Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London
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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 >
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- The writings of Cicero: an introductionCourse start date: Fri 18 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sean GabbAn introduction to one of the most influential and prolific Roman writers, Cicero, his life and works. - Postgraduate academic writing
Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne WilsonExplore the building blocks and strategies for good academic writing at postgraduate level. Ideal for those studying or contemplating academic writing beyond undergraduate studies.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Craft focus: how to edit your non-fiction Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew KenrickOnce your manuscript is on the page, the editing process begins. Where do you start and what skills do you need? This course guides learners through the editing of a non-fiction manuscript, exploring approaches to making line edits, improving structure and more.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00 - Ways into screenwriting: getting started Course start date: Sun 20 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alan NixonWant to write scripts but don't know how to start? Discover the basics of screenwriting - character, conflict and more - on this online taster course that will help you shape your ideas and get your story going.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Spanish 2 lower: revisionCourse start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneRevise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (two years of study).
This course combines an independent study unit and three (online) group sessions. Please check the How will I be taught section below for details. - French 2 lower: tasterCourse start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelCome and discover what an elementary French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 2 years recently or have done some French some time ago.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - How to get published Course start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Neil ArkseySo you've finished your manuscript. What's next? This short course provides guidance in submitting novels and non-fiction books to agents and publishers, and helps you to tailor your work to maximise its potential in the marketplace.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00 - Brush up your lower intermediate LatinCourse start date: Tue 22 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Judith RiceRefresh your forgotten intermediate Latin and enhance your pleasure in understanding the language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - Tai Chi Chuan: Beginners Course start date: Tue 22 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonLearn the Yang-style Tai Chi form. This flowing movement sequence contains the basic movements of Tai Chi which will help you to develop and practice smooth movement, good alignment and improved balance. Develop good personal practice that will enable you to fully realise the benefits of this absorbing Taoist art.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £55.00 - Spanish 2 upper: revisionCourse start date: Tue 22 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneThis intensive course is suitable if you have studied Spanish 2 upper: module 3 or learnt the language for about 3 years in the past, but are not sure whether you are ready to join the fourth year. You will revise the main areas of study for year 3 in three sessions, and will be ready for Spanish 3 lower: module 1 in September.
This course combines an independent study (first week) and three online group classes (second week). Please check the "How will I be taught" section below for dates and details.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Brush up your upper intermediate LatinCourse start date: Tue 22 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Judith RiceRefresh your forgotten intermediate Latin and enhance your pleasure in understanding the language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Great composers: Louise Farrenc Course start date: Thu 24 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Trish ShawDiscover the musical life and work of Louise Farrenc (1804–1875), the celebrated French pianist, composer, teacher and scholar. Learn about her delightful chamber music, her important piano etudes, and her impact on French music and culture in the 19th century.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Writing and rewriting fairytales Course start date: Sun 27 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor PennyOnce upon a time there was a City Lit workshop all about writing fairytales. The quest: to inspire writers to pen stories of love, fear, forests, revenge, dragons, witches, kings, queens, frogs and magic.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - How to write a novel Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Thomas McMullanThis course deals with all aspects of novel writing technique and prose style. Ideal for fiction writers about to begin a novel or those with a novel at early draft stage.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Autobiographical writing: intensive Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paul LaffanThis shorter version of our introductory autobiographical writing course covers the basic elements of the genre, drawing on memories, diaries, photos, dreams and fantasies with a focus on the forms of autobiography, memoir and the personal essay.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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