Places, worlds and words
How does the natural world inspire, effect and inform a piece of creative writing? Whether you are interested in fiction or non-fiction, join your tutors on an exploration of the possibilities of nature writing, in the inspirational setting of the Hurst, with its 30 acres of tamed and wild places. Challenge yourself and your writing by putting the natural world within, behind or throughout your written work.
Single room: £550Shared room: £499
Monday, 4th August 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 9th August 2008
Niall Griffiths’ novels include Sheepshagger, Runt and Stump, which won two Book of the Year awards. He also writes travel pieces, reviews, radio plays, and recently published the memoir of his childhood emigration from Liverpool to Australia, Ten Pound Pom.
Anna Pavord is a writer on gardens, journalist and broadcaster. Her books include The Tulip and The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants (both Bloomsbury). Visit www.annapavord.com.
John Moat is co-founder of The Arvon Foundation. His books include 110 Poems (Phoenix Press) and Rain, Selected Short Stories (Cervisian Press). Visit www.johnmoat.co.uk.
The Hurst - The John Osborne Arvon Centre
Clunton, Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 0JA
Tel: 01588 640658
Fax: 01588 640509
Email: thehurst@arvonfoundation.org
