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The Home of Creative Writing. Writing courses and retreats online and at three UK countryside homes. linktr.ee/arvon_

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Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I’ll be teaching a short fiction course @arvonfoundation.bsky.social next week at the re-furbished writing centre at Lumb Bank. I’ll be working with writer Vanessa Onwuemezi, which will be a special treat!
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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Ooh nice. @arvonfoundation.bsky.social literally changed my life. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't be writing games - thanks to a week tutored by @writingstudio.bsky.social and @jon.inkle.co 🙌🏽 It was the best investment I every made in myself.
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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The brilliant @arvonfoundation.bsky.social is launching an 18-month residency programme for emerging UK-based writers. Applications open on Monday but get a head start and read the details here: www.arvon.org/jerwood-arvo...
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Jerwood Arvon Writer Residencies 2026-7 | Arvon
The Jerwood Arvon Writer Residencies are a fully funded, self-directed development opportunity for 12 emerging writers.
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Caroline Bird @carolinebirduk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Are you free on the evening of December 16th? 🎄 Join me for this masterclass all about finding multiple (infinite?) ways in to the same subject matter. We’ll write a ridiculous amount of poems in 2 hours…with brand new exercises ⁦‪‬⁩ www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Masterclass: Infinite Ways in to Writing Poems | Tackling big subjects with wonder | Arvon
For the third year running, with all new prompts and exercises, Arvon favourite Caroline Bird returns for our final Masterclass of the year, which promises to be a bolt of creativity to kick-start som...
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Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Thrilled to be invited to run this course again with the wonderful @mailbykite.bsky.social for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social Looking for support/time/space/encouragement/nurturing/nourishment for your writing? This might be the one for you. #PlaceWriting #DisabilitySky www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Online Writing Month (daytime): Writing the Body | Embodied Place Writing | Arvon
To be able to connect with place, it is not possible to ignore the body that carries you there, that arrives and that journeys through, however that might happen. It is impossible to ignore the human ...
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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
What I’ve been doing this week at Totleigh @arvonfoundation.bsky.social ! The launch week of 2 year Arvon Advanced Writing Programme, Thanks to Zain Rishi for group photo! Non fiction tutor William Atkins, fiction tutor Rachel Seiffert and I’m looking after the five poets.
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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Amazing @arvonfoundation.bsky.social workshop tonight with @novelniche.bsky.social, hosted by Eliza Squire-Bird, on defying binaries & celebrating bi+ poetry. Wrote 4 new poems, early drafts so for #bivisibilityday here's one I wrote earlier, in Queerlings issue 9: drive.google.com/file/d/1gR1k...
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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I'll be teaching an online masterclass for the @arvonfoundation.bsky.social for academics wishing to write for a general audience. Expect fun writing exercises and some tips from me I've learnt along the way writing my book Hot Air. Everyone welcome, not just academics! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Masterclass: from Academic to General Non-Fiction | Writing that connects | Arvon
If you have an academic background, how do you find a place for creativity in your writing? Academics often capture fascinating stories in their research and archival work, but they don’t necessarily ...
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Caroline Brothers @carobrothers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Join Marcel Theroux and me at Totleigh Barton, the gorgeous @arvonfoundation.bsky.social manor house in Devon, UK, for a tutored writing retreat, 21-26 July. You'll have private tutorials, a masterclass or two & time to write. A brilliant guest tutor: Kamila Shamsie www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Tutored Retreat: Fiction | Time to focus | Arvon
Every writing project involves problems, stumbling blocks and set-backs, or sometimes life just gets in the way. If you feel your work-in-progress might benefit from professional guidance, the company...
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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Arvon calling...for anyone wanting to develop their writing into audio, come and join audio fiction gurus Polly Thomas and @danrebellato.bsky.social (and me!) at @arvonfoundation.bsky.social in September. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Rachel Carney @createdtoread.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
A fab week full of poetry & wildlife at Totleigh Barton - fantastic discussions & prompts from tutors @pascalepetit.bsky.social & Will Harris, & guest reader @ellafrears.bsky.social @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
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Aidan / Adrian Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
3/3 to the Arvon Foundation and to our tutors on that week, Jenny & Roy, for bringing us together, creating space for magic to happen and for a lasting, creative, supportive group to form. You just never know what unexpected delights await on and from an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social course!
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Aidan / Adrian Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
2/3 We’ve chosen themes, written individual poems, shared them, learned from each other and relished each person’s individual style and voice - delightfully comic, brooding gothic, swirling free verse, tight forms, and much more. On this anniversary, we want to say a huge thanks
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Aidan / Adrian Coyle @adriancoyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
1/3 Exactly one year ago today, a group of intrepid poets embarked on an exhilarating @arvonfoundation.bsky.social online course led by @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social & Roy McFarlane. During that intense week, poems were crafted and bonds created, so much so that 6 of us have met monthly since then.
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New Writing North @newwritingnorth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The winner of the Arvon Award is North Shields writer, cyclist and psychologist Xani Byrne. "Winning the Arvon Award feels like the wind has spun around and started blowing at my back. It's a welcome push up the hill and it has given me the self-confidence to continue."
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Join our Saturday Writing Club - a monthly, low-pressure creative boost to keep you writing all year round. 📝 Inspiring prompts 📚 A mystery guest author 💬 Space to write & connect 💛 Pay What You Can 📅 Come write with us on Saturday 14 June, 10-11am www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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The Saturday Writing Club (June) | A space to write, a place to belong | Arvon
We all know that writing can be a solitary experience. Join fellow writers once a month to write together, share tips and recommendations and set intentions for the month ahead. The Saturday Writing ...
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We’re thrilled to announce Arvon has received a major grant from the Heritage Fund UK to protect and share the unique landscape of Lumb Bank 🌿📚 2025 marks 50 years of Lumb Bank, and this project will strengthen connections between people, place, and storytelling. www.arvon.org/arvon-awarde...
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Arvon awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund | Arvon
Today, Arvon is announcing a £188,990 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to protect and share the rich literary and...
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Carolyn Morgan @carolynmorgan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My next read has just arrived. Costanza by my friend @rachelblackmore.bsky.social who I met at an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social historical fiction course. Looking forward to being immersed in scorching scandal in the art world of c17th Rome 💙📚
Costanza by Rachel Blackmore
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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Newsletter treats: Pick'n'Mix Zoom writing workshop, poetry+flash+hybrids (app.tickettailor.com/events/tania...) & teaching for @ninearchespress.bsky.social & @arvonfoundation.bsky.social. In Permission Corner I'm inspired by the @lunatraktors.bsky.social. taniahershman.substack.com/p/highly-irr...
A picture of bowls of different coloured sweets, and over the top the text: "Highly Irregular Newsletter #30 June 2025: Pick'n'Mix Zoom workshop and my book launch in July, two in-person workshops in August, and in Permission Corner, The Lunatraktors on permission and exploration."
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Deadline today! Apply for a FREE place on our Short Fiction residenital.
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We just discovered @musicalmedic.bsky.social, who prescribed us a dose of empowerment and played Mozart 31 – possibly the perfect soundtrack to get you through a writing session today. Inspired by William Sieghart, The Musical Medic hopes to use the power of music to heal and inspire. That he did!
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Is your manuscript ready to share with the world? This Prepare for Publication week in Devon will answer all your most pressing questions. Monday June 16th - Saturday June 21st. Just a few places left! @georgewalkley.com‬ & @jamesspackman73.bsky.social‬ www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Residential Writing Course: Prepare for Publication | Navigating your way from manuscript to book deal | Arvon
Is your manuscript ready to share with the world? This course will answer all your most pressing questions. How do you grab an agent’s attention? How do advances and royalties work? What does a PR cam...
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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Applications open for 1 *FREE* place for writer from an underrepresented community on our "Shorts: short fic, poetry, non fic & hybrids" residential @arvonfoundation.bsky.social course in Aug. Email taniah@gmail.com by 4 Jun telling me how you're eligible & why this particular course interests you!
At the top of the graphic is the text: "Free place on our residential Arvon Shorts course for a writer from an underrepresented community!". Below is a screenshot from the Arvon website, with the title "Residential writing course: Shorts", ahd the subtitle "Short fiction, non-fiction, poetry and hybrids", Tutors Tania Hershman and Holly Corfield Carr, Guest tutor Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Date Monday August 18th - Sat August 23rd 2025, Location Totleigh Barton
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helen @hejparry.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Well. Several hours later & still astonished & delighted to find myself on the Search for a Storyteller longlist! So many thanks @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social & @arvonfoundation.bsky.social for finding something in my story. & congratulations to everyone else on the longlist! How exciting this is!
Search for a Storyteller Long List
The Girl Who Lost Her Imagination - Rupert Barrington
Fox & Mouse and the Worlds Inbetween - Emmy Clarke
The Secrets of Skyshore - Laura Davies
The Bee Seekers - Ruth Davies
Piglet and Pear - Jessica Ellis
The Broken Isle - Heather Fishwick
Light Beyond the Mountains - Alka Handa
Sparks of Green - Claire Lincoln-Gordon
Fishsong - Sarah Newman
The Monster of Ruthyn Hall - Helen Parry
Octavius Blood and the Blood Oath - Ross Salvage
Febred - Clive Wallis
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Miranda Moore (@sparewriter.bsky.social) winner of the first Search for a Storyteller prize with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social & Arvon, shares how an Arvon at Home course helped shape her next novel and why breakthroughs often come in unexpected moments. www.arvon.org/a-storytelle...
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A Storyteller’s Journey with Arvon at Home | Arvon
Arvon spoke with Miranda Moore, the winner of the inaugural Search for a Storyteller competition run by DFB and...
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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join us tomorrow night on Zoom 7pm UK time - still time to sign up, concessions available! Very much looking forward to celebrating all things short: www.arvon.org/writing-cour... @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
A photograph of two smiling people, one with short red hair, one with short brown hair and glasses, and behind them the words "Masterclass: SHORTS".
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social for her Fiction Masterclass on Friday, exploring how to create the most compelling characters. Friday May 23rd, 11:00-13:00 BST www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Don't miss tomorrow's Masterclass, exploring 'shorts' in all genres: short fiction, non-fiction, poetry and hybrids. Tuesday May 20th 2025, 19:00-21:00 BST www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 18/05/2025
Hugely looking forward to running an in-person Non-Fiction Writing Workshop at @hayfestival.bsky.social this year, supported by @arvonfoundation.bsky.social 📚⛺️🎪 Over 2 hours, I’ll aim to guide you through honing your topic, research, structure & narrative. It won't be intimidating, I promise! ❤️
poster for Hay/Arvon writing workshop with Rachel Clarke
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Whether you’re a seasoned poet or just starting out, this Online Writing Week offers a chance to connect with other queer writers, experiment with your craft, and discover new ways of expressing yourself. Tutored by Mary Jean Chan and @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social 🌟
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T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. Michael Hofmann will chair and will be joined on the panel by fellow poets Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell. Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Join us for The Hurst Open Gardens on Sunday 18 May, 2pm - 5pm. Visit the former home of playwright John Osborne and enjoy 26 acres of gardens and woodland. 🏡 House tours ☕ Tea, coffee & cake 🌱 Plant stall 📚 Book stall 📍 The Hurst, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 0JA www.arvon.org/the-hurst-op...
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Rosie Wilby @rosiewilby.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Really fabulous first @arvonfoundation.bsky.social Saturday Writing Club this morning. Guest @carolinebirduk.bsky.social had some revelatory insights about editing. ‘Don’t start pruning the tree while it’s still a sapling’. It’s okay for a 2nd draft to be messier / longer than the 1st! #WritingTips
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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Join our Masterclass on May 20 to help me & Holly raise funds to be able to offer a FREE place on our residential @arvonfoundation.bsky.social week - as well as 2 hours of fun & playful writing exercises inspired by everything short: fiction, poetry, non-fic & hybrids! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Non-fiction writers: don’t miss tomorrow’s two-hour Masterclass with Simon Garfield, the prize-winning author of more than 20 books of creative non-fiction on diverse subjects, including the international bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map, and Mauve. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Masterclass: The Architecture of Non-Fiction | How to build and sustain a brilliant narrative | Arvon
There is nothing more important to a non-fiction book than its architecture. How does one assemble a compelling story from a collection of facts, anecdotes, interviews and observations? Whether writin...
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Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In September, @sophieherx.bsky.social and I are running Everyday Play, a residential course for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social in Shropshire, with Karenjit Sandhu. We'll be making poetry and art over a week in a beautiful setting. Going to be fun. Booking open. www.arvon.org/.../resident...
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Oliver Carman @oscarm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Day 3 of writing retreat @arvonfoundation.bsky.social The view from my room. Nearly 50% of the sequel to Out of Shadows written.
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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Tutoring an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social residential writing course is one of my FAVOURITE things, and I adore short everythings: fiction, poetry, non-fic, hybrids. Come get excited with me, Holly Corfield Carr & @safiyakamaria.bsky.social in Aug, concessions available! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
A photograph of a beautiful house with a thatched roof and light coming from the windows, with a garden in front and an open garden gate. The text says: "Writing course: Shorts. The beauty of brevity. With Tania Hershman, HOlly Corfield Carr, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa. August 18-August 23, Totleigh Barton, Devon" and the Arvon foundation logo in the bottom right corner.
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A joyful week where art meets language 💙💜🧡 Join poet-artists @sophieherx.bsky.social and @tomjenksuk.bsky.social for an inspiring, hands-on course exploring poetry through collage, theatre, zines, graffiti and more. 📅 8-13 September, The Hurst www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Residential Writing Course: Poetry & Visual Art | Arvon
This week – a week where art and language meet – you’ll draw inspiration from all kinds of artists and poets whose work defies categorisation, from graffiti to collage to theatre to zines. Join expert...
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Shivanee Ramlochan @novelniche.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Bring your queerest vibes to this @arvonfoundation.bsky.social Bi+ Poetry online masterclass with me! 📆 September 23rd, 2025 🕖 7-9 PM BST / 2-4 PM AST 💸 £40, or ≈ $360 TTD, or ≈ $53 USD 🌐 via Zoom webinar 🔗 bit.ly/bipluspoetry... Claim the bi+ poems that are your own. #BiPoems
A flyer stating 'Online Masterclass Exploring and Celebrating Bi+Poetry 23 September 19:00-21:00 BST Marking Bi Visibility Day, join queer poet Shivanee Ramlochan for an immersion in poems of power and resistance.' Flyer also has a headshot of Shivanee Ramlochan.
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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This looks like a lovely opportunity to connect with writers and be creative together. Very affordable and accessible, thanks @arvonfoundation.bsky.social. #CreativeWriting
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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This seems like a really nice way to get some gentle writing encouragement.
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We’re launching the Saturday Writing Club - a monthly, low-pressure creative boost to keep you writing all year round. 📝 Inspiring prompts 📚 A mystery guest author 💬 Space to write & connect 💛 Pay What You Can 📅 Come write with us on Saturday 10 May, 10–11am www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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The Saturday Writing Club (May) | A space to write, a place to belong | Arvon
We all know that writing can be a solitary experience. Join fellow writers once a month to write together, share tips and recommendations and set intentions for the month ahead. The Saturday Writing ...
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Discover how to transform your will-to-write into compelling fiction during this immersive and energising writing week. 📅Monday April 28th - Saturday May 3rd 2025 📍The Hurst, Shropshire ✅Book now: www.arvon.org/writing-cour... @sharonduggal.bsky.social
Fiction: Ignite the spark and fire up your fiction
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Emma Shevah @emmashevah.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Our online Arvon course on writing for children and young people is now live. Join me and the brilliant Ashley Hickson-Lovence this summer for a fun, insightful and explorative week. www.arvon.org/writing-cour... @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
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Online Writing Week: Writing for Children and Young Adults | Exploring voices of longing and belonging | Arvon
Join critically-acclaimed authors Ashley Hickson-Lovence and Emma Shevah as they share the themes and flavours that infuse their work, and guide you – with the help of the work of other diverse author...
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Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Join @taniahershman.bsky.social & Holly Corfield Carr for a Masterclass on crafting miniature masterpieces. A taster for their August Shorts course at Totleigh Barton — plus, your ticket helps fund a free place for an underrepresented writer. Win-win! Details 👉 www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Chitra Ramaswamy @chitgrrl.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is happening next month and there are a few places left! If you can, JOIN US! Please share.
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Alice Jolly @alicejolly.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Am teaching historical fiction online @arvonfoundation.bsky.social week commencing 5 May with Rebecca Abrams. Great opportunity to gain inspiration, confidence and skills. Suitable for those with a work in progress and beginners as well. #historicalfiction #writinglife www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Online Writing Week: Historical Fiction | Scene, structure and voice | Arvon
'The past is a foreign country', as the novelist L.P. Hartley famously said. But how do writers recreate the past in ways that engage the modern reader? Award-winning historical fiction writers Rebecc...
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