Become an Arvon Angel for £500 - or £40 a month by direct debit. Arvon Angels are enormously generous word lovers and we can't thank them enough for their support. Angels receive

• with your consent, your name in our courses brochure and on our website, publicly thanking you for your generous support.
• an invitation to the Arvon Director's literary lunch.
• exclusive opportunities to book places at some very special Arvon events with published writers
• advance course booking: get in ahead of the rush and make sure you claim your place on our most popular courses before they sell out, with a copy of the Arvon brochure landing on your doormat before it is released nationally
• a copy of the special Arvon Friends newsletter, Joined Up, three times a year featuring Arvon Friends' writing and the latest news from our four writing houses
• the opportunity during the year to join a special Arvon Friends retreat week at a reduced price
• privileged opportunities to take last minute discounts on places on Arvon courses (advertised through the website and by email)
• your own username and password to give you exclusive access to the Arvon Friends website and the ability to publish your writing online
• your writing published in print and online! Any writing submitted to the Friends website is considered for printing in Joined Up and for the online Word Gallery
• the chance to join us at events around the country, including the annual Arvon Friends night, Arvon Live - where you can have your chance to read your work in public. We often source free tickets to events in London and other cities around the country. We give these away by email and ask you to write about the event
• a surprise book, by a leading author, sent to you when you join up
• two extra surprise books sent to you during the year

Other Friendships

Arvon Scribe

Arvon Laureate

Arvon Laureate Plus

We our extremely grateful to our current Angels:

Rakesh Bhanot, Gordon Bloor, Marie-Louise Burrows, Kate Donaghy, Jenny Evans, Basil Geoghegan, Marion Gibbs, Rosie Gledhill, Mark Haddon, Emer Hunt, Elizabeth Kehoe, Conor Killeen, Raj Kulkarni, Nigel Pantling, Sean Scahill, Emma Smithwick, Lorna and Dominic Stuttaford, Mr and Mrs Denis Tinsley, Betsy Tobin, Steven Williams and Theodora Zemek.