Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival’s Writing Course
The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival introduced a writing course for aspiring writers in 2008. Over the following few years, the Festival’s course grew tremendously in prestige, especially after many great names from the literary world decided to share their secrets with the course participants. Each year, those who attend five two-hour workshops have the opportunity to learn from some of the most pre-eminent writers, novelists and other notable individuals from the literary world.
As mentioned earlier, the Festival’s writing course is getting better with each year which also clearly reveals an impressively long list of prominent names from the literary world. In 2013, the participants of the Festival’s writing course had the opportunity to learn from:
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Angus Cargill, senior editor at the UK publishing house Farber and Farber
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Luigi Bonomi, winner of the 2010 Bookseller Literary Agent of the Year Award and the co-founder of the London-based LBA literary agency
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James Sallis, American crime writer and poet who is best known for his Lew Griffin series and the novel ‘Drive’ that was adapted into the same name film in 2011
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Andrew Miller, English novelist and double winner of the 2011 Costa Book Award (for Best Novel and Book of the Year)
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Joanne Harris, award-winning British author whose best known works include Chocolat, Five Quarters of the Orange, Blackberry Wine, Gentlemen & Players, Flavours of Childhood and The French Kitchen
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Lee Gutkind, American writer and the founder of the Creative Nonfiction magazine
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Jacqueline Yallop, English author who impressed the critics with her second novel Obedience
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Jewell Parker Rhodes, award-winning American novelist, and Artistic Director and Piper Endowed Chair of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona University
Writing Course Programme and Reservations
The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival’s Writing Course accepts at most 30 attendants who are divided into two groups, with each containing at most 15 participants. To get your seat at the course, please make reservations at the Festival’s official website oxfordliteraryfestival.org in advance or look out for entry details at the student desk. Act now because the course is sold out quickly. The price of the writing course also includes accommodation and full board.
For more information about the 2014 creative writing course, reservations and prices, please contact the Festival team via email or telephone.