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Here you'll find people and organisations offering mentoring and coaching services to writers, and details of any upcoming courses or seminars about becoming a mentor or coach.  If you would like to advertise your mentoring or coaching event/services on this page please get in touch.

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Fri 28 Oct 2011 to Fri 28 Oct 2011
A number of sessions with an established writer from your genre Read more...
Tue 13 Sep 2011 to Thu 31 Dec 2015
Mary Crockett is an editor and proofreader based in Greater Manchester. She offers a full range of editing services to fiction and non-fiction writers — from proofreading to substantial editing and help with rewrites. Read more...

Wed 7 Sep 2011 to Thu 27 Oct 2011
The Scottish Book Trust Mentoring Scheme supports established and emergent writers, playwrights, screenwriters and author/illustrators who have a specific project on which they would like some dedicated support.  Read more...

Thu 1 Sep 2011 to Wed 29 Feb 2012
Playwrights' Studio, Scotland is now accepting applications for our 2011/2012 Mentoring Programme.  Read more...

Tue 11 Jan 2011 to Thu 31 Dec 2015
Litfest offers a confidential professional development service, either face to face or over the phone. Read more...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 to Thu 31 Dec 2015
This year NAWE are expanding their one-to-one services. The popular professional development planning service will now be available by telephone, as well as face-to-face, and a telephone coaching service is introduced. These services are open to all writers.
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Tue 14 Sep 2010 to Thu 31 Dec 2015
Kate Evans is a writer and UKCP Accredited Relational Centred Counsellor. She offers a variety of services to writers. Read more...

Wed 26 Sep 2007 to Sat 28 Feb 2015
Doing well and want to reach the next level? Need help getting unblocked? Sarah Lowes is a creative coach. She helps writers with deadlines, writer's block, personal issues and enhanced creativity.  Read more...

Gold Dust is a mentoring scheme for fiction writers, founded by novelist Jill Dawson in response to frequent requests from writing students for more individual support.  Read more...

Nicola Morgan, author of acclaimed teenage fiction and internationally successful books about the teenage brain, aims to help other writers become published.  Read more...
The Open University have launched a new short, flexible online course on Mentoring at work. This course provides tools, structure, ideas, resources, activities, support and feedback on a work-based activity to improve mentoring effectiveness.
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TriskeleWrites is a fantastic new venture offering a range of services for writers who want to improve their craft.  Read more...
Our mentoring service offers support and advice over a year, to enable promising writers to develop their work. Read more...
A website consultancy offering aspiring writers advice on how to get published has been launched by editor-turned-literary-agent Maggie McKernan. Read more...
In addition to the regular and popular 'Fire in the Head' workshops series, Roselle Angwin also offers mentoring & coaching services. Read more...
One to one sessions in North West London for adult and children's fiction, memoirs and poetry. Many of my participants have published and had success in national competitions. Reasonable rates. Read more...
Experienced mentor Jacqui Rowe, founder of the Making Poetry programme, offers two options to help support and develop your poetry. Jacqui  Read more...
This is the perfect option for those children's authors who want to develop their writing, but don’t want to stick to the structured schedule of a traditional correspondence course. This option gives you the advantage of writing when and where it suits you so it’s ideal for those juggling work and/or family commitments. Read more...

The Writing Smithy is a new literary consultancy, run by novelist Jenn Ashworth and poet Sarah Hymas. Read more...
Sonia Duggan offers coaching services for writers at any stage in their career. Read more...
Definition of Mentoring

"Mentoring is a professional relationship with a sympathetic writer, for a timetabled duration, whose focus is your work and how you can raise it to a new level."

S Maitland & M Goodman, Mentoring: a guide for creative writers

Definition of Coaching

"Coaching is all about helping a person get to where they want to be in their professional or personal life. The writer/client is in control – they decide what they want to focus on."

The Writer's Compass

Mentors/Coaches
If you offer mentoring or coaching service to writers, and would like to appear on this page then please get in touch.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a writing coach, click here to find out more about NAWE's new accredited coaching skills course for writers, taking place in 2012.