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London Writing Courses

Our London courses take place at the Faber offices in Hatton Garden. Find inspiration for your own writing inside the publishing house that has played home to thirteen Nobel laureates and seven Booker Prize winners, and continues to publish major literary voices like Sally Rooney and Kazuo Ishiguro.

Our London writing courses: an overview

We’ve been running in courses in Faber’s London offices since 2009 – an unrivalled opportunity for aspiring authors to step inside one of the world’s great independent publishing houses as they begin their own writing journey.

Our London courses are always capped at fifteen students per class – small enough for the group to form a bond and really engage with each other’s work, but with enough breadth of experience and interests to facilitate constructive, dynamic discussions in the room.

London Writing Courses (39)

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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Writing a Novel (Evening)

A comprehensive six-month writing course for the serious writer, with access to some of the biggest names in publishing.

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Advanced

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London

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6 month +

Tutors

Richard T. Kelly, Sarah May, Nikesh Shukla, Eimear McBride, Irenosen Okojie, Ova Ceren

By Application

Start Date

Tuesday 27 Jan 2026

Application Deadline

Sunday 11 Jan 2026

£4350
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Novel Writing

Writing a Novel (Daytime)

A comprehensive six-month writing course for the serious writer, with access to some of the biggest names in publishing.

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Advanced

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London

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6 month +

Tutors

Shelley Weiner, Joanna Briscoe, Keith Ridgway, Diana Evans, Nicola Dinan

By Application

Start Date

Tuesday 27 Jan 2026

Application Deadline

Sunday 11 Jan 2026

£4350
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Novel Writing

Start to Write

A no-excuses, let’s-get-going, beginners' creative writing course to kickstart your writing life.

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Starting out

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Richard Skinner, Sarah May

Start Date

Saturday 13 Dec 2025

3 more start dates available

£100
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The Writers’ Path: Writing and Walking

Explore the streets of Hatton Garden, and how walking can spark your writing, in this new day-long course.

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Starting out

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Taran Khan

Start Date

Saturday 13 Dec 2025

£100
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Fiction Development

Writing Evening – 8 January 2026

Want some focused time to write alongside other writers? Join us at our central London offices for Faber Academy’s Writing Evening. 

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Starting out

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London

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1-5 days

Start Date

Thursday 08 Jan 2026

2 more start dates available

£20
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Writing Day – 10 January 2026

Want some focused time to write alongside other writers? Join us at our central London offices for Faber Academy’s Writing Day. 

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London

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1-5 days

Start Date

Saturday 10 Jan 2026

£45
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Start Your Novel in Five Days

Make this the year you write that novel. Come with an idea; leave with your opening pages and the inspiration you need to keep going.

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Starting out

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Joanna Briscoe

Start Date

Monday 12 Jan 2026

1 more start date available

£595
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Poetry

Writing Poems

A playful, supportive three-month poetry course for aspiring poets, with two of the best practitioners and teachers in the country – at Faber, the home of British poetry.

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Starting out

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Richard Scott, Rachel Long

Start Date

Thursday 15 Jan 2026

£795
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

The Five Day Refresh

Stalled on a novel, or short story? Or just stalled? Join Keith Ridgway for this intensive five-day course which will reinvigorate your enthusiasm for a project you’re stuck on.

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Improving

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London

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1-5 days

Tutors

Keith Ridgway

Start Date

Monday 19 Jan 2026

£595
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Non-fiction

Creative Non-Fiction

Do you have a true story to tell? Learn how to craft narrative non-fiction with award-winning author, Rebecca Giggs.

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Starting out

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Rebecca Giggs

Start Date

Wednesday 21 Jan 2026

£1095
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London Course Tutors

Our London tutors are all published authors, handpicked from Faber and beyond, as well as experienced teachers with in-depth knowledge of the industry.

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Richard Skinner

Richard Skinner is a novelist, poet and critic. His most recent book, The Mirror, was described as ‘beautifully written...

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Richard Skinner
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Sarah May

Sarah May is the highly acclaimed author of seven novels, including The Nudist Colony, (shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award...

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Sarah May
Taran Khan

Taran Khan

Taran N. Khan is a journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She grew up in Aligarh and was educated in Delhi and London...

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Taran Khan
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Joanna Briscoe

Joanna Briscoe is the author of the novels Mothers and Other Lovers, which won the Betty Trask Award; Skin; Sleep With Me, which...

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Joanna Briscoe
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Richard Scott

Richard Scott was born in London in 1981. His pamphlet Wound (Rialto) won the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2016 and his poem...

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Rachel Long

Rachel Long’s debut collection, My Darling from the Lions was published by Picador in the UK, in 2020, and by Tin House, in the US, in 2021. It was shortlisted for...

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Rachel Long
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Keith Ridgway

Keith Ridgway is from Dublin. He is the author of A Shock which was the winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2021, and shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize...

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Rebecca Giggs

Rebecca Giggs is an author from Perth, Australia. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic...

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Rebecca Giggs

I really felt part of the Faber family, and continue to do so [...] The course is really well organised, and the team work hard to make the experience valuable and productive.

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Writing a Novel

The course is really well organised, and the team work hard to make the experience valuable and productive.

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Manuscript Assessment

Get comprehensive editorial feedback on your manuscript from our experienced readers – whether it’s still a work-in-progress or you’re preparing to submit to literary agents.

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Mentoring

We offer a range of mentoring options if you’d prefer to work one-on-one with an established writer to help you shape your project and realise your writing ambitions.

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