Our popular online writing retreat has returned. With brand-new content, and more expert-led workshops, writing surgeries, and space to hone your craft than before, our retreat is better than ever. And, this year, we’re giving you the opportunity to book a single week of the retreat or save by booking all three weeks for the price of two.
Week three summary
Crucially, you can follow this retreat at a pace that suits you. Our masterclasses, writing workouts, surgeries and salons are all recorded, which means you can watch and rewatch until the end of August
Date: Monday 7 August – Sunday 13 August 2023
Time: various, please refer to the schedule
Price: £199 (plus £7.80 booking fee), or £398 (plus £7.80 booking fee) for the full three-week retreat
Week three details
Monday 7 August
Writing workout workshop with Natasha Pulley, 8am-8.45am BST
Tuesday 8 August
Writing room, 10am-4pm BST
Wednesday 9 August
Shelley Weiner’s writing surgery, 1pm-2pm BST
Tim Lott’s writers’ workshop, 6.30pm-8pm BST
Thursday 10 August
Writing room: Evening session, 7-9pm BST
Friday 11 August
Masterclass: Dialogue with Louise Doughty, 3-5pm BST
How do you write convincing dialogue in the pages of a book - why is it that what works spoken aloud doesn’t necessarily work on the page and what is the role of dialogue in advancing your story? This final masterclass with Louise includes an extended Q&A.
Saturday 12 August
Writing room, 10am-4pm BST
Sunday 13 August
Writing hour with Maame Blue, 11am-12pm BST
Writers’ Salon: Wrap party, 6pm-7pm BST
Tutor profiles
Shelley Weiner is the author of five novels, and a renowned creative writing tutor/mentor with a passion for nurturing and guiding writers at all levels. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies in print and online, and have been produced for BBC Radio 4. Shelley has taught and run masterclasses for, among others, the Guardian, Faber Academy, The Literary Consultancy, Gold Dust Mentoring Scheme, The Art of Writing (Florence), and Skyros Writers’ Lab. She has lectured on the Creative Writing MA at Anglia Ruskin University, as well as for Birkbeck College, the Open University, the Taliesin Trust, the British Council in Israel, and Durham University.
Maame Blue
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Natasha Pulley is the author of award-winning novel and international bestseller, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (2015) and The Bedlam Stacks (2017).
Tim Lott is the author of ten novels and Penguin Modern Classic memoir The Scent of Dried Roses. He is one of the most sought-after writing teachers in the country, particularly through his personal mentoring services.
Details
This masterclass is available globally. See this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.
6pm BST | 7pm CEST | 10am PDT | 1pm EDT
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