News – Nov 2026

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I’m delighted that my fundraising hit its target and I can offer a completely FREE place on my upcoming  5-day Arvon residential writing course 18-23 Jan 2027! Thank you so much to all those of you who came on my special fundraising Zoom workshop, bought a Nine Arches Press or The Braag book bundle, and made a donation. I couldn’t have done it without you. Applications are now open for the free place, which is aimed at someone from an underrepresented or marginalised community (I will leave each applicant to define that for themselves) who has never been on a residential Arvon writing course – no matter if you consider yourself a writer yet or not. The course falls under the “Poetry” category, but don’t worry if you don’t think you’re writing what might be called “poetry”, either.

To apply, email me taniah@gmail.com by November 21st and briefly explain how you are eligible and why you really want to come on this course in particular. The theme of the course – which I am tutoring together with poet and playwright James McDermott with the fabulous Kym Deyn of The Braag as our midweek guest – is “Queer and Queering Poetic Forms”, but you don’t need to be someone who identifies as queer to join us. Find out more about the Arvon course here,

And I’ve just added three NEW Zoom workshops for Dec & Jan to my Workshops Page – check them out and join us!