Creative Writing Courses

Our shop is full of potentially life-changing gifts—writing courses for you, or for another, that could turn 2019 into the year in which your dream of writing turns into a satisfying reality. [...]

Make 2019 the creative adventure of your life. Over the years we’ve designed courses that suit everyone from novices to masters. Here are our dates for 2019 – the twelfth year we’ve invited [...]

Our Stow-on-the-Wold weekend writing workshop was, as Sue Lesser’s poem conveys, a rare weekend indeed. A Rare Weekend A wondrous weekend, Bordering dreamlike… After tiring drive, [...]

Our final courses for the year are all starting soon. If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to explore your creativity and sharpen your writing, now’s the time. We’re offering [...]

We all began the year with a story with a happy ending: that by December we’d have written that long-deferred novel or script… or that short story that’s teased us these last months… or started a [...]

Explore the mysteries and the craft of creating story in that most charming of Cotswold market towns, Stow-on-the-Wold. Join a group of eight or ten like-minded souls for the weekend of 21 to 23 [...]

Stories drive us. They’re what help us make meaning – and so, sense of our world. They help us make decisions about our own existence. Stories of one sort or another power the world. They’re the [...]

I wish I had a coin for every time we’ve been asked: “But can you teach creative writing?” Here’s the way we usually answer it. If you’re writing now or trying to begin, you’ll know that writing [...]

Hi fellow writers, Trish and I have been planning our annual trip to our boat in England for the summer (lucky us), but have encountered a number of delays that mean we’ll be here for six weeks [...]

Have you ever wished for a gentle guide who prods you to write each day? Someone who coaches you on best practice? Who is on your side? That’s what we’re offering with our creative writing [...]

What would our fourth annual Venice Writing Retreat give you? That’s easy, if we quote one of our past participants, who called it “a life-changing experience”. It will certainly provide [...]

What do you need in order to write well? Think of your life: a constant round of tasks and duties. Too many things to fit in the day. And demands? Oh my goodness, let’s not even start. Everyone [...]