
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)
Writing a Novel (Evening)
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Richard T. Kelly, Sarah May, Nikesh Shukla, Eimear McBride, Irenosen Okojie, Ova Ceren
Writing a Novel (Daytime)
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Shelley Weiner, Joanna Briscoe, Keith Ridgway, Diana Evans, Nicola Dinan
Start to Write
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Richard Skinner, Sarah May
The Writers’ Path: Writing and Walking
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Taran Khan
Writing Evening – 8 January 2026
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Writing Day – 10 January 2026
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Start Your Novel in Five Days
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Joanna Briscoe
Writing Poems
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Richard Scott, Rachel Long
The Five Day Refresh
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Keith Ridgway
Creative Non-Fiction
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Rebecca Giggs
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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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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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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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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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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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...
More About This TutorThe course is really well organised, and the team work hard to make the experience valuable and productive.

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