Calendar of Events, Short Courses & Workshops
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A calendar of upcoming literary and short story courses, conferences, festivals, retreats, workshops and other writing-related events.
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We also have up-to-date lists of
WRITING RETREATS and WORKSHOP GROUPS.
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APRIL (ongoing)
16 April — 18 June
SHUT UP & WRITE!
Edinburgh, UK. Cost: £121
20 April — 29 June
THE 60 MINUTE WRITER
London, UK. Cost: £40 — £99
MAY (ongoing)
24 May — 04 July
SPREAD THE WORD ONLINE COURSE: SHAPING SHORT FICTION
Online. Cost: £72 — £90
JUNE
14 — 26 June
THE READER SUMMER 2018 WRITING RETREAT
Pelion, Greece. Cost: tbc
15 -16 June
GREENWICH BOOK FESTIVAL
London, UK. Cost: various
15 — 17 June
WINCHESTER WRITERS’ FESTIVAL
Winchester, UK. Cost: varies
16 June
APERTURES: DOORS — WRITING FOR SELF-DISCOVERY (2 of 3)
London, UK. Cost: £35 for one/£60 for two/£75 for three
16 June
WRITERS’ HQ: CAMBRIDGE WRITERS RETREAT
Cambridge, UK. Cost: £35
16 June
WRITING WEST MIDLANDS: PLOT AND STORY STRUCTURE
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £45
16 — 17 June
LONDON LIT LAB: WRITE AND EDIT A STORY IN A WEEKEND
London, UK. Cost: £195 — £235
17 June
WRITERS’ HQ: CHELTENHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Cheltenham, UK. Cost: £35
17 June
WRITERS’ HQ: PORTSMOUTH WRITERS RETREAT
Portsmouth, UK. Cost: £35
18 June
WRITING WORKSHOP: THE CRAFT OF GEORGETTE HEYER
London, UK. Cost: £30 — £50
18 — 21 June
AWAKENING THE WRITER WITHIN — SUMMER RETREAT IN YORK
York, UK. Cost:£250
20 June
CREATIVE WRITES: SPACE TO WRITE WEDNESDAYS
London, UK. Cost: £25
21 June
SHORT STORY IN A DAY
Brighton, UK. Cost: £50
21 — 22 June
MANCHESTER MET SHORT COURSE: CREATIVE WRITING SUMMER SCHOOL
Manchester, UK. Cost: £350 (other prices for students wishing to attain 30 Masters-level credits)
22 — 24 June
CHASING TIME WRITING RETREATS
Angus, Scotland, UK. Cost: £250
22 — 24 June
MIDSUMMER WRITE
Scotland, UK. Cost: £210
23 June
THE CRAFT OF REVISING — A WORKSHOP ON SELF-EDITING FOR WRITERS
London, UK. Cost: £95
23 June
THE LITERARY CONSULTANCY WRITERS’ DAY
London, UK. Cost: £60 + VAT
23 June
SCENES FROM LIFE — MASTERCLASS WITH HANNAH VINCENT
Lewes, UK. Cost: £25.74
23 June
WRITERS’ HQ: BRIGHTON WRITERS RETREAT
Brighton, UK. Cost: £35
23 — 24 June
STORYCON 2018 — SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST
Glasgow, UK. Price: free
27 June
WHERE ARE OUR WORKING CLASS NARRATIVES?
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Cost: £3
28 June
WORDS AND WINE WORKSHOP — CREATIVE WRITES
London, UK. Cost: £25
29 June — 01 July
AFRICA WRITES 2018
London, UK. Cost: various
29 June — 01 July
WRITING AS ALCHEMY
Shropshire, UK. Cost: £195
30 June
HOW STORIES FIND US — A WORKSHOP WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JEREMY GAVRON
Bath, UK. Cost: £50 — £60
30 June
WRITING THE SEASONS: SUMMER (3 0f 4)
Northampton, UK. Cost: £15
30 June
WRITING WEST MIDLANDS: THE NATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE 2018
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £45 — £60
July
01 July
WRITERS’ HQ: BIRMINGHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £35
05 July — 15 August
HEAT & LIGHT: WRITING THROUGH THE SUMMER WITH ELLA FEARS
Online. Cost: £72 — £90
06 — 15 July
WAYS WITH WORDS: FESTIVAL OF WORDS
Devon, UK. Cost: various
07 July
APERTURES: SKYLIGHT — WRITING FOR SELF-DISCOVERY (3 of 3)
London, UK. Cost: £35 for one/£60 for two/£75 for three
07 July
HOW TO SUCCEED AS A TRAVEL WRITER
Chesterfield, UK. Cost: £29.93
07 July
WRITERS’ HQ: WORTHING WRITERS RETREAT
Worthing, UK. Cost: £35
09 — 14 July
FICTION-WRITING AT THE GARSDALE RETREAT
Cumbria, UK. Cost: £500 — £760
10 July — 21 August
CREATIVE WRITING INK: SIX-WEEK INTERMEDIATE CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
Online. Cost: £140
11 July
CREATIVE AND REFLECTIVE WRITING IN COACHING FOR WELLBEING
York, UK. Cost: £168.27
11 July — 22 August
CREATIVE WRITING INK: SIX-WEEK BEGINNERS CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
Online. Cost: £120
15 July
WRITERS’ HQ: CHELTENHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Cheltenham, UK. Cost: £35
17 — 19 July
INTRODUCTION TO INKLINGS: WRITE YOUR SELF
London, UK. Cost: £27 — £54
21 July
WRITING COURSES AT THE BUTTON AND BEAR WITH LIZ PIKE — THE SEA (3 of 3)
Shrewsbury, UK. Cost: £15 (2 courses for £25)
21 July
WRITERS’ HQ: BRIGHTON WRITERS RETREAT
Brighton, UK. Cost: £35
21 July
WRITERS’ HQ: CAMBRIDGE WRITERS RETREAT
Cambridge, UK. Cost: £35
21 — 28 July
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ADULTS: THE CHARACTER OF PLACE
Oxford, UK. Cost: £680 — £1,245
23 — 24 July
WRITING FROM EKPHRASIS
Nottingham, UK. Cost: £160
23 — 27 July
AN APPROACH TO CREATIVE WRITING — SUMMER SCHOOL
London, UK. Cost: £290
23 — 27 July
THE LEOPARDI WRITING CONFERENCE
Recanati, Italy. Cost: tbc
23 — 28 July
TY NEWYDD: WRITING SHORT STORIES
Wales, UK. Cost: £495 — £625
28 July — 04 August
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ADULTS: BEING CREATIVE WITH LOVE
Oxford, UK. Cost: £680 — £1,245
28 July — 04 August
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ADULTS: CREATING CHARACTER
Oxford, UK. Cost: £680 — £1,245
29 July
WRITERS’ HQ: PORTSMOUTH WRITERS RETREAT
Portsmouth, UK. Cost: £35
August
04 August
WRITERS’ HQ: WORTHING WRITERS RETREAT
Worthing, UK. Cost: £35
05 August
WRITERS’ HQ: BIRMINGHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £35
11 — 17 August
SHORT STORY WRITING WITH RUTH BRANDT
West Sussex, UK. Cost: £709
11 — 17 August
SWANWICK WRITERS’ SUMMER SCHOOL
Derbyshire, UK. Cost: £475
14 August
WRITER IN RESIDENCE — LEONIE MARTIN (SWANWICK SUMMER SCHOOL)
Derbyshire, UK. Cost: £90
18 August
WRITERS’ HQ: BRIGHTON WRITERS RETREAT
Brighton, UK. Cost: £35
18 August
WRITERS’ HQ: CAMBRIDGE WRITERS RETREAT
Cambridge, UK. Cost: £35
23 June
WRITERS’ HQ: CHELTENHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Cheltenham, UK. Cost: £35
20 — 25 August
ARVON: SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WITH EMMA NEWMAN AND PETER NEWMAN
Shropshire, UK. Cost: £800
24 — 26 August
ARVON SHORT COURSE: FINISHING IT
Yorkshire, UK. Cost: £530
27 August — 01 September
TY NEWYDD: LIFE WRITING: TRAVEL AND MEMOIR
Wales, UK. Cost: £495 — £625
September
02 September
WRITERS’ HQ: BIRMINGHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £35
02 September
WRITERS’ HQ: PORTSMOUTH WRITERS RETREAT
Portsmouth, UK. Cost: £35
07 — 09 September
GLADFEST 2018
Wales, UK. Cost: various
08 September
WRITERS’ HQ: WORTHING WRITERS RETREAT
Worthing, UK. Cost: £35
14 — 16 September
ABOVE THE STRANDLINE
Scotland, UK. Cost: £220
15 September
WRITERS’ HQ: CAMBRIDGE WRITERS RETREAT
Cambridge, UK. Cost: £35
16 September
WRITERS’ HQ: CHELTENHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Cheltenham, UK. Cost: £35
17 September — 05 November
INTRODUCTION TO THERAPEUTIC AND REFLECTIVE WRITING
Online. Cost: £399
21 — 23 September
WORDS WORK WELL FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP
East Lothian, Scotland, UK. Cost: £216 — £260
22 September
WRITERS’ HQ: BRIGHTON WRITERS RETREAT
Brighton, UK. Cost: £35
26 September
CREATIVE AND REFLECTIVE WRITING IN COACHING FOR WELLBEING
York, UK. Cost: £168.27
29 September
WRITING THE SEASONS: WINTER (4 0f 4)
Northampton, UK. Cost: £15
30 September
WRITERS’ HQ: PORTSMOUTH WRITERS RETREAT
Portsmouth, UK. Cost: £35
October
01 — 06 October
ARVON TUTORED RETREAT: HOW TO MAKE PURPOSEFUL PROGRESS ON YOUR FICTION
Devon, UK. Cost: £770
06 October
WRITERS’ HQ: WORTHING WRITERS RETREAT
Worthing, UK. Cost: £35
07 October
WRITERS’ HQ: BIRMINGHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £35
07 — 12 October
WRITING ON THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Crete, Greece. Cost: €350
08 October
WRITING THE BODY — YOGA AND WRITING DAY RETREAT
Sussex, UK. Cost: £85
08 — 15 October
WRITEAWAY IN FRANCE
Centre-Val de Loire, France. Cost: $2,100 — $2,350
17 — 24 October
WRITEAWAY IN ITALY
Tuscany, Italy. Cost: $2,100 — $2,350
20 October
WRITERS’ HQ: BRIGHTON WRITERS RETREAT
Brighton, UK. Cost: £35
20 October
WRITERS’ HQ: CAMBRIDGE WRITERS RETREAT
Cambridge, UK. Cost: £35
21 October
WRITERS’ HQ: CHELTENHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Cheltenham, UK. Cost: £35
22 — 25 October
AWAKENING THE WRITER WITHIN — MIDWEEK RETREAT TO SOUTHERN FRANCE
Massignac, France. Cost: £250 — £595
November
03 November
WRITERS’ HQ: WORTHING WRITERS RETREAT
Worthing, UK. Cost: £35
04 November
WRITERS’ HQ: BIRMINGHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Birmingham, UK. Cost: £35
17 November
WRITERS’ HQ: BRIGHTON WRITERS RETREAT
Brighton, UK. Cost: £35
18 November
WRITERS’ HQ: CHELTENHAM WRITERS RETREAT
Cheltenham, UK. Cost: £35
19 — 24 November
MONIACK MHOR: FROM PAGE TO PUBLICATION
Scotland, UK. Cost: £540 — £595
22 November
CREATIVE AND REFLECTIVE WRITING IN COACHING FOR WELLBEING
York, UK. Cost: £168.27
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Find a month by month listing of annual literary festivals here.
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Please contact us at thresholds@chi.ac.uk if you would like your literary event listed.
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