Courses

"Interesting, varied, challenging exercises balanced with informative input from wonderfully supportive and encouraging tutors. It felt as if they really cared about our writing and us as writers. I came away creatively inspired and raring to go …"
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Access

"The Moniack Mhor staff got me everything I needed to have a productive and comfortable stay. As a disabled writer I couldn’t ask for more."
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Young Writers

"To have someone take my work seriously and help me try and improve was a real confidence boost"
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Bursaries

"I hesitated applying for a bursary, I wasn’t sure if it was meant for me but it was a simple process that I’d recommend to anyone who may need some financial help. You never know where a course may lead you."
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Support for Writers

"The team at Moniack Mhor, with great care and thoughtfulness, have not only created a magical and functional space for the imagination, but also a refuge for genuine human connections.”
Find out about our residency and awards programme
Moniack Mhor is Scotland’s National Writing Centre. Based in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, we run courses in a range of genres tutored by some of the finest authors in the UK and beyond. With workshops and one to one tutorials, our courses provide an atmosphere to fully immerse yourself in your writing. The centre also offers writing retreats providing time and space, free from distractions, where you will find yourself part of a nurturing writing community. Other support offered by Moniack Mhor includes awards, bursaries, professional residencies to develop works in progress and a programme for young writers.

LIVE ONLINE READING
LIVE ONLINE READING
2020 Highland Book Prize Longlist Series.......Robin Robertson – a Scot exiled in London for most of his life – will explain how this Grimoire came to be, and why it’s subtitled New Scottish Folk Tales. Primarily, though, this will be a chance to hear him reading these poems.
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Support Us
Support Us
Please consider supporting the continuation of our work, including during COVID-19, by making a donation or joining our Friends' Scheme. Thank you so much.
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MONIACK IN A MONTH: YA
MONIACK IN A MONTH: YA
Moniack in a Month: Writing for Young Adults with Melvin Burgess Turning Ideas into Books Getting that initial idea is just the beginning – after that, your novel needs to be built. In this course we will cover a number of the skills necessary to help you do that, focusing in particular on that most tricky of them all – structuring your novel so that it does the job you want it to.
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MONIACK MHOR TEA BREAK

MONIACK MHOR TEA BREAK
2020 Highland Book Prize Longlist Series......Elizabeth Reeder talks about the pleasure and importance of experimentation and play when you’re trying to figure out how to tell your stories.
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STATEMENT RE COVID-19
STATEMENT RE COVID-19
Read Moniack Mhor's statement about COVID-19
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LIVE ONLINE TALK
LIVE ONLINE TALK
2020 Highland Book Prize Longlist Series - How to find a story in history Elizabeth Gifford will talk about finding story structure in past true events, and in doing so, how to stay true to history. Within this she will explore, how many liberties can a historical novelist take or not take. She will also discuss evoking place and setting.
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