Literary non-fiction
Literary non-fiction is wide-ranging, creative and innovative. From short essays to longer prose, from Montaigne to Rebecca Solnit, our courses allow you to explore dynamic, varied and often genre-busting works, across a broad range of subjects.
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We offer daytime, evening and weekend courses, both short and long. Our tutors are experts in their fields and experienced educators. Tutors share their knowledge and passion through presentations, screenings, interactive discussion, analysis, and other activities.
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- Great MemoirsCourse start date: Mon 21 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettThe last couple of decades have seen an explosion of a relatively new kind of writing - the memoir. Stories of abusive childhoods, extraordinary parents, and uncovered family secrets fill the shelves of bookshops. Some are mockingly dubbed misery memoirs, some even exposed as fakes. But among them are some masterpieces of modern writing - accounts of painful coming to maturity, or of the growth towards a deeper understanding of a world always taken for granted. We will read and consider a selection.
Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Women with a View: Memoirs and TalesCourse start date: Thu 12 Nov 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Patricia SweeneyDiscover and explore extraordinarily rich memoirs and tales from renowned contemporary women writers, including Rebecca Solnit, JoanDidion and Margo Jefferson.
Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00
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