Courses & Retreats

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Digital Detox Retreat: Reconnect with yourself and your writing
Mon 10 March 2025 - Fri 14 March 2025
Tutor / Siân Melangell Dafydd
Guest Reader / Cai Tomos
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Spring Yoga Retreat
Fri 4 April 2025 - Sun 6 April 2025
Tutor / Richard Fowler
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Untutored Spring Retreat
Mon 7 April 2025 - Fri 11 April 2025
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Welsh-language Course: Cynganeddu
Mon 14 April 2025 - Fri 18 April 2025
Tutors / Mererid Hopwood, Ceri Wyn Jones
Guest Reader / Carwyn Eckley
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Tips from a Literary Agent: Draft, edit, submit
Mon 28 April 2025 - Fri 2 May 2025
Tutor / Cathryn Summerhayes
Guest Reader / Anthony Shapland (Digital)
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Novel Writing Retreat: Revive your fiction
Mon 5 May 2025 - Fri 9 May 2025
Tutor / Ingrid Persaud
Guest Reader / Neel Mukherjee (Digital)
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How To Teach Creative Writing: Inspire, engage, empower
Fri 9 May 2025 - Sun 11 May 2025
Tutor / Cecilia Knapp
Guest Reader / Ashley Hickson-Lovence (Digital)
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Climate Writing: Inspiring care, empowering change
Mon 12 May 2025 - Fri 16 May 2025
Tutors / Tom Bullough, Jay Griffiths
Guest Reader / Guest Reader
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Building a Sustainable and Authentic Poetry Practice
Mon 2 June 2025 - Fri 6 June 2025
Tutors / Kim Moore, Roger Robinson
Guest Reader / Malika Booker (Digital)
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Welsh-language Day Course: Writing Gripping Crime
Sat 7 June 2025
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
Fri 20 June 2025 - Sun 22 June 2025
Tutors / Daniel Morden, Phil Okwedy
Guest Reader / Jan Blake
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Welsh-language Day Course: Memoir Writing
Sat 28 June 2025
Tutor / Iola Ynyr
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Mentored Retreat: Break ground with your short-form fiction
Mon 7 July 2025 - Fri 11 July 2025
Tutor / Cynan Jones
Guest Readers / Megan Barker (Digital), Lucy Luck (Digital)
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Poetry and Performance
Fri 11 July 2025 - Sun 13 July 2025
Tutor / Joelle Taylor
Guest Reader / Hannah Lavery (Digital)
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Scriptwriting
Mon 14 July 2025 - Fri 18 July 2025
Tutors / Chris Thorpe, Co-tutor
Guest Reader / Suzie Miller (Digital)
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Writing YA Fiction: From idea to first draft
Mon 21 July 2025 - Fri 25 July 2025
Tutors / Danielle Jawando, Emma Smith-Barton
Guest Reader / Simon James Green (Digital)
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Editing and Submitting with the Seren Poetry Editors

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Tutors / Rhian Edwards, Zoë Brigley
Guest Reader / Bethany Handley (Digital)
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August Wild Swimming Retreat
Fri 1 August 2025 - Sun 3 August 2025
Tutor / Emma Senior (Wild Wales)
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Untutored Summer Retreat
Mon 4 August 2025 - Fri 8 August 2025
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The Passion of the Poem
Mon 11 August 2025 - Fri 15 August 2025
Tutors / Andrew McMillan, Rachael Allen
Guest Reader / K Patrick (Digital)
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Summer Yoga Retreat
Fri 15 August 2025 - Sun 17 August 2025
Tutor / Richard Fowler
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September Wild Swimming Retreat
Fri 5 September 2025 - Sun 7 September 2025
Tutor / Emma Senior (Wild Wales)
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Writing Yourself In: The personal essay & memoir
Mon 15 September 2025 - Fri 19 September 2025
Tutors / Tiffany Murray, Gary Raymond
Guest Reader / Kathryn Tann (Digital)
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Welsh-language Day Course: Writing your Debut Novel
Sat 20 September 2025
Tutor / Ffion Dafis
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Poetry: The art of voice(s)
Mon 22 September 2025 - Fri 26 September 2025
Tutors / Clare Pollard, Owen Sheers
Guest Reader / Dzifa Benson (Digital)
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Welsh-language Day Course: Writing with Humour
Sat 27 September 2025
Tutor / Gruffudd Owen
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Writing a Killer Crime Novel
Mon 29 September 2025 - Fri 3 October 2025
Tutors / Alis Hawkins, Vaseem Khan
Guest Reader / Erin Kelly (Digital)
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Day course: Zine Making
Sat 4 October 2025
Tutor / Elin Angharad
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Word of Mouth: Food, feelings and family
Mon 6 October 2025 - Fri 10 October 2025
Tutors / Ella Risbridger, Kate Young
Guest Reader / Nina Mingya Powles (Digital)
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Walking and Writing under the Sun/Moon- Light
Fri 10 October 2025 - Sun 12 October 2025
Tutor / Mike Parker
Guest Reader / Dani Robertson
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Untutored Autumn Retreat
Mon 13 October 2025 - Fri 17 October 2025
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Welsh-language Weekend Course: Develop and Professionalise your Craft
Fri 17 October 2025 - Sun 19 October 2025
Tutors / Anwen Hooson, Caryl Lewis
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Poetry and Well-being
Mon 20 October 2025 - Fri 24 October 2025
Tutors / Gwyneth Lewis, Clare Shaw
Guest Reader / Abeer Ameer (Digital)
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Sci-Fi Weekend
Fri 24 October 2025 - Sun 26 October 2025
Tutor / Martin MacInnes
Guest Reader / Aliette de Bodard (Digital)
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Historical fiction: From research to submission
Mon 27 October 2025 - Fri 31 October 2025
Tutors / Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Abir Mukherjee
Guest Reader / Rachel Dawson (Digital)
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Autumn Yoga Retreat
Fri 31 October 2025 - Sun 2 November 2025
Tutor / Richard Fowler
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Writing as Political Resistance (Online)
Tue 4 November 2025 - Tue 9 December 2025
Tutors / Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Andrés N. Ordorica
Guest Reader / Lola Olufemi (Digital)
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Autofiction: Taking inspiration from within (Online)
Thu 6 November 2025 - Thu 11 December 2025
Tutors / Meena Kandasamy, Durre Shahwar
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Writing the Menopause (Online)
Tue 3 March 2026 - Tue 24 March 2026
Tutor / Sophie Buchaillard
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Welsh-language Day Course: Poetry
Sat 7 March 2026
Tutor / Marged Tudur
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The Business of Writing: Creating strong foundations to support your author career
Mon 16 March 2026 - Fri 20 March 2026
Tutor / Clare Mackintosh
Guest Reader / Guest Reader
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Creative Writing for New Speakers / Welsh Learners
Fri 20 March 2026 - Sun 22 March 2026
Tutors / Bethan Gwanas, Co-tutor
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