
Start Writing Crime Fiction – fully booked!
Crime fiction is the biggest-selling genre in the UK and this course will help you to incorporate its building blocks into your own writing. Join Nicola Upson, author of the Josephine Tey books, to explore the genre’s themes and appeal, looking at creating credible worlds and characters, developing and structuring story and building page-turning, tension-filled […]
12 weeks
Online
£450

Writing Poetry: Next Steps – last few places!
Award-winning poet Helen Ivory will be your guide through this next level course, designed for poets keen to push themselves further. Through experimentation, challenge and feedback, you will produce new work and have a better sense of how to assess your poetry objectively. Over 24 weeks, you will be guided through the landscape of […]
24 weeks
Online
£900

Start Writing Fiction – fully booked!
The course is the perfect introduction to writing fiction for new writers and anyone wanting to write more regularly. Over 12 weeks of inspirational teaching, exercises and assignments you will receive personalised feedback on your work and learn how to write short stories. Classes are capped at 15 places to ensure a high-quality experience. Book […]
12 weeks
Online
£450

Start Writing Poetry – one place left!
Join us on a journey into the transformative world of poetry. You’ll read inspiring poets, explore how poems take shape, and begin to create and share your own work with a friendly supportive group. Classes are capped at 15 places to ensure a high-quality experience. Book quickly to secure your place. This course is […]
12 weeks
Online
£450

An Introduction to the Memoir – fully booked!
Do you want to tell your own story? Life stories have resonance for others and are a gift to be shared. In this course, led by award-winning writer Monique Roffey, you’ll gain the confidence to write your own story, develop an understanding of how memoirs are put together, and the ways shame and taboo […]
12 weeks
Online
£450

Start Writing Creative Non-Fiction – fully booked!
Discover the core techniques for writing a non-fiction book, be it a biography, a memoir, reportage or another of the many flourishing forms within this exciting field of writing. Whether you have started to write and would like help moving forward or simply have an idea you’d like to explore, this course will give you […]
12 weeks
Online
£450

An Introduction to Scriptwriting – fully booked!
This course is an all-encompassing introduction to scriptwriting and is designed for writers who are just starting to explore scripts. You will learn the mechanisms of working across a variety of script forms: TV, film, theatre and radio. You’ll discover ways to generate ideas and turn them into stories, how to write dialogue and how […]
12 weeks
Online
£450

Virtual Book Club discussion: Our Place
Join us and share your passion for reading! Every two months we will meet virtually over tea and biscuits to discuss some of the best works in contemporary literature. We’ll explore short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry, and works in translation, making these informal and friendly sessions the perfect way to meet like-minded readers and to […]
5 - 6.30pm GMT
Free

Virtual Book Club discussion: Our Place
Join us and share your passion for reading! Every two months we will meet virtually over tea and biscuits to discuss some of the best works in contemporary literature. We’ll explore short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry, and works in translation, making these informal and friendly sessions the perfect way to meet like-minded readers and to […]
5.30 - 7pm GMT
Free

Nature Writing with Mark Cocker – fully booked!
Master the art of nature writing in this three-hour online workshop with Mark Cocker, one of Britain’s most celebrated authors and naturalists. Mark is the author of A Claxton Diary: Further Field Notes from a Small Planet and has been writing a regular ‘Country Diary‘ column for the Guardian since 1988, so this is a […]
10am - 1pm GMT
Online (Zoom)
£45 / £35 conc

Intermediate Fiction with Ian Nettleton (ten-week course) – fully booked!
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 online 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 […]
Mondays, 7 - 9pm GMT for ten weeks
Online
£225 / conc £200

Advanced Fiction with Ian Nettleton (ten-week course) – fully booked!
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 […]
Tuesday, 7 - 9pm GMT for ten weeks
Online
£225 / conc £200

Dragon Hall Debates: Surveillance
Are we being watched? From Facebook, to China, to the FBI and MI5, the ways in which we’re watched – and the question of who is watching us – seem to be omnipresent in the news cycle. What problems – and what benefits – can be found in this world of constant surveillance? In this […]
7 - 8.30pm GMT
Free - please register in advance

Life Writing with Lucy Wadham – fully booked!
Writing about your own experiences, or the lives of others, is a rewarding and compelling creative practice. Join multi-talented author Lucy Wadham (The Secret Life of France, Greater Love, and Castro’s Dream) for a friendly and insightful two-hour online workshop exploring the exciting genre of life writing. Through a mixture of timed writing exercises and […]
10am - 12pm GMT
Online (Zoom)
£45 / £35 conc

Writing Through Movement (12 to 18-year-olds)
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 arts producer Sam Ruddock for an online workshop which will help you bring mind and body together! Through writing and movement activities you will: Explore how breath, posture, and […]
2 - 4.30pm GMT
Online (Zoom)
Free - please book in advance