Coming Up
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2619 Neurodivergent Writing: with Kate Fox and Elspeth Wilson, Guest Reader Joanne Limburg
Monday 4 May - Saturday 9 May
Limited Places Available
Join Joanne Limburg and Kate Fox in exploring how neurodiversity can be found in literary forms from poetry to fiction and creative non-fiction – and look at how neurodivergent writers of all levels of life experience can play with, challenge or find a sense of home within these forms.
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2620 Wild Imagination: Writing for a Changing World with Anna Selby and Hannah Lowe, Guest Reader TBC
Monday 11 May - Saturday 16 May
Limited Places Available
In this course, we’ll draw on diverse examples from environmental and activist poetry, eco-memoir, climate fiction and multi-species storytelling to generate new and exciting work.
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2621 May Retreat
Monday 18 May - Saturday 23 May
Limited Places Available
Immerse yourself in the fresh Highland air at Moniack Mhor to release your thoughts and ideas, in the glorious month of May as the evenings become lighter.
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2623 Crime: with Caro Ramsay and Michael J Malone, Guest Reader Kate Lyall Grant
Monday 1 Jun - Saturday 6 Jun
Limited Places Available
This course, with Michael J Malone and Caro Ramsay, offers an opportunity to craft compelling crime fiction. An immersive course to take you from blank page to polishing the final draft with entertaining workshops on the nuts and bolts for creating chilling villains, twisty plots and perfect prose.
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2624 Short Fiction: with Irenosen Okojie and Leone Ross, Guest Reader Tessa Hadley
Monday 8 Jun - Saturday 13 Jun
Limited Places Available
This week will be a deep dive into a continuum of approaches for short stories, from the plotted to the subversive, from the serious to the mischievous. For writers who have already tried the form and now want their short stories to be even better.
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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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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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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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2644 October Retreat
Monday 26 Oct - Saturday 31 Oct
Limited Places Available
As the nights get longer and the leaves begin to fall, cosy up next to the fire for some focused writing time.
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2648 Poetry: Folk Tales with Liz Berry and Fiona Benson, guest reader Roseanne Watt
Monday 23 Nov - Saturday 28 Nov
Limited Places Available
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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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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