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Garsdale Retreat 2026 Courses, Tutored Retreats and Untutored Retreats - Open for Bookings
Mon 23 Feb 2026 to Sat 12 Dec 2026
The Garsdale Retreat is a creative writing centre in the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales. We have a wonderfully inspiring line-up of tutors and guest readers for 2026 as well as ten untutored retreats.

All are fully catered with delicious and nutritious food, leaving you free to focus on your writing and re-ignite your creative self.

Explore the full programme here

Poetry:
23 - 28 March: Tutor - Jonathan Edwards (Guest - John Hegley)
11 - 16 May: Tutor - Mimi Khalvati (Guest - Michael Laskey)
13 - 18 July: Tutor - Steve Ely (Guest - Ann Pilling)
9 - 14 November: Tutor - Paul Henry (Guest - Ilse Pedler)

Memoir/Life Writing:
13 - 18 April: Tutor - Catherine Simpson (Guest - Sam Miller)
5 - 10 October: Tutor - Linda Cracknell (Guest - Alan Johnson)

Fiction/Novel Writing:

15 - 20 June: Tutor - Zoë Strachan (Guest - Louise Welsh)
7 - 12 September: Tutor - Hannah Vincent (Guest - Sally O'Reilly)

Untutored Retreats:
23 - 28 February / 9 - 14 March / 27 April - 2 May / 1 - 6 June / 29 June - 4 July / 21 - 26 September / 19 - 24 October / 23 - 28 November / 7 - 12 December

Additional Information:
Location:
Yorkshire Dales
Region(s):
North East England

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