Tutored Courses

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.


  • 2546 Short Fiction: The Adventure Starts Here with Kirsty Gunn and Meaghan Delahunt, Guest Reader Duncan McLean
    2546 Short Fiction: The Adventure Starts Here with Kirsty Gunn and Meaghan Delahunt, Guest Reader Duncan McLean
    Mon 10th Nov - Sat 15th Nov

    Do you have ideas for stories you’ve never got around to writing? Or need inspiration and a kick-start to writing them? This course, designed for anyone interested in short fiction, is an adventure in creative writing.


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  • 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
    Limited Places Available

    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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