Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London
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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 >
- Become more lipreadableCourse start date: Fri 13 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsDo you know a hard of hearing or deaf person who needs to lipread you? Find out how lipreading works and how you can make some small adjustments in order to become more 'lipreadable'.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
- Craft focus: voice and dialogue in fictionCourse start date: Sun 15 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie ChardAll fiction must speak to us as readers. It must communicate atmosphere and plot, character and layers of meaning with a unique 'voice'. Characters must also sound like themselves with dialogue that compels and convinces. Learn the fundamentals of voice and dialogue in this one-day course.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Debating: beginners (online)Course start date: Mon 16 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gavin IllsleyDebating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. We will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout. This course will be taught online.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00 - Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
- Art and Ideas: What is visual language?Course start date: Thu 19 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
This course is for students and creative practitioners interested in visual language as a creative and conceptual theme. Explore and discuss ideas, theories and work by significant artists and writers to enhance and inspire the development of creative work and build an understanding of your own visual language.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Advancing your practice for speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Fri 27 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Corinne Moffatt-SantosThis course is for speech and language therapists working with adults or young people who stammer wishing to develop their practice. It will provide opportunity to update your knowledge and learn from peers.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - How to write a non-fiction book proposalCourse start date: Sun 1 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nick BarlayLearn how to write a compelling non-fiction book proposal on this interactive and informative short course, which will demystify the essentials to give your project the best chance of success.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Foraged and found materials for ceramicsCourse start date: Sun 1 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Tana WestFor students who have attended our ceramics courses, this is an opportunity to return and glaze your bisquit fired work. Basic glazing techniques will be taught, with advice on which glazes to use.Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £357.00 - Writing poetry from visual artCourse start date: Sun 1 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lawrence BradbyArt has inspired some of the world’s greatest poetry. This course will show you how to draw from visual art when writing your own poems.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Creative writing for social mediaCourse start date: Sun 1 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
In this course we will scroll through short-form creative writing approaches, and bring together words, images, found sounds, mixed-media, cut-up and other techniques to publish writing on social media. This course is open to both new and experienced writers.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Teatime Talks: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, imagined portraitsCourse start date: Tue 3 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chantal CondronOne of the most absorbing contemporary artists working in the UK today, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye paints startling ‘portraits’ of characters entirely derived from her imagination. Discover aspects of her artistic process and the ideas and themes behind her paintings on this course.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Artists eye painting projects: the green worldCourse start date: Tue 3 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate HardyWe will make paintings inspired by artists whose subject is nature, be guided by their choices of subject matter, and learn from their methods of paint application, colour mixing, and use of found media. Eye-opening projects to inspire painters at all levels of experience. This is a live on-line practical course.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Digital skills for the workplace: creating newsletters, reports and tables with Word (intermediate)Course start date: Tue 3 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Do tables in Word seem to move of their own accord? Do you need to produce newsletters for work or for volunteer groups but are frustrated by shifting text and images? Are you unsure how to maintain consistent formatting across a report? If so, then this is the course for you. On this course you will learn how to produce a newsletter, insert tables, and create simple reports while maintaining consistent formatting and ensuring the layout and presentation is effective and impacting. You will focus on how to produce attractive documents fit for purpose in an efficient and timely manner, vital skills both inside and outside work.
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 £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00
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