A Tutored Retreat For Playwrights

If you're working on a play, or want to start, this Tutored Retreat is an unmissable opportunity. You'll receive two hours of individual tuition from Colin Teevan and Shelley Silas, with the rest of the week free to concentrate on your own writing. 

Enjoy your own room at The Hurst, former home of the radical playwright John Osborne. There couldn't be a better place to write for theatre. Book your place now.

Graphic Novels: A World Of Imagination

You don't have to be an accomplished illustrator to enjoy this Graphic Novel course. Bryan Talbot and Hannah Berry will help you create the world of your novel and bring it alive on the page.

The guest for the week is Posy Simmonds, whose graphic novel Tamara Drewe has just been made into a film starring Gemma Arterton. Find out more.

Writing The (Beautiful) Game

The World Cup is a dazzling reminder that sport is a bountiful source of inspiration for writers. The heros, the villains, the office sweepstake... there's drama everywhere you look.

Football is the starting point for Arvon's successful education project: Writing the Game. Read work produced by young writers who've participated.

Now you could join a brand new Sports Writing course for adults who want to transform their passion for sport into journalism or full-length books. Read all about it here.

Jerwood / Arvon Writers' Work Published

This week sees the culmination of the very first Jerwood / Arvon Mentoring Scheme, with the publication of an anthology of work by the nine original mentees. Get a digital taste of the anthology here.

Everyone who attends an Arvon course in 2010 will be able to apply for the scheme in 2011. It's another good reason to book a course this year. Find out more.

Your Poem Could Win £7,500

If you write poetry, don't forget to enter the Arvon International Poetry Competition for a chance to win up to £7,500. It's open to everyone and poems are judged anonymously.

Enter online today.

The Arvon Book of Life Writing Published

Sally Cline and Carole Angier have tutored Life Writing courses at Arvon for many years. If you can't make it to their next course at Lumb Bank on 21 June, you can now get the benefit of Sally and Carole's wisdom in The Arvon Book of Life Writing, which was published this week.

Written by Sally and Carole, the book includes contributions from writers such as Alain de Botton, Michael Holroyd and Margaret Drabble.

Buy the book online today.