This is the course to do if you have always wanted to tell your story but lack the confidence, the time, the self-belief to get on and do it. Stories from Life has encouraged me to carve out time to learn more about writing and to interact with other writers, has given me the impetus…

A thoroughly professional course which I would recommend highly to anyone wanting to learn about the art of crime writing and to improve their own writing skills. I can’t believe how much I have learned in only 5 weeks and that I have been able to create the plot of my own crime novel in…

If you’re anything like me, who is an epic procrastinator, a complete scaredy cat, and with accessible needs, then choosing a study mode that is flexible and open is incredibly important.

Thanks for a brilliant few weeks! Writing is something we do all the time but aren’t taught much about, so it’s been really enlightening to have all this good practice explained. I’ve been having more fun writing social media copy and have been noticing ways I don’t always do it most effectively. I’m looking forward…

This course was stellar. I learned so much about how to effectively and respectfully write about the natural world, while being mindful to create interesting and intricate writing that will engage readers and make them think about nature and our relationship to it. The course tutor, Jessica, was immensely knowledgeable and fostered a sense of…

My writing has never been taken care of and held in such graceful space before. I am so incredibly thankful and in awe of this platform. This experience has been a true gift that is boundless.

The course content was well thought out, clear, user friendly. The course tutor was a constant presence in the material and feedback, but at the same time it felt as though she was behind the scenes encouraging and suggesting and prompting while trusting us to do our work…. The constant opportunities for feedback between course…

Jen Kabat saved me from myself, extending her wisdom and guidance beyond her professorial duties to support a research project that pushed my writing outside my self-imposed limits. She challenged me to fail; she urged me to spill the worst thoughts I’ve ever had onto paper, to embrace the cliched, to lean into the surface…

I could not have found my expanded voice as a writer without Jennifer Kabat. My confidence and courage grew beyond what I thought were my limits. Her gentle insistence, persistence, and vision led me toward new forms – I took risks and felt brave. Jennifer Kabat is a gifted and natural writing teacher. She sees…

Graham has provided an excellent and well-crafted workshop which benefits all types of crime authors. Giving an insight into the workings and hierarchy of the police service. An added benefit was listening and speaking to Carol and Bob Bridgestock about how they assisted in writing the Happy Valley series.

Lee Weatherly was a marvellous tutor throughout my course. Her approach is thorough, focussed, moderate and encouraging but never pulling any punches when right and necessary.  Her way of instructing, or even just expressing how she approaches her own work, is wonderfully clear and to the point.

Midge was my supervisor and the programme director during my time as a student in the MSt in Creative Writing at Cambridge University. Her teaching style is one that focuses entirely on the growth of her students, empowering us to discover the roots of what we are writing so that they may blossom on the…