9th - 14th August 2025
PROGRAMME 2025
The Writers' Summer School offers a comprehensive learning timetable with a variety of specialist (long) and short courses, workshops, 1:1 sessions and evening entertainment. Absolutely everything is included in the FULL EXPERIENCE ALL INCLUSIVE PRICE and you do not need to sign up for any of our sessions in advance.
The school has had many well-known speakers over the years and for 2025 we have three fabulous speakers lined up. They are:
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SATURDAY: Simon Hall
SUNDAY: Emma Purshouse & Steve Pottinger
MONDAY: Dr Russell Wate
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There are four Specialist Courses for 2025
Our amazing course leaders will be:​
Anne Hamilton - A Novel in Four Sessions
Della Galton - Writing Short Stories to Make Money
Simon Whaley - The Crafty Art of Creative Non-Fiction
Alison Chisholm - Poetry - Learning from the Laureates
Each Specialist Course is made up of four separate
one hour sessions.
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We have 12 two-part short courses over the week for 2025 covering popular subjects such as Crime, Scriptwriting, Self Publishing, Research. Editing, Poetry Competitions, Performance Skills, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Erotic Short Stories Romantic Fiction and Tapping into your Inner Creativity
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There are 16 one hour Workshops for you to chose from - subjects such as Writing for Competitions, Freelance Editing, Social Media, Poetry, Creative ideas, Wellbeing for writers, Comedy, Cosy Fantasy, AI for Authors, Flash Fiction,, Drama, and more.
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