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Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London

Be inspired to write, and learn how to get published at the college where Andrea Levy, Malorie Blackman, Anna Burns, and other celebrated authors studied. Read our success stories to see what's possible for you as a writer.

Learn from published authors

Whether you're just starting out or ready to publish your first book, the benefits of our writing courses include expert tuition from a published author and feedback on your work as you develop your writing skills. There will also be opportunities to participate in group discussions and activities with fellow students.

Unheard Voices Scholarship

City Lit’s Malorie Blackman Scholarships for 'Unheard Voices' provide three annual awards to fund one year’s study within the Creative Writing department at City Lit. Learn more >

Courses available both in-person and online

Join us in the heart of London for in-person classes. Our modern campus in Covent Garden is easy to reach and buzzing with creativity. With modern purpose-built facilities and state-of-the-art equipment, it’s the perfect space to support your learning journey. Explore our facilities >

Prefer learning online? Our live online courses bring expert teaching to you, wherever you are.

Whether you choose to study in-person or online, all our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. Wherever and however you want to learn, we’re here for you.

Courses available both in-person and online

We offer a range of long and short courses allowing you to choose between in-person and online learning.

Learn in the centre of London with our in-person courses. Our purpose-built facilities in Covent Garden mean we are ideally located and easy to get to. 

See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.

All our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. No matter how you prefer to learn, we've got the class for you.

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  1. Chi Kung five elements: moving from the centre: all levels
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Heike Clarke
    Would you like to add some stillness to your existing chi kung practice?



    In this weekly course we will follow the support cycle of the five elements earth, metal, water, wood and fire. With a focus on earth and metal. We will slow down and connect to stillness, become more grounded, centred and relaxed, get a better energy flow and become more aware of ourselves, others and our surroundings. We will also do some standing and sitting meditation.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £146.00
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  2. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  3. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  4. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  5. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  6. Cultureplex Ciné-Club: women directors and their wonderlands
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katie Goss
    Come and join us at the Cultureplex Ciné-Club: Women directors and their Wonderlands, where you will have the opportunity to view and discuss the work of innovative female filmmakers whose work generates dazzling visions of alternative modes of living and spectatorship. A development from our existing Cultureplex Ciné-Club courses and taking its cue from the famous Parisian Ciné-club set up by the celebrated critic and writer, André Bazin, this incarnation of the film club will allow for the viewing of a different film each week, followed by detailed discussion and debate. The film will be introduced, and placed in both its cinematic, cultural and historic context. In sharing our viewing in City Lit’s premier screening room, the Cultureplex, we will approximate the experience of watching film in the cinema, one that is intense and fully focussed in a way that other modes of viewing often are not. After the screening we will devote the rest of the class to a collective exploration of the film, led by the tutor, but involving everyone in a participatory discussion that will allow all to express their responses, their views, their thoughts on the film screened.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  7. French 3 upper at a gentle pace: module 1
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Daniel Fernandez
    Do you want to continue learning French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Our French at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard French courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  8. French 4: small group conversation
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron
    Come and join these small group conversation classes. Perfect to practise and consolidate your spoken French in a friendly environment.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
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  9. Modern Greek 3 lower module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Florendia Yiannoullou
    Continue building on your Greek language skills on this supportive and lively course. In-person and online classes available.



    Suitable if you have completed Modern Greek 2 upper or equivalent (i.e. have studied Greek for 3 years recently).
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00
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  10. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  11. Tai Chi Wu style beginners
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Neville Cote
    This ten week course provides an introduction to Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan as practiced by the Wu family, from its origins in the Forbidden City of Ching dynasty China to this day. It will enable you to build the foundations of what is for some a lifetime of practice and begin to experience the many benefits that this practice brings.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  12. Wild Nights: poetry and desire
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laurie Smith
    Some friendships, including with people of the same sex, may become so intense as to be love, though not necessarily of a sexual kind. We will look at some great poets who have had this experience and expressed it brilliantly in their work: Shakespeare and Byron, Tennyson and Emily Dickinson, Arthur Rimbaud and Thomas Hardy, C P Cavafy and the great 20th century Russian poet Some Marina Tsvetaeva, and finally our recent Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  13. Swedish 3 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Lisa Strid
    Continue to develop your intermediate Swedish on this course, with a focus on improving your speaking and listening skills. Suitable if you have studied Swedish for at least 3 years.



    For continuing students: this course is the continuation of Swedish 3, module 3 (2024/2025) with Lisa Strid.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  14. Spanish 3 upper: consolidation
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Roberto Gallego

    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 upper' and you would like to revise/consolidate the content/grammar before continuing to level 4.

    This is a non-accredited course. If you would like to take a further challenge and work towards a recognised qualification, you can enrol on our Spanish preparation for DELE B2 course which leads to a final exam. Click here for further details. 

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  15. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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