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Welcome to Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre

Tŷ Newydd is the National Writing Centre of Wales. Established in 1990, thousands of aspiring and budding writers have since passed through our iconic teal front door.

With over 30 years experience, we specialise in residential creative writing courses and retreats. Every week we welcome a new group of individuals from Wales, the rest of the UK and beyond to our home. They spend time together under the tutelage of professional writers, taking part in workshops and one-to-one tutorials, enjoying readings and basking in the inspirational setting of Tŷ Newydd. For those wanting space and time away to write in isolation, or with a like minded friend, our dedicated retreat cottage offers the perfect surrounding. Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre is run by Literature Wales, the national company for the development of literature.

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Explore our Courses

We have a range of courses and retreats available at Tŷ Newydd. Why not have a browse and discover what’s on offer.

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Writing Motherhood
Fri 18 October 2024 - Sun 20 October 2024
Tutors / Pragya Agarwal, Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Guest Reader / Mari Ellis Dunning (Digital)
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Writing Contemporary Short Fiction
Mon 21 October 2024 - Fri 25 October 2024
Tutors / Emma Glass, Sophie Mackintosh
Guest Reader / Joe Dunthorne (Digital)
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Writing and Well-being Weekend
Fri 25 October 2024 - Sun 27 October 2024
Tutors / clare e. potter, Iola Ynyr
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Writing a Novel: From draft to publication (digital course)
Wed 6 November 2024 - Wed 4 December 2024
Tutors / Cesca Major, Ayisha Malik
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Christmas Retreat
Mon 9 December 2024 - Fri 13 December 2024
Tutor / Father Christmas
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  • Cynan Jones

    Cynan Jones is an acclaimed fiction writer from the west coast of Wales. His work has appeared in over twenty countries, and in journals and magazines including Granta, Freeman’s and The New Yorker. He has also written a screenplay for the hit crime drama Hinterland, a collection of tales for children, and a number of stories for BBC Radio. He has been longlisted and shortlisted for numerous awards, and won, among other prizes, the Wales Book of the Year Fiction Prize, a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Award, and the BBC National Short Story Award.

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  • Clare Mackintosh

    With over 2 million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go (Little Brown, 2015), which was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and the fastest-selling title by a new crime writer in 2015. It also won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2016. Both Clare’s second and third novels, I See You (Little Brown, 2017) and Let Me Lie (Little Brown, 2018), were number one Sunday Times bestsellers. Her first three thrillers were selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and together have been translated into forty languages. After the End (Little Brown, 2019) was published in 2019 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller, and in 2021 Hostage (Little Brown, 2022) flew straight into the top ten. Her new crime series, featuring Welsh detective DC Ffion Morgan, has been critically acclaimed, with both The Last Party (Little Brown, 2023) and A Game of Lies (Little Brown, 2023) hitting the Sunday Times top ten. Together, her books have spent more than sixty-five weeks in The Sunday Times bestseller lists. Clare lives in north Wales with her family. 

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  • Dean Atta

    Dean Atta is an award-winning Black British author and poet whose works have received praise from Bernardine Evaristo and Malorie Blackman. His novel in verse, The Black Flamingo (Hachette, 2020), about a Black gay teen finding his voice through poetry and drag performance, won the Stonewall Book Award and was shortlisted for numerous further prestigious awards. His poetry collection, There is (still) love here (Nine Arches Press, 2022), explores acceptance, queer joy and the power of unapologetically being yourself and fully embracing who you are. 

  • Pragya Agarwal

    Dr Pragya Agarwal is the writer of four non-fiction books including the widely acclaimed (M)otherhood and Hysterical. Pragya is a visiting professor of social inequities at Loughborough University and a visiting fellow at University of Oxford. Her writing has been published widely in The Guardian Scientific American, New Scientist, Prospect, Florida Review and Literary Hub. She also teaches creative writing courses for Irish Writers Centre and Arvon. 

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Wondering whether you’re right for a Creative Writing course? You are!
Tue 1 October 2024 / , ,
In August, 2024, Gemma Telford joined us for our Writing Historical Fiction week with Natasha Pulley and Susan Stokes-Chapman read on to find out more...
"Rediscover your love for writing in a beautiful peaceful place"
Wed 31 July 2024 / ,
Rosy Adams joined us this July for our Fiction Bootcamp at Tŷ Newydd as a bursary recipient. Read on to find out about her...