PROGRAMME 2026

​​The school has had many well-known speakers over the years and is interested to hear from accomplished speakers, able to engage, inform and entertain an audience.

There are Four Part (Specialist) courses taught during the the week. Each Specialist Course is made up of four separate one hour sessions.

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CLICK HERE for our 2026 SPECIALIST COURSES

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We have up to 12 two-part short courses over the week. These represent over 50% of the learning programme.

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All the main genres and other subjects such as research, editing, KDP publishing and marketing are also considered. We are interested in both non-fiction and fiction.

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We often look for contemporary subjects, new areas and modern issues facing writers and are always keen on courses that would appeal to the younger writer market and courses that cover more progressive/topical subjects. For example, over the last few years, we have run courses on Writing for Mental Health, Gender Awareness, Social Media and AI.

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Short courses that offer opportunities for practical work are extremely popular as are ‘how to’ type courses. Short courses are normally run in two separate one-hour sessions on the same day.

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We typically have around 16 one-hour sessions scattered across the week, and this is an ideal opportunity for tutors new

to Swanwick to get to know us.

Workshops are often interactive and offer opportunities for practical and creative work and there is a vast range of subjects that we would consider, provided that we think they will attract a big enough audience.

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Workshops can also cover things that are not necessarily writing based, such as designing book covers, promotion, marketing and yoga/well-being for writers.

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