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:: Courses and Retreats ::

Women on Tour

offers writing holidays for women writers, including: Writing workshops for women writers in Barcelona with Kate North (16-9 July, £260); Writing holidays in the Granada countryside with Kate North (6-12 Jun, £675) or Jan Fortune-Wood (5-10 Sep, £625); A writing journey for women writers with walks and visits to engage and focus the senses, with Jane Monson (Istanbul, Turkey, £675).

Creative Writing Residential

with African Writers Abroad features tutors Jacob Ross, Dorothea Smartt and Nii Ayikwei Parkes and will include fiction and poetry masterclasses, workshops on publishing and editing, time and space for your writing and strategic planning for AWA.

Totleigh Barton Arvon Centre, Devon.

13-18 September.

In the Write Light

offers five-day workshops giving participants key tools to improve their writing skills in a relaxed and stress-free environment. Courses offered are: Writing with Drama (7-11 July) and Conquering Memoir (22-26 Sep).

South of Spain.

Writing Courses at Gardoussel Retreat

include: a week with Cinnamon Press founder, editor and writer Jan Fortune-Wood (19-26 Jun, £580); and a week with Crysse Morrison, novelist, poet and experienced writing tutor (17-24 Sep, £535). Cost includes delicious organic meals, accommodation and tuition. Non-writing partners welcome for a reduced fee.

South of France.

The Watermill at Posara

offers inspiring creative writing courses for 2010 on the theme of Writing Romance with Sharon Kendrick (8-15 May) and Jessica Hart (25 Sep - 2 Oct). Both courses are designed to help both enthusiastic beginners and more experienced writers to make the most of their talents, whatever their level.

Prices start at £930 +IVA (Italian VAT) per person, all inclusive.

The Watermill at Posara, Tuscany, Italy.

La Muse Writers’ & Artists’ Retreat.

Get inspired! Write in a peaceful, structured setting in the company of creative peers.

€650-950 for three weeks.

Southern France.

Can Torras Rural Retreat

is the perfect location to relax and be creative. Work in your private suite or anywhere in the organic gardens; or take inspiration from a walk in the evergreen cork oak forests.

Gavarres Hills, Girona, Northern Spain.

Hothouse

is an intensive weekend residency for poets tutored by Ron Butlin and Polly Clark. Designed to help you make the greatest leap possible in a short time. Limited to eight participants.

£350.

Cove Park, Peaton Hill, Cove, Argyll and Bute.

15-17 October.

The Fielding Programme

is a specialist programme for writers, mentored by Polly Clark. Stay for one or two weeks, depending on your project.

Cove Park, Peaton Hill, Cove.

For two weeks beginning Monday 18 October.

Circle of Misse

offers a variety of inspiring, individually-centred creative writing holidays, with small groups, lots of one-to-one attention from award-winning writers, world class food, excellent local wines and exciting excursions. Courses include: Creativity Jumpstarts: 2-6 Jun (Finding the Story), 16-20 Jun (Travelogues), 7-11 Jul (Seeing with a Poet’s Eye), 4-8 Aug (Igniting the Imagination), 6-10 Oct (Writing About Difficult Subjects) & 20-24 Oct (Editing for Publication). Boot Camps: 7-13 Jun (Short Story), 21-27 Jun (Novel), 12-18 Jul (Poetry), 9-15 Aug (Novel), 23-29 Aug (All genres, including life-writing) & 20-26 Sep (Novel)

Loire Valley, France.

Troubadour Poetry-Writing Week

provides a week-in-residence, from themed workshops to ways into writing, critical sessions, getting published, what makes a good poetry reading and more.

£465.

La Place Basse, Caux, Languedoc-Roussillion, France.

23-30 October.

Winter Writing Break

is a course for serious writers at a range of levels with limited places available.

From £490.

In a manor house, close to Harlech in North Wales.

30 October - 5 November.

Almàssera Vella

offers residential writing courses including: Poetry with Penelope Shuttle (16-23 Oct, £595); Taking the Plunge: Starting to Write Fiction with Mavis Cheek (30 Oct-6 Nov, £595).

Almàssera Vella, Carrer de la Mare de Deu del Miracle, Alicante, Spain.

Academi Writers Retreat

is led this year by Deborah Kay Davies, and offers an opportunity for writers to relax, write, think and talk their way through a long slow autumn weekend.

£125 (£85/£75).

Clynfyw, Near Aberych, Pembrokeshire.

5-7 November.

How to Write for Children

is a weekend residential in a beautiful Suffolk location with professional teaching from Brandon Robshaw and guest author Melanie Welsh. Beginners and more experienced writers welcome.

Mendham Mill, Harleston.

5-7 November.

Residential Courses at Ty Newydd

include: Breathing In: Prose and Poetry with Menna Elfyn and Pamela Petro (30 Aug-4 Sep); Active Theatre with David Britton and Phillip Mackenzie (13-18 Sep); The Habit of Art (24-26 Sep); Writing for Children with Nick Manns and Linda Newbery (27 Sep-2 Oct); Storytelling Retreat with Hugh Lupton and Eric Maddern (11-16 Oct); Aiming Higher: Poetry and Fiction with Sara Maitland and Graham Mort (25-30 Oct); Writing for Performance with Kate O’Reilly (1-6 Nov); Poetry from Nowhere: How to create when your head is empty, with Tiffany Atkinson and Peter Finch (8-13 Nov).

From £350. Bursaries available.

Ty Newydd Writers’ Centre, Gwynedd.

Scriptwriting Workshop Weekend

with Guy Meredith, designed to get the novice started or refresh the experienced writer’s zeal.

£295 per person.

Walshaw Lodge, Hebden Bridge HX7 7AX.

12-14 November.

The Arvon Foundation

runs acclaimed week-long writing retreats with professional writers based in four regional centre, including: Song Writing with Ray Davies and Marion Wells (The Hurst, 2-7 Aug); Writing for Television with Jack Thorne and Chloe Moss (Totleigh Barton, 2-7 Aug); Fiction with Jacob Ross and Bernardine Evaristo (Lumb Bank, 23-28 Aug); Film Writing with Paul Fraser and Kirstin Sheridan (The Hurst, 30 Aug-4 Sep); Poetry with Matt Harvey and Malika Booker (Totleigh Barton, 6-11 Sep); Graphic Novel with Bryan Talbot and Hannah Berry (The Hurst, 20-25 Sep); Advanced Poetry with Mimi Khalvati and George Szirtes (The Hurst, 4-9 Oct); Radio Fiction with Susie Maguire and Colin MacDonald (Moniack Mhor, 4-9 Oct); Travel Writing with Jeremy Seal and Rosemary Bailey (Moniack Mhor, 11-16 Oct); Creative Nonfiction with Hephzibah Anderson and Will Hodgkinson (Totleigh Barton, 25-30 Oct); Sports Writing with Richard Beard and Anthony Clavane (The Hurst, 15-20 Nov); Starting to Write with Helen Cross and Esther Morgan (Lumb Bank, 29 Nov-4 Dec)

The Hurst, Shropshire; Lumb Bank, Yorkshire; Totleigh Barton, Devon; Moniack Mhor, Scotland.

Chalet La Giettaz Bespoke Writers’ Retreats

provide a picture-postcard setting for an indulgent writing retreat, tailored to your every need. Choose from small group workshops and one-to-one tutorials, or solo tailor-made retreats with individual mentoring; all with host Bidisha. Writers of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, journalism, proposals, synopses, blogs, letters and life-writing are all welcome.

Prices start from £300 for a long weekend.

Chalet La Giettaz, Pays du Mont Blanc, France.

Creative Retreat Weeks

provide opportunities for people to have new and inspiring experiences at Glencanisp Lodge in the north west highlands of Scotland.

£420-£750

Glencanisp Lodge, Assynt.

11-18 September; 30 October-6 November; 6-13 November; 8-15 January 2011.

TLC Literary Adventures

is a writing holiday run by The Literary Consultancy over two weeks, with tutors Rebecca Abrams (week 1) and Jacob Ross (week 2).

£695 per week. £50 off per week if you book before 31 October.

Casa Ana, Spain.

26 March - 2 April 2011.


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