Creative and sensitive reading is a must-have addition to any writer’s toolkit. Learn how Forward Prize-winning poet Vahni Capildeo draws inspiration and technique from the books that they love. This friendly online session is perfect for anyone who writes poetry or is interested as a reader in how the process works – especially if you […]

Take your writing to the next level and discover ways to make your novel or short stories stand out with this friendly, supportive, ten-week intermediate course led by expert tutor and published writer Ian Nettleton. Ian has been leading sold-out fiction courses at NCW for a number of years. Through a combination of group discussion […]

Looking for advice on how to finalise, edit and polish your work? Ready to take your writing to a more sophisticated level? Our Advanced Fiction online sessions with Ian Nettleton are the ideal choice for more experienced writers with a project in mind, or for anyone seeking a new and exciting creative challenge. Ian has […]

Are you age 70+ (or know someone who is) and would like to develop the skills to tell your life story? ‘A Life Written’ is a course of six weekly life writing workshops in which participants are guided through decisions, spark points and themes to help consider their own lives, acknowledge their own interesting experiences, […]

Voice and point of view are a crucial aspect of writing memorable characters and compelling stories that spark the reader’s imagination. In this friendly online workshop multi-talented writer, speaker and performer Olumide Popoola will share techniques for honing narrative voice in your fiction.  Through a mixture of informal whole group and small group discussion, along […]

Join Lynn Buckle, experienced tutor and author of What Willow Says and The Groundsmen (époque press), for an online workshop exploring how to integrate positive climate solutions into your writing. Lynn teaches regular creative climate writing courses for youth and adult writers and facilitates the climate writers’ group at the Irish Writers Centre, gathering writers […]

Writing and movement can seem like polar opposites: one begins with language and the head, the other direct from the body. Join YA author Sally-Anne Lomas and multi-disciplinary arts producer Sam Ruddock for an online workshop which will help you bring mind and body together. Through writing activities and simple exercises (accessible to all) will explore […]