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Writing Your Synopsis – Masterclass

with Richard Roper

Richard Roper, editor

‘Lauren explained the pitch and the query letter in great detail. Her insights were revelatory!’

Carole Ryder

Writer and student of Pitching Your Novel (Zoom)

Pitching Your Novel

with Lauren Pearson

30-Day Writing Bootcamp

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

30-Day Writing Bootcamp – Vol 2

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Plot & Story – The Deep Dive

with Laura Barnett

Laura Barnett, Author

Relationships in Fiction – The Deep Dive

with Laura Barnett

Laura Barnett, Author

Character Development – The Deep Dive

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Showing & Telling – The Deep Dive

with Anna Freeman

Creative Writing for Beginners

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Writing YA & Children’s Fiction – Three Months

with Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson, Author

‘Applying for the CBC course was the best thing I ever did!’

Rachael Fernandes, author of The Mercury in Me

Rachael Fernandes

Author of The Mercury in Me and student of Writing YA & Children’s Fiction – Three Months

The Rewrite Doctor

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Writing Your Novel – Six Months

with Maame Blue, Cathi Unsworth

Maame Blue, author and mentor

Writing Your Novel – Six Months

with Laura Barnett

Laura Barnett, Author

Writing Your Non-Fiction Proposal

with Hannah Boursnell

Hannah Boursnell, editor

The Literary Agent – with Jonny Geller

Jonny Geller

Starting to Write Your Novel

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Write to the End of Your Novel

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Edit & Pitch Your Novel

with Anna Davis

Anna Davis, CBC's founder

Writing Fiction with Kate Mosse

Writing Literary Fiction with Tessa Hadley

Tessa Hadley

‘I devoured every single drop of information, listening to some sessions twice! ’

Joanna Miller, author of The Eights

Joanna Miller

Author of The Eights and student of Writing Historical Fiction

Writing Historical Fiction

with S J Parris

Writing a Memoir

with Cathy Rentzenbrink

Edit & Pitch Your Novel – Advanced

with Lauren Pearson

Writing Short Stories

with Cynan Jones

Writing a Romance Novel

with Jenny Colgan

Writing TV Drama

with Colin Teevan

Writing Fiction with Marian Keyes

Writing Fiction with David Nicholls

Novel-Writing Intensive

with Lizzie Enfield

Writing Memoir & Narrative Non-Fiction

with Wyl Menmuir

‘Writing Crime Fiction taught me how to plant plausible red herrings.’

Emily Critchley, author of One Puzzling Afternoon

Emily Critchley

Author of One Puzzling Afternoon and student of Writing Crime Fiction

Writing Crime Fiction

with Vaseem Khan

Writing a Psychological Thriller

with Erin Kelly

Writing Gothic & Supernatural Fiction

with Kirsty Logan

Kirsty Logan, author

Writing Science Fiction

with Adam Roberts

Writing YA & Middle Grade Fiction

with Patrice Lawrence

Writing Your Novel – Three Months

with Suzannah Dunn, Christopher Wakling

Suzannah Dunn

Writing Your Novel – Three Months

with Abi Daré, Charlotte Mendelson

Abi Daré

Dialogue – The Deep Dive

with Laura Barnett

Laura Barnett, Author