Tutored Course

Tutored courses start on a Monday evening with a welcome talk from staff at 6.30pm who will then join you for a meal. Your two tutors will lead an introductory session after dinner. Tutored Courses usually include workshops each morning from one or both of your tutors. A buffet lunch is provided at 1pm. Afternoons provide time free to write or explore the surroundings, as well as a 30-minute one-to-one tutorial with each tutor during the week.

Evenings are often spent in the company of your group. Tutors will read from their own work on a Tuesday, and lead a sharing of your work at an informal ceilidh on Friday. A guest author usually joins you on Wednesday for dinner, followed by a reading from their work and a Q&A session.

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Coming Up


  • 2548 Historical Fiction: The Cathedral of Mist with Andrew Miller and Lucy Jago, Guest Reader Anna Frame
    2548 Historical Fiction: The Cathedral of Mist with Andrew Miller and Lucy Jago, Guest Reader Anna Frame
    Mon 24th Nov - Sat 29th Nov
    Fully Booked

    For writers with a special interest in historical fiction, the week will be a chance to start new projects or push on with work in progress. Through workshops, discussions and tutorials, we’ll explore a type of storytelling that remains hugely popular with readers, that inhabits genre but also transcends it.


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  • 2606 Songwriting: with Kathryn Williams and Louis Abbott, Guest Reader Polly Paulusma
    2606 Songwriting: with Kathryn Williams and Louis Abbott, Guest Reader Polly Paulusma
    Mon 2nd Feb - Sat 7th Feb

    Finding and sharing your voice in song. Have you always wanted to write a song? Do you want time for writing more songs? Do you want to stretch out of your usual creative practice? Songwriting can be the conective way we reach out to others and also make sense of our own feelings . 


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