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The Creative Writing Programme

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Whether you want to write a novel, poetry, short story or memoir, our part-time, two-year degree-level programmes make that aspiration a reality. We offer creative writing courses in-person in south-east and England and online.

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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
RuthFiggest says one of the most challenging aspects of writing is to trust that your subconscious knows what it’s doing. A tutor on our #Eastbourne writing course, Ruth is the author of a novel and several short stories. Read more about her writing life. bit.ly/4rvmH08
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Meet the tutor: ruth figgest — The CWP
Ruth is a novelist and short story writer. She was born in Oxford and grew up in the US. Her short stories have been short listed and commended for the Bridport Prize several times and in 2013 her sho...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A huge congratulations to our students and alumni who shared their work at our spring reading last night at Kemptown Bookshop on inspirations as diverse as greek mythology, doppelgangers, the NHS and laundrettes. bit.ly/4pp2pDB
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Our courses start this week so it feels appropriate to share this quote from the inspirational Stephen King. Whether you’re a returning second year, or starting on a course, welcome and welcome back. We’re so excited to be teaching again after the long summer break. #backtoschool2025📚✏️
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Philippa Groom, a graduate of our Life Writing Programme, is one of ten winners of this year's prestigious Fish Publishing Memoir Prize with an extract from her memoir, My Hummingbird Heart. bit.ly/4gOPCqP
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Do you worry about not writing everyday? Don't. Novelist Elaine Chiew says instead of beating yourself up, it’s better to ‘visit’ your work. Open up your story, read your words, spend time with your characters. Think ‘care and nurture’ not output. bit.ly/4mfYUx7
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Congratulations to Advanced Poetry Workshop alumni Lucy Heuschen whose debut poetry collection came out recently. Lucy was a student of John McCullough bit.ly/47Gpqw8
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Congratulations to Life Writing Programme alumna Lisa Lintott whose play Going for Gold has won numerous awards and been commissioned by Radio 4 where it will be aired soon. She's now writing a novel! Find out more about her writing life and her top tips to writers starting out. bit.ly/4nmPYab
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five minutes with Lisa lintott — The CWP
Lisa Lintott completed the Life Writing Programme in 2016-2018 and has since written an award-winning play and screenplay. She is currently editing her first novel. Here she talks about her writing li...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Do you have a novel or collection of short stories in progress? Are you looking for a critical and supportive environment where you can meet regularly and hone your work? There are just two places left in each group - maximum group size is nine writers. bit.ly/46afzMz
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The Creative Writing Programme can take you from having no writing experience to having a first draft of a novel. You can study online or at venues across the south-east. It starts next month - why not follow in Lisa Fransson's footsteps and sign up? bit.ly/4kVTjfj
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Well done to Dorian Nightingale whose poetry pamphlet Songs from Last Imaginations has been published by Flight of the Dragonfly Press. Dorian is an alumni of the Creative Writing Programme where he studied with Rosie Chard and John McCullough. bit.ly/484voaa @secretsoliloquies.bsky.social
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Worried about writer's bottom? Author and creative writing tutor Laura Wilkinson has the answer. Check out her top writing tips #WritingCommunity bit.ly/47gWg6E @laurawauthor.bsky.social
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writing tips from Laura wilkinson — The CWP
Laura Wilkinson is a tutor on the two-year Creative Writing Programme in Brighton and runs the Advanced Writing Workshops . She has published seven novels for adults (two under a pseudonym) a...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Congratulations to student Ieuan Goodwin who was shortlisted for The Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers with his short story Lily. Ieuan finished the 2-yr creative writing course in July and was taught by Rosie Chard and Ruth Figgest in Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Congratulations to Beth Miller whose seventh novel The Friendship List is published today by @bookouture.bsky.social The Friendship List is an utterly emotional and unforgettable page-turner about love and friendship. bit.ly/4fH804x
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New novel from Beth Miller — The CWP
Congratulations to Dr Beth Miller whose seventh novel The Friendship Lis t is published tod ay by Bookouture . The Frie ndship List is an utterly emotional and unforgettable page-turne...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
A short story by alumna Lisa Fransson has been included in an anthology of stories to bring hope in dark times. Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s famous poem, the stories included in HOPE: The Thing With Feathers have a feather motif and a hopeful ending. bit.ly/3Hwcdeu
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Congratulations to our life writing tutor Katy Massey for winning the ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger for All Us Sinners. Her book is set in Leeds in 1977, at a time when sex workers are being murdered by a serial killer they are calling the 'Ripper' bit.ly/3UOrEln
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Our Tuesday morning programme in Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton is now full so we’ve introduced a new day-time course on Wednesday mornings at the Jubilee Library in Brighton starting in October. Find out more www.creativewritingprogramme.org.uk/our-courses-...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Your story matters. No one else can write it but you. You never know who might read your words and see themselves in them. Connection is key, especially in the fracturing times we are living. www.creativewritingprogramme.org.uk/inspiration/...
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Five Minutes With Life writing alumna Carole Aubree-Dumont — The CWP
Life Writing Programme alumna Carole Aubree-Dumont won the Emerging Authors prize at this year’s Brighton Book Festival with a reading from her memoir Dumb. Here she talks about her writing journey. ...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Kickstart your writing summer with these top writing tips from Booker Prize shortlisted author Mick Jackson, who teaches on the Brighton-based Creative Writing Programme. bit.ly/4kt3Bmm
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mick jackson’s top writing tips — The CWP
Mick Jackson’s first novel, The Underground Man , was shortlisted for The Booker Prize. He has since published a further three novels and three collections of stories, all with Faber and Faber. ...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Have you always dreamed of writing a novel? Our 2-yr Creative Writing Programme will take you from having no experience to a first draft of a novel or short story collection. Why not come along to our next taster session on 8 July to see if it's for you? bit.ly/4k3Y0E8
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It’s a difficult question. Strong visual imagination, ability to observe, curiosity? Some writers have a natural ear for dialogue. Others have the ability to put the subtlest of thoughts into words. But writing is not about the practical skills. bit.ly/4egTLCE
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Congratulations to Carole Aubree-Dumont, alumni of the Creative Writing Programme, who won the Emerging Authors prize at the Brighton Book Festival today with her memoir Dumb. She's pictured with student Tee Mukumbira who was named runner up and lead judge Dorothy Koomson.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We're thrilled to welcome Julia Crouch, the author of 10 novels, as a tutor. She didn’t write prose until her mid-40s but went on to coin the term domestic noir to describe her own sub-genre of psychological thriller. Find out about her writing journey bit.ly/4n1G8eA
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Huge congratulations to our students and alumni who shared their work at our summer reading last Thursday. Erin Martin, Alan Bonner, Karen Antoni, Tatenda Mukumbira, Janie Reynolds and Julie Ridlington read poetry, prose, memoir and fiction. bit.ly/43OaOqU
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Congratulations to Holly Winter Hughes whose collection How to Leave a Body has been published by Verve. Holly twice attended JohnMcCullough poetry workshops and says ‘without John's inspiration, guidance and knowledge this book wouldn't exist.’ bit.ly/4kVTjfj
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Life Writing is any writing based on lived experience – personal or researched – and has a narrator who is not an imagined construct – biography, autobiography, memoir, diaries, letters and travel writing. It often focuses on identity, memory and emotions. bit.ly/3T48K9a
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Happy publication day to RJ Barron whose second novel A Cold Wind Blows is published today! Rob took the Creative Writing Programme from 2022 to 2024. Here he talks about his writing life and offers some top writing tips to new (and not so new) writers. bit.ly/4jvUZuW
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
If you’re a writer and you’ve got a book and you want to get it published, then you need to come to Publishing Day online on Saturday 31st May to find out how. bit.ly/43rTUhz
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
'Don’t get it right, get it written. I still recite that to myself whenever I get stuck.' That's bestselling author and tutor Beth Miller's best piece of advice she's been given about writing. Here she talks more about her writing life. bit.ly/4kyh7pw
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
If you’ve always dreamed of writing a novel, or collection of short stories, and live in Eastbourne, then why not sign up for a taster session for the Creative Writing Programme on Thursday 3rd July or Thursday 11th September to see if it’s for you? bit.ly/3S935yj
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
It feels like there's never been a more important time for the arts – just as the arts is under threat like never before.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Congratulations to Clare Finan for securing representation with Jennifer Thompson at Nordleyset Literary Agency for her book The Lobsterman. She started writing the novel on the Creative Writing Programme in 2018. Fingers crossed for Clare as she goes out on submission.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Erin Martin took our life writing course out of which emerged her memoir Trains, about her childhood growing up near a mental hospital where her mother was a patient. It received recognition with the Bridport Prize. Here she talks about her writing life. bit.ly/44ZTmBZ
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What stories are you weaving this week? 💡🖋💻📚 #mondaymotivation #writingcommunity #learntowrite #nowornever #creativewritingclassBrighton #creativewritingclassWorthing #creativewritingclassTunbridgeWells #creativewritingclassEastbourne #onlinecreativewritingcourse
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The Creative Writing Programme is coming to Worthing. If you’ve always dreamed of writing a novel and live in or near Worthing, West Sussex then why not sign up for a taster session on Friday 6th June or Friday 12th September to see if it’s for you? bit.ly/4k3Y0E8
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Be generous with your writing self. Daydreaming about your project counts as work. In those moments, allow yourself to consider what possibilities lie ahead. Read more writing tips from author and short story writer Ruth Figgest here. bit.ly/3GpzjCK
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TOP WRITING TIPS FROM RUTH FIGGEST — The CWP
Ruth Figgest is a novelist and short story writer and teaches on the Creative Writing Programme at the Towner Eastbourne which starts in October. Here she offers her top tips for writing.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Lisa Fransson started writing her debut novel The Shape of Guilt on the Creative Writing Programme in 2014 – the ending came from a class exercise. If you're interested in developing your writing skills, find out more about our two-year programme bit.ly/4gLhDht
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Congratulations to alumnus Stuart Gillespie whose hybrid memoir Food Fight is published today. Here he talks about his experience on the Life Writing Programme and how he started his writing journey. bit.ly/43O8h1M @stuartgillespie.bsky.social
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Publication day for stuart gillespie — The CWP
Congratulations to alumnus Stuart Gillespie whose hybrid memoir Food Fight is published today. Here he talks about his experience on the Life Writing Programme and how he started his writing journey
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Creative Writing Programme, the two-year degree-level course which kickstarted the careers of many writers, is coming to Tunbridge Wells. If you’ve always dreamed of writing a novel, or collection of short stories, why not sign up for a taster to see if it’s for you? bit.ly/4gLhDht
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
What a fantastic weekend of masterclasses at Brighton's Jubilee Library. We had Beth Miller talking about managing pace, Roy Mcfarlane on boosting your creativity and students battled through Brighton Marathon chaos on Sunday to hear Laura Wilkinson do a deep dive on creating memorable characters.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Congratulations to our seven fantastic students and alumni who read a range of poetry and prose at our student reading last week – Pepe Erskine, Meriel Whale, Kymm Coveney, David Bleiman, Rosie Hadden, Sandra Noel and Roz Doe. Our lovely audience included host John McCullough's new kitten Zephyr.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
'You don't need to write every day. However, if you leave a book unattended for too long, it will wander off, like a toddler. Keep it in mind when you're not working on it.' Read more of bestselling author Beth Miller's writing tips: bit.ly/4hXp7yE
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Writing tips from bestselling author beth miller — The CWP
Beth Miller is the author of six novels, including the bestselling The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright . She teaches on the Creative Writing Programme based in Worthing on Friday mornings. Here she off...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We love this x-ray analogy from the fabulous Aldous Huxley. What have you read (or written) recently which has pierced you? 💡🖋💻📚 #mondaymotivation #writeanovel #writeabook #becomeanauthor #memoirs #becomeawriter #wannabewriter #creativewriter #writingcommunity #learntowrite #nowornever
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We love this 'show not tell' advice from Anton Chekhov. What are you writing this week? 💡🖋💻📚 #mondaymotivation #writeanovel #writeabook #creativewritingclassBrighton #creativewritingclassWorthing #creativewritingclassTunbridgeWells #creativewritingclassEastbourne
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Jacq Molloy is an award-winning short story writer and performed playwright. Working with Rosie Chard, she's leading a new course – the 10-week Introduction to Creative Writing starting in May. Here she talks about her writing life. bit.ly/3DFvkkq
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Meet our tutors: jacq molloy — The CWP
Jacq is an award-winning short story writer, performed playwright and freelanced for many years as an arts writer for magazines and newspapers. Working with Rosie Chard, she is now leading a new...
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
If you're in editing mode at the moment, here's some inspiration from Thomas Jefferson. 💡🖋💻📚 #mondaymotivation #writeanovel #writeabook #becomeanauthor
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
To celebrate World Book Day, we’re sharing some of the many books published by our amazing alumni. Fancy following in their footsteps? We’re opening for enrolment for October 2025 next week. Happy hashtag#WorldBookDay everyone.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Do you have an idea for a story but haven’t yet captured it on the page? Our new 10-week online creative writing course will enable you to develop and share your stories within an encouraging and supportive writing community. Fulfil your writing dreams bit.ly/4auYnU2 #onlinecreativewritingcourse
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Are you a night owl or a morning lark? 💡🖋💻📚 #mondaymotivation #writeanovel #writeabook #becomeanauthor #becomeawriter #wannabewriter #creativewriter #writingcommunity #learntowrite #creativewritingclassBrighton #creativewritingclassTunbridgeWells #onlinecreativewritingcourse
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Always be prepared to show your work and take constructive criticism. Not everyone is going to like it, and that’s ok. Competitions are great, but so are public readings, podcasts and networking events. Read more from British American writer Kristin Burniston about her writing life bit.ly/4gLhDht
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My writing life: Kristin Burniston - The Creative Writing Programme
Kristin Burniston is a British American writer who took the Creative Writing Programme from 2018 to 2020. Here she talks about her writing life.
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The Creative Writing Programme @creativewritinguk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What are you writing this week? Here's some Monday motivation from American historical fiction novelist Edgar Lawrence Doctorow. Turn on those headlights and get writing. 💡🖋💻📚 #mondaymotivation #writeanovel #writeabook #becomeanauthor #memoirs #becomeawriter #creativewriter #writingcommunity
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