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Creative Writing Programme Weekend Schools

Book here for Creative Writing Programme Weekend Schools in Nov/Dec 2021 and Feb/March 2022

Programme Directors

Our Programme Directors are Dr Mark Slater and Cathy Hayward

You can contact Cathy and Mark at any time about any aspect of your course either through the internal messaging system or directly at cathy@creativewritingprogramme.org.uk or mark.slater@creativewritingprogramme.org.uk

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TERM DATES 2023-2024

Autumn: 2nd October – 15th December (Reading Week 23rd – 27th October)

Spring: 8th January – 22nd March (Reading Week 12th – 16th February)

Summer: 22nd April – 24th May

BLENDED GROUPS

For blended groups (where teaching is a mixture of in-person and online) the first five weeks of the autumn term term (from the 2nd October to 10th November) will be in-person at Kemptown Bookshop. Classes will then be taught online and return in-person from 11th March to the end of the summer term on 24th May.

WEEKEND SCHOOLS

Spring weekend schools will in-person on 8th, 9th and 10th March and online on 16th March. You can find out more and book online here.

Publishing Day will be 18th May and the script consultations will be on the morning of Sunday 19th May. All online. More details here.

STUDENT AND ALUMNI READINGS

Thursday 28th March online

Thursday 9th May at Kemptown Bookshop

Thursday 20th June online

More details and tickets here

SUBMISSIONS WEEK

8th - 12th January for submissions for Approaches to Writing, Story Structure and Story and Form courses

24th June - 1st July for Writing Workshops, Tactics for Writing and Memory and Imagination courses

TERM DATES 2024-2025

Autumn: 30th September - 13th December (Reading Week 28th - 1st November)

Spring: 6th January – 28th March (Reading Week 17th - 21st February)

Summer: 28th April – 23rd May

Easter Holiday Masterclasses: 4th, 5th and 6th April (in-person). 12th and 13th April (online)

Summer Holiday Masterclasses: 13th, 14th and 15th June (in-person). 28th and 29th June (online)

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We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire

'We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire' is a thrillingly original crime novel that unfolds at breakneck speed - at once furious, tender and heartbreaking. Jules worked on the book whilst attending the Advanced Writers Workshop.
Myriad's senior fiction editor, Vicky Blunden says, 'From its first lines this wonderful novel absolutely grips the reader, taking us deep into a world rarely explored with such authenticity and insight. Jules is an incredibly talented writer and we are so excited to be publishing this genuinely bold and original book'.

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'We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire'

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Julie Corbin

Julie worked on her first draft of 'Tell Me No Secrets' when she was taking the Creative Writing Programme in 2007. She has gone on to write two further novels 'Where The Truth Lies' and 'Do Me No Harm'.

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Publications by Writers on the Creative Writing Programme

This is the second novel by Jess Richards. Jess wrote her first novel Snake Ropes whilst on the Creative Writing Programme a couple of years ago. Snake Ropes was shortlisted for the Costa Prize.

Cooking With Bones

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Indra Sinha's Booker Prize Shortlisted Novel

Indra took the Creative Writing Programme a few years ago when it was based at the University of Sussex. His novel 'Animal's People", about the chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. You can find other novels by him on Amazon.

Animal's People by Indra Sinha

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Snake Ropes by Jess Richards

Snake Ropes was Jess Richards' first novel that she began writing whilst on the Creative Writing Programme. If you are a fan of fantasy and mystery, you'll love this book.

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Belonging by Umi Sinha

Umi's debut novel is an intense, compelling and finely wrought epic of love and loss, of race and ethnicity, of homeland - and of belonging. It tells the story of Lilly, a twelve-year old girl, who witnesses a family tragedy after her mother unveils her father’s surprise birthday present – a tragedy that ends her childhood in India and precipitates a new life in Sussex with her great-aunt Wilhelmina. Umi tutors on the Creative Writing Programme.

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CJ Sansom

Chris Sansom is another writer who completed the Creative Writing Programme a few years ago and has gone on to establish himself as a well-respected writer of historical thrillers - you may have read some of his Shardlake books. Winter in Madrid is set during the Spanish Civil War and is a wonderful, taut and well paced political thriller.

Skip Rebecca Whitney's 'The Liar's Chair'

Rebecca Whitney's 'The Liar's Chair'

This is the first novel of Rebecca Whitney, part of a two-book deal with MacMillan. The novel tells the story of Rachel, a woman who has lost the ability to connect to anything in her life. It is a compelling psychological thriller that dissects an outwardly perfect marriage and reveals the dark, decaying heart at its core.

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Robyn Young - Historical Fiction Writer

Robyn is another writer who has gone on to establish herself professionally as a historical fiction writer. She was working on her first novel 'Brethren' whilst on the Writing Programme at Sussex. She has just finished her sixth novel, the third in a second trilogy of history novels called 'Insurrection'. Her first trilogy is named after her first novel, 'Brethren'

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Hannah Vincent's 'Alarm Girl'

Alarm Girl is set in South Africa and the story is partly narrated by eleven-year old Indy, whose family won’t talk about how her mother died.

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New Novel by Jon Walter

Jon Walter’s novel ‘Close to the Wind’ will be published by David Fickling books this summer. Here is what John had to say about the programme: ‘I began the Creative Writing Programme having written a novel that didn’t work. By the time I’d finished it, I had a second novel and a book deal waiting round the corner. The Creative Writing Programme bridged that gap and I’d recommend it to anyone who is serious about their writing.’

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New novel by Phil Viner

Phil began work on The Last Winter of Dani Lancing three years ago whilst on the Creative Writing Programme. It was the book of the week last week in the Sunday Mirror. Look out for Phil's next book The Summer of Ghosts out next year

New novel by Phil Viner

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Bronwen Griffith's 'A Bird in the House'

Bronwen's first novel was published last year by Three Hares Publishing. 'A Bird in the House' is about loss, secrets and the redeeming power of friendship. The story is about Mohamed and his young son Ahmed, who flee war-torn Libya after the death of Mohamed's wife. Arriving in England, the stumble, headlong into the seemingly tranquil world of Betty, a widow, who has been left to cope with her seven-year old great niece, Savannah, for the summer.