WRITING COURSES 2020
(^72) WRITING MAGAZINE - FESTIVAL GUIDE 2020
Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts
Year-round short courses, workshops and
summer school
Newcastle University NE1 7RU; 0191 222 7619
Out on the Page
LGBTQ+ writing retreats
One-day retreats and workshops at LGBT
Foundation, Manchester, 07834 188890
The Garsdale Retreat
Tutored writing retreats at a creative
writing centre in the Yorkshire Dales
he Garsdale Retreat, Clough View, Garsdale
Head, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5PW
The Manchester Writing School
Creative writing short courses from
Manchester Metropolitan University
The Wordsworth Trust, Cumbria
Workshops, talks and events all year
he Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere
015394 35544
Events: Ongoing programme of talks and
events related to the Romantic poets
Writers HQ
One-day writing retreats: 16 Feb,
Manchester; 29 Feb, Leeds; 15 Mar,
Manchester; 28 Mar, Leeds.
SCOTLAND
Crime and Publishment
Creative writing courses in Gretna Green
designed for budding crime iction writers
Graham Smith, he Mill Forge, Kirkpatrick
Fleming, Lockerbie DG11 3BQ
01461 800344
Events: 21-23 February: A weekend of crime-
writing masterclasses designed to increase
your skill base as a writer and hopefully get
you on the road to publication, with featured
writers including Stephen Booth, Kate
Bendelow and Douglas Skelton.
Iona Writing Retreats
23-28 May and 29 Aug-3 Sept: Creative
writing retreat; 5-10 Sep, Writing and
photography retreat, he Argyll Hotel, Iona
Angela Locke, Creative Writing Retreats UK,
Bowscale Cottage, Modesdale, Penrith CA11
0XQ; 017687 79901
Islands of the Heart
17-24 Apr, 28 Apr-5 May
Argyll Hotel, Iona
Roselle Angwin, Fire in the Head, Higher
Beenleigh Barn, Diptford, Totnes TQ9 7ND.
01548 821004
Contemplative holistic writing retreat
Moniack Mhor
Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre is in
the beautiful Scottish Highlands, just fourteen
miles from the city of Inverness. Since 1993
Moniack Mhor has been running creative
writing courses tutored by some of the inest
authors in the UK and beyond.
Moniack Mhor, Teavarran, Kiltarlity, Beauly,
Inverness-shire IV4 7HT; 01463 741675
Scottish Association of Writers’
Conference
20-22 March, Amy Collins is the keynote
speaker at the 51st annual conference
07827 412522
Skriva
A wide range of ongoing courses to help
people ind their own way of writing and
special one-of workshops
Skriva Writing School, he Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place,
Edinburgh EH12 5AP; 0131 625 0700
Writers HQ
Day writing retreats
Day bootcamps in 2020 include: 9 Feb,
Edinburgh; 23 Feb, Glasgow; 8 Mar,
Edinburgh
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WALES
Dylan Thomas Centre
Events, workshops and engagement events
throughout the year.
Dylan homas Centre, Somerset Place,
Swansea SA1 1RR; 01792 463980
Gladstone’s Library, Flintshire
Year-round programme of courses and
events at the UK’s only prime-ministerial
library
Gladstone’s Library, Church Lane, Hawarden,
Flintshire, Wales CH5 3DF
01244 532350
Literature Wales
he Welsh organisation for the
development and promotion of literature
hosts a programme of literary events
all year round, throughout Wales, and
especially at the Welsh writers’ centre Ty
Newydd (see above).
Literature Wales, 4th loor, Cambrian
Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Cardif
CF10 5FL; 02920 472266
Writers’ Holiday events
Creative writing holidays at Fishguard Bay
Hotel
Tŷ Newydd is the Naional Wriing Centre of Wales, established in 1990.
We specialise in residenial creaive wriing courses that cover many genres, forms
and styles, including poetry, icion, non-icion, scriptwriing, nature wriing,
illustraing, storytelling, yoga and more.
In addiion to our tutored courses and retreats we also have a dedicated wriing
retreat cotage on site - Nant Writers’ Retreat, a historical Grade II* listed cotage.
This self-contained unit provides a comfortable and quiet haven where you can
concentrate on your work in progress, add those inishing touches to your wriing, or
simply revive your creaivity.
Our historical house was the last home of
former Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
It sill retains the recognisable touches
implemented by architect Clough Williams-
Ellis, famous for his quirky Italianate village
Portmeirion, the seing of classic TV series
The Prisoner and Fesival No.6. Nestled in
a quiet spot between mountain and sea,
we’re the perfect haven to retreat to and
spend some ime being creaive.
Tŷ Newydd Wriing Centre
Tŷ Newydd Wriing Centre, Llanystumdwy,
Cricieth, Gwynedd, LL52 0LW
[email protected] / 01766 522 811 / @Ty_Newydd