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2626 June Retreat
Monday 22 Jun - Saturday 27 Jun
Fully Booked
Summer starts to make itself known in the Scottish Highlands in June, as the days stretch towards the solstice. Make the most of extra daylight and stretch your metaphorical writer legs during our June retreat.
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2627 Midsummer Retreat
Monday 29 Jun - Saturday 4 Jul
Fully Booked
Join us just after the summer solstice and make the most of the long days to inspire your writing.
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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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2629 Lifewriting: with Karen McLeod and Jarred McGinnis, Guest Reader Jackie Kay
Monday 13 Jul - Saturday 18 Jul
Limited Places Available
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
Fully Booked
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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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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2635 Hybrid: A Year of Writing – Season 2
Monday 24 Aug - Saturday 29 Aug
Online Fully Booked
The summer season of Moniack Mhor’s Year of Writing, led by Elizabeth Reeder and top and tailed by two online sessions.
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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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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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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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2644 October Retreat
Monday 26 Oct - Saturday 31 Oct
Fully Booked
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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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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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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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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2719 Travelling Between Voices: A Cross-Nation Poetry Course with Pàdraig MacAoidh/Peter Mackay and Hanan Issa
Monday 10 May - Friday 14 May
Partnership Course
Explore how writing multilingual poetry can bridge identities, communities and landscapes through our collaboration with Tŷ Newydd.
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