Courses

Come to Moniack Mhor for some quality quiet time. Evenings by the fire, good company and country walks will help inspire your writing.

Come and join Ken Cockburn at Abriachan Forest Trust Classroom for a fun and informal afternoon taking inspiration from our surroundings to get writing.

Come and join Ken Cockburn at Abriachan Forest Trust Classroom for a fun and informal afternoon taking inspiration from our surroundings to get writing.

Now is the time to Spring into action (sorry) as you breathe new life into your manuscript, or work on your play, short story or poem.

Come and join Ken Cockburn at Abriachan Forest Trust Classroom for an evening of creative writing.

Saltfishforty are a dynamic duo from the Orkney Islands. Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola) combine the rich traditional music of Orkney with original compositions. The powerhouse partnership has won a devoted following throughout the UK and beyond, brilliantly transcending the duo format’s conventional confines. A partnership forged back in 2002 – more by […]

During this day workshop, Marjorie will examine what home means to each of us – in its broadest sense and on a personal level.

Bethany Reid, Jenna Reid, Lauren MacColl and Anna Massie join forces to create a sound which is both rich and lush, yet retaining all the bite and spark synonymous with a Scottish fiddle player.

This course will help you finish that first draft with workshops and tutorials on plot and character, on sharpening your descriptions, writing scenes and creating distinctive, propulsive, persuasive voices.

Findlay Napier and Boo Hewerdine write songs from observations and real life experience. During this week long course, you too, can learn the power of turning narrative into song.

Bold, creative, and original; Tannara have established themselves as one of the UK’s most interesting and unique contemporary folk groups.

Come and join us and let your writing productivity flourish. 

Treat yourself to some well-earned time alone with your current work in progress, or maybe start the building blocks of your next project in the warmth and comfort of Moniack Mhor. 

Are you passionate about writing fiction with young adult protagonists? This week will give you the motivation you need to develop your knowledge and skills.

Telling Your Story What’s the heart of your story and how might you find the voice in which to tell it? What techniques can you use to anchor a narrative so it feels true to your lived experience? In this practical and immersive course on the art of writing memoir Chitra Ramaswamy and Colin Grant […]

Come to find your rhythm and your voice, unravel your ideas, craft harmonious developments, and cut away excess noise from prelude to finale so that your work can sing.

Taking advantage of Moniack Mhor’s beautiful setting, this course will take you out into the hills and glens around the centre, using the landscape and local history to inspire some great new writing.

Meet with fellow writers, and discuss your ideas with Gillian and Kamila, who can help break any log jams that you might have encountered.

To get you writing and reading in fresh ways, this course will focus on generating new work through different ‘habits of art’.

In a course aimed at new and developing writers, we’ll look at these questions and more, exploring dramatic structure and how to work it to your advantage, balancing craft with inspiration, and taking your play from first to final draft.

Where better to spend the last few days of summer than at Moniack Mhor, where you can spend your time productively on your work

Creating Suspense How do you a hook a reader’s attention and create suspense? If you already have a criminal idea that you want to put on the page, this course is for you … but it will also help those searching for inspiration. Through discussion, workshops and practical exercises, the opportunities offered by the genre […]

If you think you have the writing bug but you’re unsure how to get started, Karin and Andrew will guide you through that difficult space between wanting and doing, the ambition and the act.

Niall and Pascale will share their writing experience and help you find strategies to write your truth and make it compelling to the reader.

This short course is designed to give teachers, librarians and other professionals working in the sector the confidence and skills to share and inspire the creation of poetry with audiences of all ages.

Le Ruairidh Macilleathain B’ e Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir fear de na bàird a bu chliùitiche a sgrìobh riamh ann an Gàidhlig mu nàdar. Ciamar as urrainn do luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig a bhith air am brosnachadh le dìleab Dhonnchaidh gus sgrìobhadh mu nàdar, àrainneachd is dùthchas ann an stoidhle is gnàthas a fhreagras air […]

The short story is an ideal form to explore the fantastic – its brevity allows huge creative freedom, experimentation and inventive metaphor-making.

Sarah McIntyre and James Mayhew will lead you through the basics of structuring a picture book, discuss sources of inspiration, techniques, and share from their experience.

Gràdh-nàdair is àrainneachd tro shùilean dithis shàr-Ghàidheal: dìleab Dhonnchaidh Bhàin agus Dhòmhnaill MhicFhionnlaigh nan Dàn. (Airson feadhainn a tha filenta ann an Gàidhlig ) Le Ruairidh Macilleathain Dh’fhàg Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir agus Dòmhnall Mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn againn dà de na dàin a bu chumhachdaiche a chaidh a sgrìobhadh ann an Gàidhlig riamh […]

This course is aimed at writers of all levels, from beginners to published authors, who wish to hone and develop their non-fiction, be it memoir, biography, travel, life writing, nature or place writing.

Join Nalini Paul for a day of poetry and exploration through the senses. You will engage with sound, smell and tactility, creating imagery that brings the abstract and the tangible together.

During this short writing retreat, writers John Glenday and Louise Wallwein will lead you through some inspiring writing exercises and creative activities that will encourage you to tap into your creativity.

A warm welcome and a warm log fire await you at Moniack Mhor. You can use this time to work on your latest manuscript, play or poems away from the distractions of the real world. 

Deck the halls and kick off your Christmas celebrations with a week of writing in Moniack Mhor.