Holiday Activities
skills, inspiration, passion
Writing courses are available at both holiday centres in Greece - Atsitsa Bay and The Skyros Centre, as well as writing course weekends in the UK. Skyros writing retreats offer writers, thinkers and dabblers the opportunity to learn from distinguished writers, share the joys and struggles of the creative process, discover their strengths and polish their skills. In an idyllic holiday environment, far away from the demands and routines dictated by a busy life, writing holiday course participants can navigate beyond old boundaries and emerge with pieces of writing of which to feel proud. Former Writers’ Lab participants such as Susan Elderkin, Crysse Morrison, Shani Solomons, Emma Darwin or Grace Wynne-Jones have gone on to publish books or to stage plays they started, developed or completed in Skyros. Writing courses are open to novices with a secret passion for writing as much as to writers who already have a book under their belt. The tutors enjoy helping people at any stage of development – so do come with work in progress or just an empty page. The Skyros Writers’ Lab has built up an excellent reputation over the years. Steven Berkoff, Rachel Billington, Margaret Drabble, Hanif Kureishi, D M Thomas, Sue Townsend, Marina Warner, Hugo Williams and many others, including Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners such as Hilary Mantel, James Kelman, Barry Unsworth, Bernice Rubens and Alison Lurie, have graced the centre with their presence over the years and given hundreds of people the benefit of their experience. ‘Intellectual rigour, spiritual encounters and good old-fashioned rioting in the evening’. The TimesWriting Retreats
1. YOUR STORY - writing with Monique Roffey
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2. YOGA WITH AWARENESS with Ken Eyerman
Plus afternoon 'drop-in' courses and ad-hoc morning and evening activities.
1. ON WRITING FICTION with John Sweeney
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2. ENDINGS & BEGINNINGS with Kate Daniels
Plus afternoon 'drop-in' courses and ad-hoc morning and evening activities.
Join author Steve Attridge and discover new ways of writing about your life and strategies, tips and techniques for turning these into powerful fiction.
1. COMEDY & CREATIVITY with Logan Murray
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2. OUT OF THE BLUE MOSAICS with Aimee Harman
Plus afternoon 'drop-in' courses and ad-hoc morning and evening activities
Join comedian Kate Smurthwaite to learn the techniques the professionals use to inject comedy into writing, performance, social media and more!
1. LIFE WRITING - with Nick Barlay
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2. MAKING MOSAICS with Roz Wates
Plus afternoon 'drop-in' courses and ad-hoc morning and evening activities.
1. FINISH YOUR BOOK with Lizzie Enfield
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2. WEAVING WITH COLOUR with Theresa Sundt
Plus afternoon 'drop-in' courses and ad-hoc morning and evening activities.
Join author Alice Jolly and uncover how to shape and define your project and practice some key writing skills which will bring your work to life.
Join Arthur Smith for advice, exercises, insights and showbiz gossip - for anyone who wants to write or perform comedy or chuckle on the shoreline.
Always wanted to write your life story? This course with Alison Habens will help you produce first drafts in prose, poetry or script.
1. FREEDOM TO BE YOU with Alexandra Massey
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2. FROM PAGE TO STAGE with Steve Attridge
Plus afternoon 'drop-in' classes and evening activities.
