Writing courses in the UK attract visitors from all over the world. Our writers also travel. If you are looking at the UK, here are some options:
JULY WRITING
WRITERS' HOLIDAY at FISHGUARD HOTEL, WALES (Formerly at Caerleon)
Also spring and autumn writing weekends.
I have been sent an invoice for £499 (deduct £10 if you paid that deposit last year).
NB Different prices for sharing double room and for a single room - it's a hotel. Some rooms at front have sea view, others don't, but mostly you are not in your room. You can sit outside on the terrace and have an extra day there. Hotel was used in films.
Free trip/time one afternoon midweek.
Courses - choose one of 5, second course choose one from 6-11.
Stay on for half board price of £49 per day.
Free parking. Station very near but it's uphill dragging your case to the hotel and they will collect you.
Run by Gerry and Anne and their family.
Courses include
1 Children's writing Anita Loughrey
6 Using photos to sell more by Simon Whaley.
Also Travel writing, poetry, contemporary romance, painting and drawing, historical novel, crime writing, short story.
Last year we went to Fishguard for the first time. We drove back to London stopping at a Welsh vineyard and seeing an evening performance at a Royal theatre in Bath, reaching NW London before midnight.
www.writersholiday.net
AUGUST SWANWICK Writers' Summer School, Derbyshire
Saturday 8 Aug to Friday 14 August.
email: secretary@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
Swanwick also has a Facebook page.
Prices vary according to accommodation:
Prices: Main house standard £440 (washbasin in room, bathroom in corridor); main house en suite £535.
Lakeside £535.
Alan Booth Centre £595.
Part time accommodation (£130; £85 on Saturday from 4 pm.) from mid morning coffee on arrival day and one breakfast on day of departure.
Day visitors (no breakfast, starts after breakfast, includes other meals lunch and dinner £90; Sat £45.
Coach pickup and return from Derby Midland station at 3.45 and 5.15pm on the Saturday and returning 8.30 am prompt on Friday 14 Aug at £12.50 non-refundable.
You could continue north to the Edinburgh Festival.
Run by a committee of friendly and dedicated writers.
www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
SEPTEMBER WRITING
WARWICK UNI
2015 Warwick Festival of Writing
4-6 Sept, 2015 Conference Park, Uni of Warwick. Orangeades by National Association of Writers' Groups.
Three days £300 for non-NAWG members, and £270 for members.
www.nawg.co.uk
The university of Warwick offers delegates bars, cafes and restaurants and free use of the Fitness Centre and indoor swimming pool. Free parking permits are available to delegates.
You have t check out by 9.30 on departure day.
Non-writing partner for the whole weekend without the four workshops, £220 for non NAWG members, reduced for NAWG members to £190.
Others:
ARVON
Writing courses and retreats - where you spend your time mostly writing, rather than listening to others talking about writing. You may have to cook your own food in teams for just one meal - which could be a good thing to learn for the reclusive writer. To help you start and finish a novel. Grants available to help you with course fees.
Arvon.org
Comedy Writing Courses
All year, run in London by Amused Moose, and all over the UK by others. If you can find a comedy course in Edinburgh, ending in a performance, you might be able to attend a reunion party in London whose guest list includes other performers and talent spotters.
Overseas: Look for:
Courses in Europe.
Australia.
Songwriting (in expensive five star hotels in USA) - look for magazines, Nashville, Hollywood, Florida.
Songwriting in UK. (Expensive hotels for worldwide hits; or cheap campsites for the guitarists and folk singers. Swanwick has run two songwriting courses. I hope they will repeat them.)
WEA
Courses are advertised in writing magazines sold through newsagents and by subscription and available at festivals.
I'm saving this and stopping for coffee. Will add more details and photos later. Come back for more.
Angela Lansbury BA Hons
Author of ten books by mainstream publishers including:
Wedding Speeches and Toasts (Ward Lock / Cassell)
Etiquette For Every Occasion
Also ten recent books including:
Quick Quotations for writers and speakers (Lulu.com)
Who Said What When (Lulu.com)
Poetry Workbook
Writing Poetry For Fun
See more by and about Angela Lansbury author on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube (performing poetry).
JULY WRITING
WRITERS' HOLIDAY at FISHGUARD HOTEL, WALES (Formerly at Caerleon)
Also spring and autumn writing weekends.
I have been sent an invoice for £499 (deduct £10 if you paid that deposit last year).
NB Different prices for sharing double room and for a single room - it's a hotel. Some rooms at front have sea view, others don't, but mostly you are not in your room. You can sit outside on the terrace and have an extra day there. Hotel was used in films.
Free trip/time one afternoon midweek.
Courses - choose one of 5, second course choose one from 6-11.
Stay on for half board price of £49 per day.
Free parking. Station very near but it's uphill dragging your case to the hotel and they will collect you.
Run by Gerry and Anne and their family.
Courses include
1 Children's writing Anita Loughrey
6 Using photos to sell more by Simon Whaley.
Also Travel writing, poetry, contemporary romance, painting and drawing, historical novel, crime writing, short story.
Last year we went to Fishguard for the first time. We drove back to London stopping at a Welsh vineyard and seeing an evening performance at a Royal theatre in Bath, reaching NW London before midnight.
www.writersholiday.net
AUGUST SWANWICK Writers' Summer School, Derbyshire
Saturday 8 Aug to Friday 14 August.
email: secretary@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
Swanwick also has a Facebook page.
Prices vary according to accommodation:
Prices: Main house standard £440 (washbasin in room, bathroom in corridor); main house en suite £535.
Lakeside £535.
Alan Booth Centre £595.
Part time accommodation (£130; £85 on Saturday from 4 pm.) from mid morning coffee on arrival day and one breakfast on day of departure.
Day visitors (no breakfast, starts after breakfast, includes other meals lunch and dinner £90; Sat £45.
Coach pickup and return from Derby Midland station at 3.45 and 5.15pm on the Saturday and returning 8.30 am prompt on Friday 14 Aug at £12.50 non-refundable.
You could continue north to the Edinburgh Festival.
Run by a committee of friendly and dedicated writers.
www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
SEPTEMBER WRITING
WARWICK UNI
2015 Warwick Festival of Writing
4-6 Sept, 2015 Conference Park, Uni of Warwick. Orangeades by National Association of Writers' Groups.
Three days £300 for non-NAWG members, and £270 for members.
www.nawg.co.uk
The university of Warwick offers delegates bars, cafes and restaurants and free use of the Fitness Centre and indoor swimming pool. Free parking permits are available to delegates.
You have t check out by 9.30 on departure day.
Non-writing partner for the whole weekend without the four workshops, £220 for non NAWG members, reduced for NAWG members to £190.
Others:
ARVON
Writing courses and retreats - where you spend your time mostly writing, rather than listening to others talking about writing. You may have to cook your own food in teams for just one meal - which could be a good thing to learn for the reclusive writer. To help you start and finish a novel. Grants available to help you with course fees.
Arvon.org
Comedy Writing Courses
All year, run in London by Amused Moose, and all over the UK by others. If you can find a comedy course in Edinburgh, ending in a performance, you might be able to attend a reunion party in London whose guest list includes other performers and talent spotters.
Overseas: Look for:
Courses in Europe.
Australia.
Songwriting (in expensive five star hotels in USA) - look for magazines, Nashville, Hollywood, Florida.
Songwriting in UK. (Expensive hotels for worldwide hits; or cheap campsites for the guitarists and folk singers. Swanwick has run two songwriting courses. I hope they will repeat them.)
WEA
Courses are advertised in writing magazines sold through newsagents and by subscription and available at festivals.
I'm saving this and stopping for coffee. Will add more details and photos later. Come back for more.
Angela Lansbury BA Hons
Author of ten books by mainstream publishers including:
Wedding Speeches and Toasts (Ward Lock / Cassell)
Etiquette For Every Occasion
Also ten recent books including:
Quick Quotations for writers and speakers (Lulu.com)
Who Said What When (Lulu.com)
Poetry Workbook
Writing Poetry For Fun
See more by and about Angela Lansbury author on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube (performing poetry).
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