Wonderful review on the Daily Info of the first Summer of Writing workshop. There's still time to join the next two workshops, CHARACTERS UNLIKE YOU, SAT 17 AUG (bookings close this Thurs 15 Aug) and PAGE TURNERS, SAT 24 AUG: buff.ly/42YOOre

Today's the LAST DAY to book for the CHARACTERS UNLIKE YOU workshop in #Oxford this Saturday. This is the one that will set your storytelling free in half a dozen exciting new ways. All levels welcome. Get all the details and book here: buff.ly/42YOOre .

If you've been eyeing the Summer of Writing workshops in #Oxford, Page Turners this Saturday is your last chance to join! So if you want to create a story, or whip an existing story into shape, book before the last two places go: buff.ly/42YOOre.

Super review of the first-ever Page Turners workshop. It's running again this Saturday, in #Oxford, and bookings close tomorrow! It's £75, 10am-4pm, in Upper Wolvercote, Oxford (free parking). All levels welcome. Get the full details and book here: buff.ly/42YOOre

Last chance to get the last spot on the PAGE TURNERS workshop! Spend a glorious day in #Oxford this Saturday whisking up a new story, to learn how to keep the reader agog, or licking your current story into shape: buff.ly/42YOOre

Explore a wild range of styles in your writing, build your first-draft confidence, and develop a repertoire of techniques to refine and enliven every page – all through imaginative adventures. Join the WRITING IN STYLE course this Oct– Nov: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

Your Saturday Read is also your seeasonal recipe: Autumn writing food! Literal writing food, to save your writing time. Plus, some REVELATORY news about butternuts: if you’ve been labouring away at an orange rock with a peeler, this will set you free: buff.ly/3Teu9Nu

Week 1 of the WRITING IN STYLE course enters a mysterious forest, where we explore how distinctive writing styles can be, what shapes them, and which ones you lean towards. The first of 8 weekly adventures to discover new writing freedoms! Read more here: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

Fab review from Rosie for the Writing in Style course! If you want to ignite your creativity and motivation to write more, it's running again this Oct–Nov, and you can join on Zoom from anywhere (Tues evenings), OR in person in Oxford (Wed evenings): buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

Week 2 of the WRITING IN STYLE course takes you ice-skating, to discover how person (first or third) changes what you write and the effects that different tenses create. The 2nd of 8 weekly adventures to discover new writing freedoms! Read more and join: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

Wonderful review of the Writing in Style course from Anna (who's now finishing the third book in her trilogy!). If you want some fresh inspiration and invention, it's running again this Oct–Nov and you can join on Zoom (Tues), OR in person in Oxford (Wed): buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

In Week 3 of the WRITING IN STYLE COURSE, you go up in a hot-air balloon, to play with how sentence shapes heighten drama, and how to change them easily. Each class's free-writing adventures perfectly balances exploring the effects of style. Find out more: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

Lovely review from the Writing in Style course from Lynn. If you want to experiment with finding your voice, the course is running again this Oct–Nov, and you can join on Zoom from anywhere (Tues evenings), OR in person in Oxford (Wed evenings): buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

In Week 4 of WRITING IN STYLE, you explore a medieval village, to relish the sensory power of precision, whether your style is sparing, dense, or loose - plus, like every week, a soundscape to help bring it alive! Get the details here buff.ly/3Tg2hc1 and book by 1 Oct.

Super review from Will (not my Will, another one!) of Writing In Style from the last time it ran, in 2022. It's running again this Oct-Nov, then not again until 2027, so if you fancy joining it, this is your moment: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1. Bookings close on Tues 1 October.

In week 5 of the WRITING IN STYLE course, you travel to Victorian London to gallivant through different registers and word choices, for serious and comic effects. You then play further with that draft writing, to refine and enhance it. Read more here: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

In week 6 of WRITING IN STYLE, we board a train to meet new narrative voices and delight in turning ventriloquist as the character tells their story. Join the course this Oct–Nov, on Zoom from anywhere OR in person in Oxford. Bookings close 1 October: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

In week 7 of WRITING IN STYLE, through the medium of cellos, we delve into our imagery: our choices, its impact, and the meanings it gathers around. Join the course this Oct–Nov, on Zoom from anywhere OR in person in #Oxford. Bookings close 1 October: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

In week 8 of the WRITING IN STYLE course, we creep into a little cottage to explore imaginary documents within our fiction, using all our style variations. You've still got time to join the course: bookings close this Tues 1 October: buff.ly/3Tg2hc1

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