In this 5-day residential course, organised in partnership with Arvon, award-winning writers and poet ay Griffiths, Tom Bullough and Pascale Petit will explore the central question: what does it mean to be a writer today, in light of the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE)? How can we approach the vastness of the emergency we are in, with effective creative writing? The retreat will include discussions sharing our experience of the CEE specifically as writers, and examine the personal, public and literary strategies that enable us as writers rather than freeze us. Both emerging and more established writers will benefit from intensive workshops, one-to-one tutoring and time to write and create ideas, as well as feedback from peers in small-group readings.
20 – 24 July 2023