Tag: established writers
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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. 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 and space in the work of the…
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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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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…
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How to interview a writer: December 2024 (BOOKED OUT)
Free one-hour online class: Chairing author panels & conversations If you’re a writer or involved in the book industry, it’s likely that at some point you’ll be asked to interview an author – or several of them at once. We’ve all seen it done brilliantly (or poorly) at festivals and literary events. So how do…
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How to interview a writer: October 2024 (booked out)
Free one-hour online class: Chairing author panels & conversations If you’re a writer or involved in the book industry, it’s likely that at some point you’ll be asked to interview an author – or several of them at once. We’ve all seen it done brilliantly (or poorly) at festivals and literary events. So how do…
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Transform your writing: Retreat, March 2025 (BOOKED OUT)
Fiction intensive: residential Escape to a place where we focus on craft, creative practice, and mastery. Welcome to our weekend writing retreat: Transform your writing. This exclusive experience is focused on story development, practical approaches and techniques for fiction projects, and enhancing your mastery of the key tools in our writers’ toolbox. The retreat is…
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