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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.

London Writing Courses (175)

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Novel Writing

Writing a Novel (Evening)

A comprehensive six-month writing course for the serious writer, with access to some of the biggest names in publishing.

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Advanced

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London

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6 month +

Tutors

Richard T. Kelly, Sarah May, Joanna Briscoe, Alice McIlroy, Diana Evans, Chris Power

By Application

Start Date

Wednesday 24 Sep 2025

Application Deadline

Sunday 07 Sep 2025

£4350
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Novel Writing

Writing a Novel (Daytime)

A comprehensive six-month writing course for the serious writer, with access to some of the biggest names in publishing.

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Advanced

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London

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6 month +

Tutors

Shelley Weiner, Sabrina Broadbent, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Harman, Sophie Mackintosh

By Application

Start Date

Thursday 25 Sep 2025

Application Deadline

Sunday 07 Sep 2025

£4350
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Fiction Development

Writing Fiction

You’ve been writing for a while, and have work in progress: now is the time to commit to the next stage, with fresh inspiration from an exciting new course.

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Improving

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Sue Gee

Start Date

Wednesday 24 Apr 2024

£1095
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Children's & YA

Writing for Children

Writing for a younger audience is an endlessly exciting adventure. Join bestselling author Andy Stanton for this energetic course which delves deep into telling stories for children.

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Starting out

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Andy Stanton, Alexandra Sheppard

Start Date

Thursday 24 Apr 2025

£1095
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Non-fiction

Writing Lives

Life writing is perhaps the most exciting and broadest literary genre of our times – spend a week discovering how you can work within the form to tell your story of a life.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Richard Skinner

Start Date

Monday 12 Aug 2024

£595
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Fiction Development, Non-fiction

Writing Lives

Life writing is perhaps the most exciting and broadest literary genre of our times – spend a week discovering how you can work within the form to tell your story of a life.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Richard Skinner

Start Date

Monday 04 Aug 2025

£595
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Fiction Development, Non-fiction

Writing Lives

Life writing is perhaps the most exciting and broadest literary genre of our times – spend a week discovering how you can work within the form to tell your story of a life.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Richard Skinner, Vesna Goldsworthy

Start Date

Monday 08 Aug 2022

£550
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Non-fiction

Writing Memoir

You’ve got a story to tell – but how and where do you begin? Start developing your memoir in a supportive environment with expert guidance from writer and tutor Margie Orford.

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Improving

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Margie Orford

Start Date

Tuesday 01 Oct 2024

£1095
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Fiction Development

Writing Places

Join novelist Sarah Moss for this five-day course exploring – and writing – Hatton Garden and the surrounding areas.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Sarah Moss

Start Date

Monday 30 Jun 2025

£595
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Poetry

Writing Poems

A playful, supportive three-month poetry course for beginners and aspiring amateur poets, with two of the best practitioners and teachers in the country.

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Improving

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Maurice Riordan, Richard Scott

Start Date

Thursday 21 Sep 2023

£695
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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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Sue Gee – Faber Academy's Getting Started with Fiction tutor

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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Sue Gee
Andy Stanton – Faber

Andy Stanton

Andy Stanton lives in North London. He studied English at Oxford but they kicked him out...

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Andy Stanton
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Richard Skinner

Richard Skinner is a novelist, poet and critic. His most recent book, The Mirror, was described as ‘beautifully written...

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Margie Orford

Margie Orford is an internationally acclaimed writer. Her Clare Hart novels – a literary crime fiction series that explores violence...

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Margie Orford
Sarah Moss

Sarah Moss

Sarah Moss is the author of eight novels., most recently The Fell and Summerwater...

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Sarah Moss
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Maurice Riordan

Maurice Riordan was born in Co. Cork. His first book, A Word from the Loki (1995), was nominated for the T. S. Eliot Prize...

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Maurice Riordan
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Richard Scott

Richard Scott was born in London in 1981. His pamphlet Wound (Rialto) won the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2016 and his poem...

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Alex Sheppard – Faber

Guest Tutor

Alexandra Sheppard

Alexandra Sheppard
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Guest Tutor

Vesna Goldsworthy

Vesna Goldsworthy was born in Belgrade but has lived in London since 1986. She writes in English, her third language. Two of her...

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Vesna Goldsworthy

I really felt part of the Faber family, and continue to do so [...] The course is really well organised, and the team work hard to make the experience valuable and productive.

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Writing a Novel

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.