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Creative Writing Courses

Our creative writing courses are run by award-winning authors and industry experts from Faber and beyond. Whether you’re just starting out or an experienced writer taking the next step in your career, we offer the support and structure you need to achieve your writing goals.

Our creative writing courses: an overview

From one-day introductory workshops, to six-month advanced courses, Faber Academy offers a full range of creative writing courses for writers at every stage of their journey.

With options to study in-person at Faber's HQ in Hatton Garden, Newcastle, or online via our bespoke online classroom, writers can choose from classes in fiction, non-fiction or poetry with experienced and passionate tutors.

38 courses

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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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Writing the Body – 28 July 2025
Fiction Development

Writing the Body

Step into the art of writing the body in this immersive week-long course. Explore embodiment, sensation and discover how to translate physical experience into powerful prose.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Jessica Andrews

Start Date

Monday 28 Jul 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

Start Date

Monday 04 Aug 2025

£595
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Non-fiction, Novel Writing

Writing Evening – 7 August 2025

Want some focused time to write alongside other writers? Join us at our central London offices for Faber Academy’s Writing Evening. 

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Starting out

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London

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1-5 days

Start Date

Thursday 07 Aug 2025

1 more start date available

£20
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Fiction Development

The Five Day Refresh

Stalled on a novel, or short story? Or just stalled? Join Keith Ridgway for this intensive five-day course which will reinvigorate your enthusiasm for a project you’re stuck on.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Keith Ridgway

Start Date

Monday 11 Aug 2025

£595
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Making Light: Adding Humour, Warmth and Wit to your Writing

Join your fellow fiction and non-fiction writers for this new week-long course, where you’ll find the wit, warmth and laughter you’re yearning for in your prose writing.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Paul Dornan, Emma Jane Unsworth

Start Date

Monday 18 Aug 2025

£595
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Fiction Development, Non-fiction

Writing Audio Drama: From Plays to Podcasts

Learn to write gripping audio drama with an intensive week-long course on story, structure and technique – and take an in-depth look at the growing market for this exciting form.

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Improving

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Online

Length

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1-5 days

Tutors

Mike Harris

Start Date

Monday 25 Aug 2025

£595
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Fiction Development

Start to Write

A no-excuses, let’s-get-going, beginners' creative writing course to kickstart your writing life.

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Starting out

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London

Length

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1-5 days

Tutors

Richard Skinner, Sarah May

Start Date

Saturday 30 Aug 2025

2 more start dates available

£100
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Poetry

Start to Write Poetry

Kickstart your writing life with a specially designed day of learning, writing and discussion from the home of British poetry.

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Starting out

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London

Length

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1-5 days

Tutors

Richard Scott

Start Date

Saturday 30 Aug 2025

2 more start dates available

£75
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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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