Starting to Write

Free Yourself

As a writer you are free” said Ursula le Guin. This course is for beginners, but not for wimps. Be warned, it will set your imagination free, cause you to write words. We’ll demonstrate the basics of craft in fiction; entice you into the mysteries and wonders of poetry. There’ll be workshops, tutorials, readings, and you’ll leave with your astonishing poems and stories.

 

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Start Date:
Monday, 27th July 2009

End Date:
Saturday, 1st August 2009
Tutors
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Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay is the author of five poetry collections, a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live and currently Artist in Residence at The South Bank Centre.

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Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey's second novel, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle was short-listed for the Orange Prize 2010. Her memoir With the Kisses of his Mouth will be published in June 2011. She teaches creative writing for Arvon, The Writer's Lab, Skyros and is a guest tutor on the MA in Creative Wrting at Goldsmiths.

Guest
Drew Gummerson

Drew Gummerson is a novelist and short story writer. Me and Mickie James is published by Jonathan Cape. www.drewgummerson.co.uk

This course is based at:

The Hurst - The John Osborne Arvon Centre

Clunton, Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 0JA

Tel: 01588 640658
Fax: 01588 640509
Email: thehurst@arvonfoundation.org
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