Newsletters

A happy new writing year from all of us Start the year as you mean to continue – writing. We’ll be here for you through the weeks and months, when it flows and when you feel as though you’re [...]

Write, daydream – and make the world a better place What we do – you and I – is not a luxury. No matter what state the world is in, don’t cut back on your creative work. It’s essential for [...]

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 [...]

Don’t lose your writing fitness Daily writing is to writers what exercise is to athletes. Stop, and you’re in danger of becoming stiff and stilted. You lose your flexibility and strength. [...]

No matter where you are or what your circumstances, you can find a way to write. It can seem daunting at times, and that’s where we come in. We undertake always to be there to help in whatever [...]

The Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice I’m writing this in Venice, on the third floor of the Palazzo Albrizzi, where the fourth iteration of our annual writing retreat is about to begin. The first of our [...]

Writing’s a real life changer Adalbert Ernst was passionate about English, but became an anaesthetist. It was during a period of burn-out that he realised he’d been “robbed of something [...]

Anyone can learn to write It was five weeks into my current face to face Creative Writing Class on Monday. The participants had been reading their assignments out for comment and feedback over a [...]

This month we’re going to stand up for the bad guy. Not only will our new competition back him, but we thought it worth giving a little thought to the person we all love to hate. Protagonists are [...]

The logic of story Our 14-day coaching programme, The Logic of Story, begins in just four short days on May 7. It explores the ways in which writers can “glue” the elements of their stories [...]

Writing is a solitary process, which means it can leave you feeling lost and not a little lonely. In last month’s newsletter, we set out to help you to help yourself by giving you our best advice [...]

Welcome to this month’s newsletter Many of our community, it seems, have earmarked 2018 as their year for writing. We’ve had so many requests for help and support, we’ve decided to dedicate [...]