Courses

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. Meet up with your muse...

A course for new and more experienced writers on the art of memoir/life-writing/the writing of recollection at short or book length.

This rigorous yet fun course will take your writing to the next level, whether you are well published or only just starting out. Through a process of studying a diverse range of poems and their techniques, you will create new work in a supportive and stimulating workshop environment.

Treat yourself to the mists and mellow fruitfulness of Garsdale and give your writing a seasonal massage!

For the new or less experienced writer, those put off poetry at school or those who just want to have a go. Using guided exercises, the course explores a range of form and subject matter to help you shape and write poems with confidence.

Treat yourself to the mists and mellow fruitfulness of Garsdale and give your writing a seasonal massage!

Poetry’s role as a celebrant, marking life’s cornerstone moments and memorialising the noteworthy is traditionally renowned and established. But throughout this week, we’ll both share, read and write poems that also look at unlikely and untraditional subjects for celebration.

Now is the winter of your full content. Indulge yourself with log fires, mulled wine, outstanding food and the space to write.