Have you always wanted to write? Now is your chance!

Whether you want to write your life story, develop a useful second income or graduate to a full-time occupation as a feature writer and author of fiction, this course will encourage you to get started and answer the basics of the craft. The sessions will include everything you need to know about writing and help give it a professional polish. No previous experience required.

Course Dates:

Monday 28th April to 19th May (with Bank holiday on 5th May and half term break on 26th May) and 2nd June to 21st July, 10am to 12pm

3 Week courses £36.00

8 Week courses £96.00

These courses are consecutive and can be paid for together if preferred.

 Thomas Hardy was a unique writer, revered by many great poets that came after him. He was one of the greatest novelists of the 19th Century and one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century. This course will examine the poetic craft of this great man who had the gift of presenting glimpses of drama and tragedy like no other…

Course Dates:

Thursday 24th April to 22nd May 9.30am to 11am

Thomas Hardy

Five Week Course £80.00

When you read the work of TS Elliot, you become quickly aware of a formidable and intelligent mind. This course examines the beauty and the power of his unique poetic language by drawing on examples throughout his distinguished career.

Course Dates:

Thursday 5th June to 3rd July 9.30am to 11am

Five Week Course £80.00

Five-week Course £88 (including the book)

Thursday 24th April to Thursday 22nd May 11.45am to 1.15 pm

It certainly seems like another world where a man can sell his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. But that is exactly what happens in Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge. This tragic story of regret, guilt and prosperity is a dramatic, beautifully written masterpiece.

Johnnie is a published Bloomsbury Educational author with over thirty years of experience teaching English Literature. He makes the learning active and fun.

Five-week Course £88 (including the book)

Thursday 5th June to Thursday 3rd July.    11.45am to 1.15 pm

This classic play is a masterpiece of 20th Century drama which still has such relevance today. The play revolves around the apparent suicide of a young woman and the effect it has on the central family by the arrival of the mysterious Inspector. This course will explore closely how this works so well dramatically and will consider why it is not just the characters who are affected by the experience, but the audience too.

Johnnie is a published Bloomsbury Educational author with over thirty years of experience teaching English Literature. He makes the learning active and fun.