Megan at The Writers' Greenhouse: The Summer of Writing 2025 Workshops: Creative Writing for Adults
Region: South East England
Five full-day creative writing workshops for adults on Saturdays in Oxford in August. These one-day writing workshops are filled with creative, practical exercises to discover new ideas and use them immediately. All the workshops are multi-level (suitable for both beginners and experienced writers) and for most workshops you can choose to create new ideas or to develop a work in progress.
Faber Academy: New Six-Month Course Writing Memoir with Margie Orford
Region: London
Our first six-month writing memoir course for the serious writer, with access to some of the biggest names in publishing.
Irish Writers Centre: Art and the Personal Essay with Roe McDermott
Region: International
This course will explore how to use a work of art to tell a personal story. We will look at memoirs, essays, and reviews to look at how art – in any medium – can inform and elevate our understanding of ourselves, and the world.
Moniack in a Month – Poetry with Purpose with Joelle Taylor
Region: International
This course will consider how we write poetry that can be practically applied, leading to a greater understanding of poetic technique, of school and adult oriented networks for workshops and courses, of writing funding applications, and more.
City Lit: Writing for podcasts with Eleanor Penny
Region: International
Podcasts are growing rapidly in popularity, and more and more people are making their own. Find out more about all the different kinds of writing involved in producing a podcast, hone your skills and, with support from your tutor, develop your own ideas for audio.
Curtis Brown Creative New Writers' Day
Region: London
CBC is holding its inaugural New Writers' Day in London this autumn! Join us at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross (Central London) on Saturday 4 October 2025 for an exciting day of pitching, learning, networking and panels for aspiring authors!
The Poetry Business: Online Workshops in August 2025
Region: International
Coming up from The Poetry Business this August are online workshops with Jonathan Edwards, Michael Schmidt, Hannah Lowe, Vanessa Lampert, Amanda Dalton and Rory Waterman.
Arvon Masterclass: Writing the Future - What could possibly go wrong? with Adam Marek
Region: International
When you sit down to write a piece of fiction set in the future, what are you hoping to achieve?
Ty Newydd: Writing Yourself In: The personal essay & memoir with Tiffany Murray & Gary Raymond
Region: Wales
This course seeks to introduce emerging writers (and potentially established writers looking to explore non-fiction) to ideas, practices, and debates around non-fiction in all its forms.
Taster sessions for the Creative Writing Programme
Region: South East England
The Creative Writing Programme is the leading independent centre for creative writing teaching in the south-east of England offering one and two-year courses in creative writing, life writing and poetry in person in Brighton, Worthing, Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells and online.
Dialect: Level Up! Small group mentoring for poets with JLM Morton
Region: International
Elevate your poetic craft in this dynamic monthly small group mentoring workshop tailored for those already writing and eager to take their poetry to new heights.
Falmouth Poetry Group presents: The Curious Line - Workshop with John McCullough
Region: South West England
This workshop focuses on how to break new ground in your poetry through a range of reading and writing exercises designed to help you extend the boundaries of your use of language.
TLC's Self-Editing Courses (Fiction and Non Fiction) are open for bookings
Region: International
The TLC's self-editing courses are designed to equip you with the necessary tools to refine your manuscript whether it's fiction or non fiction. Tutors are Jon Barton (fiction) and Xanthi Barker (non fiction).
Professional Writing Academy: Write a Young Adult Novel with Lee Weatherly
Region: International
Find a fresher, more relatable teenage voice, and new ways of coming at the big issues in Young Adult fiction with hands-on support from a world-leading YA writer.
National Centre for Writing: Weaving History into Your Non-Fiction & Memoir with Katharine Reeve
Region: East England
Bring depth and richness to your non-fiction and memoir by interweaving the local history that surrounds us in this immersive workshop with Katharine Reeve.
Spread the Word: Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants Workshop with Tom MacAndrew
Region: London
A free online workshop for London-based writers about how to craft your Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grant application.
Poetry School: Care Poetics with Suzannah V. Evans
Region: International
Show your caring side as we explore the possibilities of a more caring poetics.
Writing the Occult: Belief
Region: International
The latest run of Writing the Occult gathers together an exciting range of speakers to explore the world of belief in your fiction.
New Writing South: Writing for Performance with Tim Crouch
Region: South East England
A workshop for writers who also think of themselves as theatre-makers; writers who see the act and form of performance as integral to what they write; writers for whom the audience is a fundamental collaborator in the theatrical exchange.
Write Your Life™: Memoir Writing for the Digital Age with award-winning writer Dan Allum
Region: International
This 12-week course will help you shape your real-life experiences into powerful stories that resonate - on the page and online.
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