Amazing Writing Retreats to Attend in 2024

A week in the company of writers in a stunning ‘belle epoque’ mansion located in Grasse, the perfume capital of the world, in the Provence-Cote d’Azur region. The group of writers will be limited to 8, a nice and intimate number. They’ll meet each day in one of the mansion’s many cozy rooms, or poolside, or on a veranda overlooking the sea. There, they’ll do fun and generative exercises, craft talks tailored to the writers’ specific goals and identified areas of focus and development, and they’ll discuss each participant’s individual work in a collaborative, supportive and inclusive setting. The writers will share their work and gather personalized, curated feedback. Each writer will also get a 1 hour one- on-one session for discussions, strategies and guidance/encouragement. Of course, the day will be filled with ample time to write and reflect in an extraordinary destination-vacation setting.

Are you finding it tricky to pin that intriguing initial idea down on the page? Or have you been working on a piece for a while and feel unsure how to move forward? Perhaps you’re in need of a confidence boost to help you try something new in your writing? In this lively and energising week, open to writers of all levels of experience, you’ll explore how to have faith in yourself as a writer, trust your rich creative instincts, and be open to experimentation. With award-winning and critically acclaimed fiction writers Michael Donkor and Kirsty Logan as your tutors, you’ll consider together the nuts and bolts of literary craft – particularly characterisation, dialogue and world-building – and learn to reframe ‘writer’s block’ as an opportunity for reflection and reorientation. There will be plenty of exercises and techniques to keep you on track if inspiration seems elusive when you return to writing at home.

Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.

The Provence Writing Retreat will be held in a charming Provençal farmhouse with plenty of indoor and outdoor living areas for you to enjoy, including a beautiful swimming pool overlooking the Luberon–a land of lavender fields, vineyards, crisp light and rosemary scented air that has always inspired writers. For a week, you will be immersed in the Provençal life, enjoying good company over food, writing workshops and convivial discussions about writing and the writing life. A perfect setting to get away from it all and reconnect with yourself and your writing.

Explore beautiful Iceland with literary tours, hang out with award-winning authors, attend writing workshops and, finally, write. If you’d like to take some time off from your real life to concentrate on your writing as well as enjoy the company of other writers in the beautiful Icelandic countryside, this retreat is for you!

Casa Ana is a perfect place to bring a small group, especially for walking, writing, or personal development – you can have the place to yourselves. The mix of indoor and outdoor spaces provides a conducive and pleasing environment for this kind of activity. If you bring a group of 6 or more, you can opt to have lunches and dinners included.

Writing Workshops Dublin with Amber Sparks, Ethan Joella, and Elissa Bassist brings together fiction and nonfiction writers for an intensive week of workshops, craft seminars, one-on-one conferences, and in-depth discussions on the craft and business of writing.