Following the popularity of our annual Alumni Summer School and Alumni Autumn Intensive, we're excited to launch our first-ever Alumni Spring Intensive! This four-day course will take place in the Writers' Room in the brand-new Curtis Brown offices; it is an exclusive course specifically for writers who have already taken one of our selective Writing Your Novel courses in London or online.
15 members of our alumni will join this course, taught by popular tutor and award-winning author Ali Shaw. Teaching will run from Monday 8 April to Thursday 11 April and will be led by one of our renowned author-tutors.
Just like our summer school, this course is ideal for those looking for more one-to-one time with our tutors, or in need of a fresh burst of energy and some additional support as they write. At the end of the week, you’ll also get the chance to practise pitching and put your questions to Curtis Brown agents. You may choose to bring along the novel you worked on during your course – or you can elect to get intensive tutor feedback on a different novel-in-progress.
Ali Shaw is an award-winning novelist, short story writer and creative writing teacher. His novels are The Trees, The Man who Rained, and The Girl with Glass Feet, which won the Desmond Elliott Prize, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His books have been translated into fifteen different languages, and his short fiction has appeared in multiple newspapers, magazines, and on BBC Radio 4.
The course fee of £570 (inc. VAT) per student is payable in full before the start of the course. This fee includes refreshments and a catered sandwich and salad lunch every day. We will be able to cater to all dietary requirements we’re made aware of.
The Alumni Autumn Intensive will be held in the Curtis Brown offices in London (Cunard House), with sessions taking place in the boardroom.
Nearest tube station Piccadilly Circus.
All teaching and workshop sessions will take place from 10.15 to 17.30 each day.
There are just 15 available places on the Spring Alumni Intensive. We’ll be offering places on a first-come, first-served basis, so please email students@curtisbrowncreative.co.uk without delay if you would like to take part. Please include a short paragraph about the novel you’d like to work on during the Spring Intensive.
Students offered places on the course will be asked to email us with the following, by Monday 25 March:
