Our Courses

Online booking for Arvon's 2010 programme of courses is now open. Search for your ideal course and book online today.

This year's line-up includes 97 different courses designed to inspire your creativity and imagination. From writing your first novel and advanced poetry to food writing and book making - we have courses for everyone.

Join writers including Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel; Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy; distinguished biographer Michael Holroyd; screenwriter Patrick Marber and restaurateur and writer Yotam Ottolenghi.

You can see a list of all available courses or use the tool on the right hand side of this page to search by writer, genre, or the centre where you want to do the course. You can also download a copy of the 2010 brochure.

If you've never been on a course and you want to know more, why not come along to our free introductory event in London before the new series of courses starts.

On our website you can find out more about what happens on the courses, what past students say, and read about the accommodation and food.

Upcoming courses
  1. 1 STARTING TO WRITE
    Moniack Mhor
    29th March 2010
  2. 2 WORK IN PROGRESS
    Moniack Mhor
    5th April 2010
  3. 3 POETRY
    The Hurst - The John Osborne Arvon Centre
    12th April 2010
  4. 4 STARTING TO WRITE
    Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre
    12th April 2010
  5. 5 FICTION
    The Hurst - The John Osborne Arvon Centre
    19th April 2010
  6. 6 TUTORED RETREAT
    Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre
    19th April 2010
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