Poets Amanda Dalton and Ian Duhig will be tutoring at Lumb Bank, The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre in Yorkshire, 6-11 September 2010.

This course is for anyone who wants to write poetry for pleasure, for fun, or for personal enrichment. Poetry isn’t just something to be studied by academics; it can enrich and enhance your daily life. Seek inspiration in your own experiences, and the wild and beautiful environment around Lumb Bank.
http://www.arvonfoundation.org/pc569.html

The course is fully residential, from 6pm on Monday 6 September to 10am on Saturday 11 September. The course fee is £595 or £545, which includes all accommodation, food and tuition. We have grants available for those on low incomes; if you would struggle to afford the fee, you are encouraged to apply.

The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre at Lumb Bank is an eighteenth century mill owner’s home, set in the stunning Pennine hills above Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. The Arvon Foundation is a registered charity, running week-long, residential writing courses for over 40 years. Our courses offer writers an informal, supportive environment in which to share, learn, discuss and progress their work. Each course has two established, published writers as tutors, as well as a mid-week guest reader. Alongside Poetry, courses include genres such as Fiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting and Starting to Write.

Full Arvon courses and more details can also be viewed at www.arvonfoundation.org.