Kim Moore’s pamphlet If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a winner in the 2011 Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition. Her first collection The Art of Falling (Seren 2015) won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Her second collection All The Men I Never Married (Seren, 2021) won the 2022 Forward Prize for Best Collection. Her first non-fiction book What The Trumpet Taught Me was published by Smith/Doorstop in May 2022. A hybrid book of lyric essays and poetry Are You Judging Me Yet? Poetry and Everyday Sexism was published by Seren in March 2023. She's worked as a freelance writer for many years, before joining Manchester Metropolitan University as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Tutored Summer Retreat
Mon 24 June 2024 - Fri 28 June 2024
Tutor
/ Kim Moore
Guest Reader
/ Horatio Clare
Course Fee
/
From
£625 per person
Genres
/ FictionNon-FictionPoetry
Language
/ English
Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre’s fully catered retreats will provide you with the time and space to write, read and relax. Set in a peaceful location in the stunning surroundings of northwest Wales, you can take inspiration from the spectacular sea views over Cardigan Bay, share ideas over dinner or simply sit back and relax in Tŷ Newydd’s cosy library.
Award winning poet, Kim Moore will be your resident tutor during this fully catered summer retreat. During the week, Kim will be running group workshops and optional one to one 30-minute tutorials. Participants will be invited to send a sample of creative writing in advance.
This retreat is designed for both emerging and established writers of any genre who are looking to dedicate focused time on their writing within a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
On our retreats, everyone will have a room of their own, and your home-cooked meals will be prepared for you by our experienced resident chef. We offer a range of rooms at a variety or prices and accessibility. Please enquire for further information about individual rooms before booking. Guests will be invited to arrive after lunch on the Monday and depart soon after breakfast on the Friday.
Tutor
Kim Moore
Guest Reader
Horatio Clare
Horatio Clare’s first book, Running for the Hills (John Murray, 2006), an acclaimed account of a Welsh childhood, won a Somerset Maugham Award, was longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and saw Horatio shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His subsequent books include A Single Swallow (Chatto & Windus, 2009) which was shortlisted for the Dolman Travel Book of the Year), the best-selling travelogue Down to the Sea in Ships (Vintage, 2015) which won Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year and Icebreaker: A Voyage Far North (Chatto & Windus, 2017). His most recent books are Something of His Art: Walking to Lubeck with JS Bach (Little Toller Books, 2018) and The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal (Elliott & Thompson, 2018). Horatio's essays and reviews appear regularly in the national press and on BBC radio. He lectures in creative non-fiction writing at the University of Manchester.