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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 writing 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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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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Building a Sustainable and Authentic Poetry Practice

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Tutors / Kim Moore, Roger Robinson
Guest Reader / Malika Booker (Digital)
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Welsh-language Day Course: Writing Gripping Crime

Fully Booked

Tutor / Fflur Dafydd
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Memoir Writing and Wild Swimming: Diving into the deep
Mon 9 June 2025 - Fri 13 June 2025
Tutors / Amy Liptrot, Noreen Masud
Guest Reader / M. John Harrison (Digital)
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June Wild Swimming Retreat
Fri 13 June 2025 - Sun 15 June 2025
Tutor / Emma Senior (Wild Wales)
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Storytelling Weekend

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Tutors / Daniel Morden, Phil Okwedy
Guest Reader / Jan Blake
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  • Roger Robinson

    Roger Robinson, a globally recognised writer and performer, boasts an impressive array of accolades, including the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019, RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020, and RSL Fellowship. Notably, he’s been lauded by Decibel & Arts Council England as pivotal in shaping Black-British literature. His work features prominently in esteemed anthologies like The Forward Book Of Poetry 2024 (Faber & Faber, 2023) and The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (Penguin, 2021). Roger’s commissions span prestigious institutions such as the BBC, Tate, and The National Portrait Gallery. He’s an esteemed judge for renowned literary awards like the Folio Prize and T.S. Eliot Prize, with his poem A Portable Paradise part of the GCSE English Literature syllabus. Roger’s workshops, recognised for excellence, have garnered acclaim, with his books A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press, 2019), Home is Not A Place (William Collins, 2022) and The Butterfly Hotel (The Peepal Tree Press, 2013) earning multiple nominations. As a co-founder of Spoke Lab and Malika’s Kitchen, he contributes significantly to global literary communities.

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  • Amy Liptrot

    Amy Liptrot grew up on a sheep farm in Orkney, Scotland who has written two bestselling memoirs: The Outrun (Canongate Books, 2016) and The Instant (Canongate Books, 2022). The Outrun won the Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the PEN Ackerely Prize for memoir, has been translated into 14 languages and adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan. She lives in Yorkshire and is working on a book about seaweed.

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  • Joelle Taylor

    Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co-curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet was published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024 and was named Guardian Book of the Month. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. She was recently honoured with a DIVA Award for Excellence and was also included in the Independent’s 2024 Pride Power list.

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  • Ingrid Persaud

    Ingrid Persaud is the author of two novels, Love After Love (Faber & Faber, 2021) and The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh (Faber & Faber, 2024). Her debut novel, Love After Love, won the Costa First Novel award, the Author’s Club First Book Award and the Indie Book Award for Fiction. Other prizes include the BBC National Short Story Award and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She was born in Trinidad and lives in London.

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"I didn’t learn to write at Tŷ Newydd. I’ve learnt so much more than that - And I’m sure you will too"
Fri 9 May 2025 / , ,
Graham H. Roberts has taken part in two creative writing courses here at Tŷ Newydd, firstly in 2023, and subsequently in 2024, read on...
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...