Writing Magazine March 2020

WRITING COURSES 2020

WRITING MAGAZINE - FESTIVAL GUIDE 2020^73

Gerry Hobbs, Writers’ Holiday, School
Bungalow, Church Road, Pontnewydd,
Cwmbran, Torfaen NP44 1AT
01633 489438
Events: 21-23 Feb: Writers’ Holiday with
workshops with Alison Chisholm, Della
Galton, Kate Walker, Janet Laurence, Simon
Whaley and Susan Alison

IRELAND

Big Smoke Writing Factory
Ongoing creative writing workshops
Nicole Rourke, 7 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin
2, Ireland; (00)(353) 87 976 6253
Events: Weekly courses, workshops, seminars,
specialist courses and online courses

Fishamble Playwriting Courses
Fishamble: he New Play Company has
an extensive training and development
programme including courses and
workshops
Gavin Kostick, he New Play Company,
Shamrock Chambers, 1-2 Eustace Street,
Dublin 2; (00)(353) 1 6704018
Courses in 2020: 16 Apr-11 Jun: Spring/
Summer Playwriting Course; 2-4 May: May
bank holiday Playwriting Course; 8 Oct-3
Dec: Autumn/Winter Playwriting Course;
24-26 Oct: October bank holiday Playwriting
Course

Irish Writers’ Centre
Range of weekly courses running February-
March, May-August and September-
November. Weekend courses all year round
Irish Writers’ Centre 19 Parnell Square,
Dublin 1; (00 353) (0)1 872 1302

The Creative Writer’s Workshop
Retreats and courses in west Ireland for all
levels, covering iction and memoir writing
Irene Graham, Kinvara, Galway, Ireland
(00 353) (0)86 2523428

The Moth Retreat
Untutored retreats all year round in self-
catering accommodation in rural Co Cavan
(00 353) (0)87 2657426

http://www.dylanthomas.com
EUROPE

Duende Retreats
Inspiring creativity retreats with writing,
art, yoga and bodywork
Events: 11-17 Oct: Writing Tuscany Retreat:
A week of sacred writing space at Casa di
Pesa with Regina Tingle and Kate Grey

Anne Aylor Creative Writing, Spain &

Portugal

Residential writing courses

46 Beversbrook Road, London N19 4QH

0207 263 0669

Events: 6-13 5 Jun: Novel Intensive and

Writing Retreat, Camós, Catalonia, Spain;

14-18 Oct: Creative Writing & Yoga Retreat,

Algarve, Portugal

Casa Ana, Grenada, Spain

Courses and retreats in the Sierra Nevada

Casa Ana, Calle Artesia 7-9, Ferreirola, 18414

La Taha, Granada, Spain

(0034) 958 766 270

Events: Retreats in 2020: 7-21 March with

Tom Bromley; 13-27 June with Mary-Jane

Holmes; 11-18 July Novel Writing Retreat;

25 July-8 August with Mary-Jane Holmes;

14-28 November with Amanda Saint

Gardoussel Retreat, France

All creative writing courses are full-board,

with home-made vegetarian food, and take

place in a picturesque hamlet

Sharon Black, Gardoussel Retreat, 30940 St

Andre de Valborgne, France

(00 33) 466 60 16 78

Iceland Writers Retreat

29 Apr-3 May

Retreat with workshops with internationally

acclaimed writers

Limnisa, Greece

Writing retreats – very lexible

Mariel Hacking, Agios Georgios, Methana,

Greece

Events: 24 April-7 June: Spring retreats; Aug

28-5 Oct: Autumn retreats

Skyros, Greece

Acclaimed self-development holidays with

courses led by leading writers

Skyros, 9 Eastclif Road, Shanklin, Isle of

Wight PO37 6AA; 01983 86 55 66

The Book Doctor, London and Turkey

Courses and holidays with Stephen King’s

editor and regular Guardian masterclass

tutor Phillipa Pride

132 Canalot Studios, 222 Kensal Road,

London W10 5BN; 020 8964 1444

The French House Party

Creative writing courses with Sarah Hymas

he French House Party, Carcassone

01299 896819

Events: 29 Jun-4 Jul: Write Like No One’s

Watching; 6-12 Jul: Pen & hink (Tutored

Retreat)

Rosanna Ley’s writing holiday in

Andalucia

22-29 Feb, 6-13 Jul, Finca el Cerillo,

Andalucia, Spain

Events: Week-long writing holidays with

novelist Rosanna Ley, providing you with

time for relaxation and writing, advice from

Rosanna, group workshop sessions and

gourmet cuisine in a tranquil environment.

The Watermill at Posara, Italy

Week-long courses

he Watermill at Posara, Lois and Bill

Breckon, Via del Mulino 12-20, Fivizzano

(loc Posara), MS 54013, Italy

(0039) 327 379 9178

Events: 2-9 May: Scriptwriting with Laurence

Marks and Maurice Gran; 9-16 May,: Write

the stories of your life with Jo Paritt

The Write Start

Women’s writing retreats in Granada, Spain

Events: 27 Jun-4 July and 10-17 Oct:

Creative writing retreats with cultural tours,

coaching and creative guidance

Wide Open Writing

Inspirational writing retreats encouraging

creative exploration and expression, with

morning yoga

Retreats in 2020 include: 20-26 Jun: the

Coast of Maine; 23-28 July, Men’s Writing

Retreat, Whitehead Light Station, Maine;

6-11 Sep: Tuscany.

Wild Words Retreats

Immersive writing and nature retreats in

the Pyrenees with Bridget Holding, at

Puivert, Aude

(00 33) (0)6 95 69 58 45

Events: 25-29 March: Words and the Body

retreat, Tourne, Castelnau Durban, Ariege;

17-22 Sep: Wild Words Retreat in France,

Puivert, Aude

Write It Down!

Writing and mindfulness retreats led by

writer and journalist Elaine Kingett

Finca Buenvino, Andalucia, Spain

Retreats in 2020: 20-27 June; 4-11 July;

5-11 September

Writing Retreat with Sue Moorcroft -

Flavours of Art and Italy

Writing Retreat at Arte Umbria in

Umbria, Italy

(0033) 643 436 721

Events: 24 July, week-long writing retreat

with Sue Moorcroft. Non-writing partners

welcomed. Arte Umbria, Montegabbione,

Umbria, Italy