Join the Moniack Mhor experience online and access top-quality creative writing tuition, develop your craft and share your experiences with a community of writers – all from the comfort of your own sofa, desk or kitchen table.
Our activity includes Moniack in a Month courses, year-round seasons of writing, masterclasses and other one-off events, and an online mentoring scheme. We add new courses and events throughout the year so please keep an eye on our social media and newsletter for updates!
30th Anniversary Celebrations
This year at Moniack Mhor, we are celebrating three decades of supporting creative writing journeys in all walks of life. As we head into our 30th year, we are excited to continue developing our online courses with the same focus on Moniack Mhor’s warm, supportive environment combined with the expertise of skilled and inspirational writers.
We’ll be sharing stories and marking our anniversary in as many ways as we can, from 17th May 2023 to 16th May 2024. In the meantime, we are delighted to introduce the first events in a new online Masterclass series. We look forward to welcoming you through our virtual doors!
Coming Up
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2592 Online Masterclass: Dialogue for Crime Writers with Liam McIlvanney
Mon 27th Oct
Online
Crime fiction is a dialogue-driven genre. This session introduces the key principles and techniques involved in crafting compelling dialogue in crime fiction.
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2572 Online: Moniack in a Month – Travel Writing with Miranda France
Tue 25th Nov - Thu 18th Dec
Online
Learn how to look at and describe worlds both strange and familiar and how to shape this into a story that others will want to read. Through texts and images, interviews, conversation and written exercises, you’ll think about different approaches to describing nature, cities, cultures and people, both for books and shorter texts.
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2660 Online: Three Seasons of Poetry with John Glenday – Season 1
Tue 13th Jan - Fri 27th Feb
Online
Get off to a flying start in 2026 by joining poet John Glenday in a sustained, long-term online poetry writing programme designed to stimulate the imagination, examine technique and hone existing skills.
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2661 Online: Moniack in Six Weeks – The Workshop with Elizabeth Reeder
Wed 14th Jan - Wed 18th Feb
Online
The Workshop at Moniack Mhor Online is a six-week course led by Elizabeth Reeder where eight writers come together to give and receive feedback on each other’s work.
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2680 Online Masterclass: Plot, Character and World-Building in SF with Adam Oyebanji
Thu 5th Feb
Online
Join Adam Oyebanji for this masterclass on how to craft a believable make-belief world: the weaving together of plot, character, and setting to create an organic, layered whole.
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