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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, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

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Starting out

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Sue Gee

Start Date

Wednesday 20 Sep 2023

£995
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Fiction Development

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction (Daytime)

A twelve-week creative writing course for beginners. Playful, serious and fun, it asks what writing is and why we do it.

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Starting out

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London

Length

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12 weeks

Tutors

Sue Gee

Start Date

Wednesday 24 Apr 2024

£1095
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

A twelve-week creative writing course for beginners. Playful, serious and fun, it asks what writing is and why we do it.

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Starting out

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London

Length

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12 weeks

Tutors

Sue Gee

Start Date

Wednesday 26 Apr 2023

£995
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

An introductory course for the writer who is ready to commit to beginning to write seriously. Start your story today!

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Starting out

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London

Length

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12 weeks

Tutors

Mick Jackson

Start Date

Thursday 14 Sep 2023

£995
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Fiction Development

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

An introductory course for the writer who is ready to commit to beginning to write seriously. Start your story today!

Level

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Starting out

What do these levels mean?

Location

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London

Length

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12 weeks

Tutors

Mick Jackson

Start Date

Thursday 18 Apr 2024

£1095
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

An introductory course for the writer who is ready to commit to beginning to write seriously. Start your story today!

Level

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Starting out

What do these levels mean?

Location

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London

Length

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12 weeks

Tutors

Mick Jackson

Start Date

Thursday 18 Sep 2025

£1095
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Places available

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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

An introductory course for the writer who is ready to commit to beginning to write seriously. Start your story today!

Level

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Starting out

What do these levels mean?

Location

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London

Length

i
12 weeks

Tutors

Mick Jackson

Start Date

Thursday 19 Sep 2024

£1095
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Fiction Development

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Level

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Starting out

What do these levels mean?

Location

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London

Length

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12 weeks

Tutors

Mick Jackson

Start Date

Wednesday 23 Apr 2025

£1095
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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
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Mick Jackson

Mick is a Booker Prize–shortlisted author of four novels and two collections of short stories. His novels – The Underground Man...

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Mick Jackson

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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Browse the Reading Room

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.