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Are you working on a crime novel and want to make it sing? This intensive tutored retreat is an opportunity for writers of crime fiction to focus closely on their works-in-progress, finessing and polishing all aspects of their writing.

Join award-winning writer Malachy Tallack and explore how to bring together rich detail and a strong narrative voice to create beautiful and compelling nature writing. A 4-week online course, with guest writer Noreen Masud.

Join Chris Thorpe and Tanuja Amarasuriya for a creative adventure in writing plays! This residential is offered as part of the Creativity and Care Programme for care experienced young people aged 14-30.

Join us for a free writing session! No need for experience, just bring along a playful mind and pen and paper! Drinks and snacks provided.

July is when Moniack’s garden is full and heavy with raspberries! Take this time to nourish the fruit of your own writing – with some home-made scones topped with Kit’s raspberry jam to keep you going.

In this one-hour online session delivered via Zoom, writer Noreen Masud will read from her work and be in conversation with Malachy Tallack, writer and tutor of Moniack in a Month: Writing about Nature and Place. Includes a short time for questions from our audience.

In this course, which can include childcare, we will explore what it means to write contemporary motherhood in fiction and non-fiction, in all of its blood, guts, despair, sublimity, and soul. There are options for attendance on this course.

Join fiction writer Helen Oyeyemi in her second masterclass, this one focusing on how supplying or omitting details affects the substance and flow of a narrative. Includes writing exercises and a short Q&A.