Courses/Retreats

Leave those domestic chores behind and escape to the peace and tranquillity of a Garsdale summer.  Indulge yourself with space and time to write in idyllic surroundings fuelled by outstanding food. Meet up with your muse…

This course is suitable for writers at any stage, whether just starting out, working on a novel or short stories or developing an idea. We‘ll look at key elements of novel writing: plot, structure, character, conflict, dialogue and setting. There will be writing exercises as well as the chance to share work in progress.

Departing summer hath assumed / An aspect tenderly illumed.....' 'Tenderly illume,' your writing with an autumnal excursion to the unfaded beauty of the Yorkshire Dales. Dedicate time and space to your writing, escape domestic chores and be nurtured by outstanding hospitality.

Memoir writing is the art of writing your own story in your own voice. Everyone’s life experiences are unique and deserve to be told. Join us to write your own story. Suitable for writers of any level of experience, or none.

‘O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall’ (October, Robert Frost) Share those ripened leaves in Garsdale’s autumnal beauty on an untutored retreat. Dedicate time and space to your writing, escape domestic chores and be nurtured by outstanding hospitality.

This course is suitable for complete beginners as well as advanced poets, offering liberating opportunities and exciting ways into writing poetry. Generative workshops will begin with exploring and discussing poems which will then open out into participants’ own writing.

Treat yourself to the mists and mellow fruitfulness of Garsdale and give your writing a seasonal massage! Dedicate time and space to your writing, escape domestic chores and be nurtured by outstanding hospitality.

Now is the winter of your full content. Indulge yourself with log fires, outstanding food and the space to write, free from domestic chores.

Treat yourself to the mists and mellow fruitfulness of Garsdale and give your writing a seasonal massage! Dedicate time and space to your writing, escape domestic chores and be nurtured by outstanding hospitality.