Moniack Mhor is Scotland’s National Writing Centre. Based in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, we run courses in a range of genres tutored by some of the finest authors in the UK and beyond. With workshops and one to one tutorials, our courses provide an atmosphere to fully immerse yourself in your writing. The centre also offers writing retreats providing time and space, free from distractions, where you will find yourself part of a nurturing writing community. Other support offered by Moniack Mhor includes awards, bursaries, professional residencies to develop works in progress and a programme for young writers.
CRIME MASTERCLASSES

Join bestselling crime writer Liam McIlvanney for two crime masterclasses on Mon 20th + 27th October. The first will examine story structure while the second will discuss the craft of writing dialogue. Both masterclasses are primarily aimed at at crime writers with an intermediate or above level of experience.
YOUNG WRITERS CAFÉ

Join Cecilia Knapp and explore how to grow and know your characters and allow them to live on the page. We’ll put your characters in complex situations—the weirder the better— and explore how they respond, as well as learn how to write convincing dialogue which feels true to life. Expect fun, imaginative exercises in this low pressure and explorative environment.
ONLINE: TRAVEL WRITING

"Travel” need not mean physically going far. It can describe an experience of places and people close to home, one in which memory and history also play a part. On this 4-week online course tutored by author Miranda France, you’ll learn how to look at and describe worlds both strange and familiar, shaping what you learn into a story that others will want to read. Through texts and images, interviews, conversation and written exercises, you’ll think about different approaches to describing nature, cities, cultures and people, both for books and shorter texts.