Writing

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.

See what it's like be part a City Lit online creative writing course.

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  1. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  2. Sensing the Past: '6 Senses' in Historical Context
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    Course start date:  Tue 4 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Linsey Hunter
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    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  3. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  4. Indigenous Australian art: an introduction
    Course start date:  Wed 5 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz
    Indigenous Australian art has, in recent years, been increasingly exhibited and discussed in Britain. Yet little is known about the history and development of this art movement and the oeuvres of the artists responsible for its creation. This introductory course will provide a history of how Indigenous Australian artists have changed and challenged the course of national and international art fields in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  5. Exploring Kant: the theory of knowledge
    Course start date:  Wed 5 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gabriel Olumide Apata
    What do we know? How do we know it? What are the limits of knowledge? Join this course to explore the area of Kant’s philosophy which focuses on his theory of knowledge.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  7. Business administration with digital skills: how to be an administrator (foundation)
    Course start date:  Wed 5 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you a new administrator wanting to develop your skills? Do you want to become an administrator but are unsure what the job entails? Do you need to update your organisational and digital skills for the virtual office? On this course you will learn the essentials of how to be a good administrator whether this is your job or an essential element of your work. You will work on different ways of being organised, how to achieve goals and tasks on time, prioritising and being service-oriented. By the end of this course, you will be confident in your administration skills whatever your environment, face-to-face or online, and that you can deal with administrative complexity, see the bigger picture, be detail-oriented and solve problems calmly.



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £70.00
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  8. Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
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  9. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  10. ‘Stranger’ Things: Muriel Spark’s Shapeshifting
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    Course start date:  Wed 5 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Fiona McCulloch
    This course will introduce and discuss two novels by eminent author, Muriel Spark- Memento Mori (1959) and The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960). Her writing wilfully upends notions of conformity and acts as a disrupter to accepted conventions. Instead, ‘Spark beckons us to encounter the stranger’ (Marilyn Reizbaum). Playfully disrupting passive readers and stretching comfort zones, Spark’s work provides a space to access unaccustomed outlooks that make us rethink our relationship with ourselves, others, and the world. Instead of unconsciously going with the flow, she awakens us to life’s stranger things.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  11. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  12. Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  13. Photography in a day: Flash with speedlight
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Matthew Ward

    Lighten things up: join this practical course to learn the basics of using flash on camera (speedlights) to enhance your images. Experiment creatively indoors and outdoors with different flash techniques, with a professional photographer on hand to guide you throughout.

    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  14. Still life in the history of art: opulence and fragility
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Elizabeth Eyres
    Still-life paintings usually represent ordinary things, often small and arranged on an indoor surface, without human presence. Long regarded in western art as the lowliest subject or “genre”, one that only required technical skill rather than imagination, still lifes are now considered some of the most charming and best loved paintings and can contain intriguing meanings that repay close study.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  15. Publish your first book online
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Christine Robertson
    Learn how to publish your first book electronically on the Amazon Kindle and other e-book devices using an existing Word document. You will need good internet and file management skills and experience of using Microsoft Word.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00
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