Author: Kelly Gardiner
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Writing challenge weekend (April 2027)
A retreat for concentrating on your writing Next dates: 9-11 April 2027 This weekend is for you, if you want focused writing time to work on your own project, in company with other writers. It’s a whole weekend devoted to getting words written – or edited, or proofread, depending what stage you’re at. This writing…
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Can you learn how to write?
I don’t know why this debate keeps coming up: people asking whether writers are born or made, and whether there’s any point teaching writing. Actually, I do know why: it’s because some people still believe that real writers are born with an innate gift and don’t need any help refining their genius. Myths we tell…
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YA Today: Writing for young adults (August 2026)
Masterclass: August 15, 2026 Young adult fiction offers some of the most gripping, exciting, funny, beloved, experimental, subversive, romantic, influential and downright interesting reading around. Do you want to write novels or short stories for young adults? Already embarked on a project aimed at teen readers? This full-day masterclass is for emerging and aspiring authors…
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Writing place & building worlds (October 2026)
Masterclass: Writing place & building worlds October 17, 2026 Join us to learn how to bring your fictional worlds to life on the page. We’ll look at how to research and recreate real places and eras, as well as how to completely imagine new worlds, planets, moments or societies. This full-day masterclass is designed for…
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Cultivating Creativity: women writers’ retreat (November 2026)
A weekend retreat of writing and rejuvenation Next dates: 13-15 November 2026 Welcome to our weekend writing retreat: Cultivating creativity. Update: Only a couple of places left! This exclusive experience is focused on supporting your ongoing creative practice with craft masterclasses and activities. Not only that, it’s designed to acknowledge the essential role of rest, play, support…
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Fiction writers’ retreat (June 2026, BOOKED OUT)
It’s back, but this time there’s more of it. The Transform Your Writing fiction intensive retreat is back in 2026, but this time over a long weekend – three nights and days of writing, learning, practising, daring, relaxing, and eating. Next dates for this retreat: 5-8 June 2026 This retreat is booked out. To put your…
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Writer’s Toolbox (August 2025)
Every craft and profession involves tools we need to use and master so we can make good work. Writing is no different. We know these tools from all our years of reading and experiencing story. But sometimes we need support to feel really comfortable using them. That’s what this short online courses is all about.…
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Make history (May 2025)
I’m looking forward to this: hours of focus on a genre I love writing and reading. So do join me for a masterclass on how to research and write historical fiction, or any fiction set in the past. In person, in class, we’ll cover: Learn about the all-important questions of how to present an imagined…
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Cultivating creativity: writers’ retreat (November 2025 – BOOKED OUT)
A weekend retreat of writing and rejuvenation Welcome to our weekend writing retreat: Cultivating creativity. This exclusive experience is unlike anything we’ve done before, and is focused on supporting your ongoing creative practice with craft masterclasses and activities. Not only that, it’s designed to acknowledge the essential role of rest, play, support and space in the…
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Create compelling characters (February 2025)
I’ve just opened up bookings for a new course early next year: Create Compelling Characters. This one’s a bit different: it’s a online short course of two, two-hour classes, for any writer who wants to create characters that engage, perhaps enrage, intrigue, fascinate and captivate readers. Find out all the course details here. Dates and…