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Work with writers who’ve been there and done it
Learn what you want
Master specific skills or dip into a new type of writing you've always wanted to try. You choose your learning goals and build up a medley of creative experiences tailored to fit you.
Be your creative best
Our industry experts are here to push you – whether you’re finessing an ambitious project or getting better at the basics. We’re here to reveal your hidden talents and help you become the best you can be.
Build lifelong connections
Here, writing isn’t solitary. Get support from professional writers and tutors as well as a close bunch of peers, building up a network of industry contacts.
Why online?
A digital campus
We’re a digital campus for a reason. After decades of working and teaching across different mediums, we assembled the most effective learning journey to help you take your writing to the next level.
No getting stuck in silence
You’re part of a digital community. Your circle of classmates, tutors and alumni are there when you need a second opinion.
Easier to commit
It’s simpler to squeeze in classes from your sofa than in person, especially when you’ve got a busy life.
A platform made for writing
This is the first digital platform specifically designed for teaching writing. Have your projects, reading materials, lessons and peers all in one place.
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Join us at our first-ever online writing festival
This year is a special one for us at the Professional Writing Academy, it’s our 10-year anniversary and we’re celebrating it a little differently…
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How to have confidence when marketing your book
SilverWood Books’ Debra Penrice explores the tools to help you market your book. However, before picking your strategy, she explains why confidence must come first.
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Disability representation in the publishing industry
Course alumna Penny Batchelor, author of My Perfect Sister and Her New Best Friend, explores disability representation and action in the publishing industry today.
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Hear from our professional family to see what’s possible.
If they’ve done it, why can’t you?
John Yorke
Narrative expert
Our experts
John Yorke is a drama producer, author and teacher who has spent 30 years studying how stories work and why we tell them. His long career in TV drama has given him the tools to identify the underlying shape common to all successful narratives — from drama to corporate reports.
Joanna Cannon
Alum
Alumni stories
Joanna Cannon started her Faber Academy Writing a Novel course with bags of trepidation and not much self-belief. A few months later she was spotted by one of the hottest agents around, Sue Armstrong at Conville & Walsh, and HarperCollins snapped up the novel she was working on for ‘a high five-figure sum’. Here’s how she went from nervous scribbler to signed author.