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2684 Online Masterclass: Writing for Paperboats with Karen Lloyd and Laura Fyfe
Wednesday 24 Jun
Online

Paperboats is a Scotland-based collective of writers, global in outlook, who focus on nature and our environment in a time of climate and ecological breakdown. In this workshop led by Laura Fyfe and Karen Lloyd, participants will be encouraged to find new ways to engage meaningfully with the more-than-human-world.

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Young Writers’ Café with Heather Parry
Thursday 25 Jun

In this lively workshop, we’ll discuss horror’s tradition of taking inspiration from real life, and explore how we can continue that tradition in a way that feels generative, constructive and intersectional without losing horror’s edge. 

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2627 Midsummer Retreat
Monday 29 Jun - Saturday 4 Jul
Limited Places Available

Join us just after the summer solstice and make the most of the long days to inspire your writing.

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2685 Online Masterclass: Creative Responses to Place with Amanda Thomson
Thursday 2 Jul
Online

How might words, images or a mixture of both help communicate the moments, atmospheres, feelings and complexities that you’re looking to capture and convey? This masterclass is about thinking through the ways in which we might give expression to the multifaceted nature of our experiences and encounters with places and spaces in playful and thoughtful ways.    

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2628 Playwriting: with Simon Stephens and Eve Leigh, Guest Reader Omar Elerian
Monday 6 Jul - Saturday 11 Jul
Fully Booked

An active interrogation of the mechanics of playwriting, this course will creatively examine the use of dramatic action, character, location, narrative and structure in the making of a play. This course is useful both for playwrights at the beginning of their career and for writers who have written one or two plays and are looking to develop their craft. 

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2669 Online: Moniack in a Month – Non-Fiction Proposal with Caro Clarke and Margaux Vialleron
Tuesday 7 Jul - Thursday 30 Jul
Online Fully Booked

Through four interactive workshops led by Caro Clarke and Margaux Vialleron, you will explore what you need to include in a non-fiction book proposal and how best to present your idea.

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First Stages Album Launch
Thursday 9 Jul

Join us for the launch of the collaborative album by First Stages – a programme for young emerging songwriters.

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2629 Lifewriting: with Karen McLeod and Jarred McGinnis, Guest Reader Jackie Kay
Monday 13 Jul - Saturday 18 Jul
Fully Booked

Can fiction writers learn from memoir? And when using autobiographical material, where and how do you create the friction needed to make compelling stories? Whether you’re writing a memoir dressed as a novel, lightly taking from lived experience for a novel, or experimenting with shorter fiction, this course will help develop your writing.  

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2630 Poetry: with Kim Moore and Clare Shaw, Guest Reader Abeer Ameer
Monday 20 Jul - Saturday 25 Jul
Limited Places Available

Join award winning poets Kim Moore and Clare Shaw for an immersive poetry residential. Through workshops, readings and shared reflection, we’ll explore poetry as a powerful act of noticing – of bearing witness to the world around us and within us.

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2631 July Retreat
Monday 27 Jul - Saturday 1 Aug
Fully Booked

Take some time away from everything in the beautiful surroundings of Moniack Mhor to get some thinking and writing done on this summer retreat.

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2632 Course with Childcare with Samuel Tongue and Nuala Watt
Monday 3 Aug - Saturday 8 Aug

The lives we live now are full of a complex combination of challenge, exhaustion, anxiety, and the overwhelming love and novelty that children bring with them into this complex world. In this course, two parent poets, Sam and Nuala, will help you explore this multifaceted experience in your own writing.

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2686 Online Masterclass: Narrative Non-Fiction – Writing from Observation with Neil Ansell
Wednesday 5 Aug
Online

In this masterclass, participants will be asked to consider how best to interpret direct observation in a way which almost makes the reader feel they were there.

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2634 Fiction: Starting Out with Kirsty Gunn and Kevin MacNeil, guest reader Duncan McLean
Monday 17 Aug - Saturday 22 Aug
Limited Places Available

Come to this week and discover your novel, whether that means beginning a book from scratch or whipping a current draft into better shape.

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2636 Late Summer Retreat
Monday 31 Aug - Saturday 5 Sep
Fully Booked

It is harvest season – the perfect time to gather inspiration from the abundance of summer fruits and finish your work in progress.

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2670 Online: Moniack in a Month – Historical Mystery Fiction with Vaseem Khan
Thursday 3 Sep - Friday 25 Sep
Online

This course will examine key aspects of writing such fiction starting with how to take historical fact and bend it to the service of exciting, well plotted mysteries.

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2637 Non-fiction: Writing Place with Horatio Clare and Monisha Rajesh, guest reader Cal Flyn
Monday 7 Sep - Saturday 12 Sep

This course will immerse you in our local landscape to help you explore how observation and place-based approaches can influence and enrich your non-fiction work.

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Young Writers’ Café with Thomas Welsh
Thursday 10 Sep

Do you want to write for videogames? Join Thomas Welsh, games writer and author as he talks about creativity, the games industry, fantasy and sci-fi writing, and how to start your games career

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2638 The Sonic World of Poems with Hanif Abdurraqib and Jen Hadfield, guest reader Rachel Sermanni
Monday 14 Sep - Saturday 19 Sep

Immerse yourself in the sonic aspects of poetry and explore the ways words – or their absence – can create a sense of propulsion through sound and repetition.

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2640 Songwriting with Boo Hewerdine and Yvonne Lyon, guest reader Lady Nade
Monday 28 Sep - Saturday 3 Oct
Limited Places Available

Delve into the world around you to imagine, create and hone songs inspired by the stories of the things that surround you.

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2641 Making Fiction with Lesley Glaister and Ruth Thomas, guest reader Jacob Polley
Monday 5 Oct - Saturday 10 Oct

Whether you are a short story writer or a novelist, this general fiction tutored course is for you. We’ll look at all the main areas of the craft of fiction: character, sense of place, dialogue, point of view…

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2671 Online: Moniack in a Month – Non-Fiction with Dan Richards
Thursday 8 Oct - Friday 30 Oct
Online

This course looks at how to write engaging, informative narrative non-fiction that inspires and connects with readers.

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2687 Online Masterclass: Writing for Audio – Arresting Character with Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Wednesday 21 Oct
Online

This Masterclass will provide a fun and practical method of finding out more about your character by asking them some detailed and searching questions.

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2646 Quiet Retreat with Kapka Kassabova and Caoimhe Keohane, guest reader Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul
Monday 9 Nov - Saturday 14 Nov

Join us for a quiet tutored retreat with Kapka Kassabova and yoga teacher Caoimhe Keohane to focus deeply on being present in your writing.

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2672 Online: Moniack in a Month – Character-Driven Novel Writing with Diana Evans
Monday 9 Nov - Tuesday 1 Dec
Online

In this course with novelist Diana Evans, you will explore ways of bringing characters to life so that they are ‘off the page’ and memorable.

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2647 Writing for Audio Drama with Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Sarah Hehir, guest reader Katie Hims
Monday 16 Nov - Saturday 21 Nov

Learn practical tips for creating well developed characters for audio drama and focus on setting them in a structured story.

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2648 Poetry: Folk Tales with Liz Berry and Fiona Benson, guest reader Roseanne Watt
Monday 23 Nov - Saturday 28 Nov
Fully Booked

Gather in to explore winter spells, folk tales, myths and rituals with a particular focus on tales of the north, and craft a portfolio of November poems.

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2688 Online Masterclass: Gothic Fiction with C. J. Cooke
Tuesday 1 Dec
Online

Join CJ Cooke to immerse yourself in the gothic and learn how to write atmospheric, eerie, supernatural fiction.

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2650 Fiction Tutored Retreat with Louise Welsh and Zoë Strachan, guest reader Eimear McBride
Monday 7 Dec - Saturday 12 Dec
Fully Booked

Join us for an end of year break to find inspiration in a peaceful, supportive environment and focus instensively on your work in progress.

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2651 December Retreat
Monday 14 Dec - Saturday 19 Dec
Limited Places Available

Embrace the slowness of winter and nurture your writing while cooried in by the fire – and with a hot drink by your side – to keep you warm.

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