Creative Writing mentoring and Developmental Editing, with Dr Craig Snelgrove
Event Type:Mentoring and Coaching
Region: International
Writing is a solitary craft, but the development of that craft doesn't have to be. If you’re spending days, if not weeks, stuck in a rut with your literary project, having a mentor or developmental editor there to offer expert guidance, advice or to just bounce ideas off has many benefits.
Mslexia Women's Writing Days: A Working Synopsis
Region: International
In the first of our new series of Mslexia one-day online masterclasses, award-winning novelist and tutor Manya Wilkinson will help you develop a working synopsis.
How to Get Published - Writers' and Artists' Yearbook event
Region: North West England
In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University and the Open University, The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook (Bloomsbury) offer a full day conference providing advice on writing fiction and poetry, and getting your work out into the world. The programme features talks from agents, publishers, and writers.
The First 10 Pages: Perfect the Opening of your Novel – a Masterclass with Susanna Jones
Region: South East England
Intensive, small-group masterclass in Brighton: refine and strengthen the opening of your novel. (8-10 participants).
English REF Online Open Forum with Panel D & Sub-Panel 27 Chairs, 20th March 2026
Region: UK
An Online Open Forum with the Chair of Main Panel D, Professor Greg Walker, and Chair of Sub-panel 27, Professor Jennifer Richards, is being held on the 20th March from 2.00-3.30pm to discuss the latest REF updates. This is an invitation to all colleagues in English, especially those leading their department's REF submission for English.
Writers Online: Writers' Retreat
Region: East England
Taking place on the 4th-7th September 2026 in the historic setting of Buckden Towers, this small-group retreat is designed to help you make meaningful progress on your work through a balance of guided creative writing sessions and protected writing time.
Unravelling Secrets: Live online weekend workshop with Megan at The Writers' Greenhouse
Region: International
How do you tell a story when everything that's happened is a secret? In thrillers, mysteries, and crime fiction, that's exactly what we need to do. And when we bring those elements of mystery and crime into our stories, those are the genres we need to borrow skills from. Book by the end of Thursday 19 March.
Morning Edges April 2026 with Sarah Byrne
Region: International
Morning Edges, now in its eighth season, is a community of creative practice. We will meet every weekday morning, 9am-10am, online in April to spend time with our writing and one another. This year’s theme for Morning Edges is Water.
3rd European Biblio/Poetry Therapy Conference
Region: South East England
The 3rd European Biblio/Poetry Therapy Conference will take place on October 1st and 2nd 2026 in Canterbury — a city shaped for centuries by pilgrimage, storytelling, listening, and transformation. Inspired by The Canterbury Tales, we offer this gathering as a shared journey.
Arvon Online Writing Month (evening): Fiction with Emma Healey and Michael Donkor
Region: International
Got a novel-in-progress but life keeps getting in the way? Join Michael Donkor and Emma Healey for this immersive, month-long evening course in which you will problem solve, unblock the blocks and emerge from the month with a clear plan for how to finish your novel by the end of this year.
The Writers' Block Writers' Network - Permission to Play: Building Creative Resilience and Finding Joy with Lucy Beckley
Region: South West England
Struggling to find joy in your creative practice? Feeling a little lost following writing rejection? Or perhaps you just need some permission to play? Come join us for our next Writers’ Block Network event on cultivating creative resilience whilst holding on to a sense of ‘play’ in our practice.
City Lit: Writing creative non-fiction with Paul Laffan
Region: London
Explore practical and imaginative approaches to creative non fiction, including travel writing, life writing and the essay. Analyse published work, produce your own pieces, and benefit from detailed feedback.
Faber Academy: Advanced Poetry with Daljit Nagra and Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Region: International
If you’re a committed aspiring poet hoping to take your writing to the next level, join Daljit Nagra and Victoria Adukwei Bulley for this six-month online course. Apply by 6th April.
Bridport Prize: How to pitch your book (Online)
Region: International
What is a pitch and why is it important? How do writers succinctly convey what their book is to other people? Practical advice from agents and editors. Part of the Nuts & Bolts of Writing Series #3.
Ty Newydd: Writing the Body: Enchantment, Nature, and Embodiment (Poetry) Tutors / Zoë Brigley & Rupinder Kaur Waraich
Region: Wales
In this week-long course, we will explore writing the body in all its complexity — through lenses of enchantment, nature, mental health, disability, body positivity and neutrality, and the lived experiences of bodies traditionally marginalized.
Irish Writers Centre: The Writing Table with Adam Wyeth (Online)
Region: International
This workshop offers writers a structured, supportive space to write, share work, and develop critical skills through guided feedback.
Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo with David Morley
Region: International
Sought after teacher David Morley immerses you in one of poetry’s most haunting and versatile forms. Driven by repetition, the pantoum moves forward and backward at once, generating pressure, resonance, and a distinctive dream logic.
Poetry School: Saturday Sessions with Kathryn Simmonds (In-person Course)
Region: London
Do you want to take your poetry to a new level? Do you need a gentle boot to write more regularly? Do you want a trustworthy, knowledgeable set of writing colleagues to give you kind but incisive feedback on your poems?
Transfixions Workshop Series with Remi Graves
Region: International
Transfixions is a brand new four-part workshop series which explores obsession as a creative catalyst. The series runs during March and April 2026, looking at works from Shane McCrae, Taylor Johnson, Judy Grahn and more. Sign up for one or more workshops in the series.
Moniack Mhor: Poetry Translation with Peter MacKay
Region: International
This masterclass will explore poetry that lives in-between languages, whether tip-toeing along the edges of those languages or jumping deep into etymological poems. Led by Pàdraig MacAoidh / Peter Mackay, the Scottish makar, who writes in Gaelic and English.