the live event. You will receive an email with a link to the recording the day after the event takes place. You can also access it in your Arvon account by logging in on our website, finding the course under My Bookings and clicking on More Details. The recording will have auto-captions running, and chat and transcript will be visible alongside. Any course materials shared by the tutor will also be available in your Arvon account.
• There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions
• Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event)
• We aim to present all resources in two formats e.g., extracts of texts will be read aloud and provided in text form via screen-share or as a document. If it would be helpful for you to have any available resources ahead of the session, we will try to arrange this for you. Please email arvonathome@arvon.org to discuss.

Saturday Writing Club

• There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions
• The sessions are delivered by Zoom meeting, which means they are not recorded.
• You have the option to keep cameras on or off.
• We aim to present all resources in two formats e.g., extracts of texts will be read aloud and provided in text form via screen-share or as a document. If it would be helpful for you to have any available resources ahead of the session, we will try to arrange this for you. Please email arvonathome@arvon.org to discuss.
• We use Padlet as an optional community platform. If you would like some more information about this, or if you have access barriers to using this platform, please email arvonathome@arvon.org.

Online Writing Days

• A recording of the workshops will be available to view for one month after it is aired live. You will receive an email with a link to the recording the day after the masterclass takes place. You can also access it in your Arvon account by logging in on our website, finding the course under My Bookings and clicking on More Details. The recording will have auto-captions running, and chat and transcript will be visible alongside. Any course materials shared by the tutor will also be available in your Arvon account.
• There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions.
• All sessions of the day are delivered live via Zoom meetings, with the option of cameras off or on.
• We aim to present all resources in two formats e.g., extracts of texts will be read aloud and provided in text form via screen-share or as a document. If it would be helpful for you to have any available resources ahead of the session, we will try to arrange this for you. Please email arvonathome@arvon.org to discuss.

Writing Weeks and Writing Months

• Courses are delivered by Zoom meeting, which means they are not recorded.
• Online writing weeks and months have smaller groups than our other events of up 14 participants, and are interactive with tutors and your fellow course participants. We encourage everyone to participate in the way that is most comfortable. You are welcome to keep your camera and audio on or off, take breaks as needed, and contribute either on audio or in the chat.
• Tutors and participants often use the zoom chat to interact and share resources. If you have access barriers to using the chat, please let us know.
• We use Padlet as a landing page for all course materials, and to provide an optional platform for interaction with your tutors and fellow course participants. If you would like some more information about this, or if you have any access barriers to using this platform, please email arvonathome@arvon.org.

A note on the use of AI and recording

• Due to concerns around privacy, we do not allow the use of external AI transcription services during our online events and courses. Auto-captioning is available across all of our online courses, and the transcript can be viewed during the session. For recorded events (Masterclasses, The Obsidian Black Poetry Lectures and Online Writing Days), the auto-captions, transcript and chatbox can be viewed alongside the recording. Please get in touch via access@arvon.org if you would like to discuss this further.

Subject to funding/permissions/availability (please contact arvonathome@arvon.org for more details)

• Recording of Writing Weeks and Writing Months
• Downloadable transcripts
• BSL interpretation
• Live captioning

If you have any access needs that we have not covered here, please contact us on access@arvon.org

See here for more access information.