London Writing Courses
Our London courses take place at the Faber offices in Hatton Garden. Find inspiration for your own writing inside the publishing house that has played home to thirteen Nobel laureates and seven Booker Prize winners, and continues to publish major literary voices like Sally Rooney and Kazuo Ishiguro.
Our London writing courses: an overview
We’ve been running in courses in Faber’s London offices since 2009 – an unrivalled opportunity for aspiring authors to step inside one of the world’s great independent publishing houses as they begin their own writing journey.
Our London courses are always capped at fifteen students per class – small enough for the group to form a bond and really engage with each other’s work, but with enough breadth of experience and interests to facilitate constructive, dynamic discussions in the room.
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Writing a Novel (Evening)
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Richard T. Kelly, Sarah May, Joanna Briscoe, Alice McIlroy, Diana Evans, Chris Power
Writing a Novel (Daytime)
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Shelley Weiner, Sabrina Broadbent, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Harman, Sophie Mackintosh
Five Days to Write a Life
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Julia Blackburn
Five Days to Write a Life
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Julia Blackburn
Funny Business: The Comedy Writing Room
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Paul Dornan
Funny Business: The Comedy Writing Room
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Paul Dornan, Emma Jane Unsworth
Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction
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Sue Gee
Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction
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Sue Gee
Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction
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Sue Gee
Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction (Daytime)
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Sue Gee
London Course Tutors
Our London tutors are all published authors, handpicked from Faber and beyond, as well as experienced teachers with in-depth knowledge of the industry.
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Julia Blackburn
Julia Blackburn was born in London in 1948, the daughter of the poet Thomas Blackburn and the painter Rosalie de Meric. Her first book...
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Paul Dornan
Paul Dornan has worked in the TV and film comedy world for over two decades as a writer, producer, director, teacher and mentor.
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Sue Gee
Sue Gee is a novelist and short story writer who ran the MA Writing Programme at Middlesex University from 2000 till 2008...
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Emma Jane Unsworth
Emma Jane Unsworth is a BAFTA-nominated, BIFA-winning screenwriter and best-selling novelist...
The course is really well organised, and the team work hard to make the experience valuable and productive.
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Manuscript Assessment
Get comprehensive editorial feedback on your manuscript from our experienced readers – whether it’s still a work-in-progress or you’re preparing to submit to literary agents.
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Mentoring
We offer a range of mentoring options if you’d prefer to work one-on-one with an established writer to help you shape your project and realise your writing ambitions.
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From author interviews and writing tips to creative writing exercises and reading lists, we've got everything you need to get started – and to keep going.
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