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Writing a Novel (Online)
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Jessica Moor, CJ Skuse, Rose Tomaszewska, Jenny Savill, Nilesha Chauvet, Phoebe Morgan
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
Writing a Novel (Online)
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Sarah May, Jessica Moor, CJ Skuse
Advanced Poetry
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Daljit Nagra, Rebecca Tamás
Advanced Poetry
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Rachael Allen, Daljit Nagra
Advanced Poetry
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Maurice Riordan, Richard Scott, Rachel Long, Daljit Nagra, Don Paterson, Denise Riley
Advanced Poetry
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Maurice Riordan, Richard Scott, Rachel Long, Simon Armitage, Denise Riley
Advanced Poetry
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Maurice Riordan, Rachel Long, Richard Scott, Simon Armitage, Denise Riley, Jane Yeh, Lavinia Greenlaw, Bohdan Piasecki
An Introduction to Advanced Poetry
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Maurice Riordan
An Introduction to Writing a Memoir
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Margie Orford
An Introduction to Writing a Novel
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Joanna Briscoe, Shelley Weiner, Sabrina Broadbent
Discover more about Writing a Novel.
Writing a Novel is Faber Academy’s flagship course, which has seen alumni such as S J Watson, Saara El-Arifi, Rachel Joyce, Gail Honeyman and Alice Feeney go on to conquer bestseller lists around the world. Designed by the Director of our Fiction Programme, Richard Skinner, it's a six-month deep dive into the art of the novel, with sessions on every aspect you'll need to take you from the bare bones of a draft to a finished novel.
In this one-hour session, you’ll meet course tutors, take part in a taster workshop and meet Faber Academy staff – as well as getting to know your potential course-mates.
You’ll leave fully informed about the course and raring to hit send on your application.
Is this right for me?
This introductory workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about Writing a Novel. You should feel confident that you’re ready to dedicate time, space and energy to your novel, but might have questions about the course, if it would suit you as a writer or how to apply.
Find out more about Writing a NovelAn Introduction to Writing a Novel
An Introduction to Writing a Novel will take place at Faber's offices in Hatton Garden.
18:30-19:30
Introductory Workshop
Join one of our Writing a Novel tutors in our bespoke Faber Academy classrooms for an introductory workshop.
19:30-20:30
Meet the Team
Grab a glass of wine or soft drink and meet the Faber Academy team and your fellow writers.
20:00-21:00
Q&A with Faber Academy tutors
Join us in the Event Space for a Q&A with Faber Academy tutors, hosted by Richard Skinner. The panel will answer all your questions about the course, the application process and the history of Writing a Novel.
Following this, the Event Space will be open until 22:00, where you're welcome to stay for a drink and mingle with your fellow writers.
Course Tutors
Daljit Nagra
Daljit Nagra has published four poetry collections with Faber & Faber. He has won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem...
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Rebecca Tamás
Rebecca Tamás' first collection of poetry, WITCH was published in 2019 by Penned in the Margins. WITCH was a Guardian, Times, Telegraph, The White Review, Irish Times, The Paris Review...
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Rachael Allen
Rachael Allen’s first collection of poems, KINGDOMLAND, is published by Faber & Faber. She is the co-author of a number of collaborative...
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Maurice Riordan
Maurice Riordan was born in Co. Cork. His most recent book from Faber is Selected Poems, chosen and introduced by Jack Underwood, which appeared in 2025...
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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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Margie Orford
Margie Orford is an internationally acclaimed writer. Her Clare Hart novels – a literary crime fiction series that explores violence...
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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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Shelley Weiner
Shelley Weiner is an acclaimed novelist, short-story writer and journalist who has, over the years, established a reputation...
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Sabrina Broadbent
Sabrina Broadbent's debut novel, Descent, won the WH Smith Raw Talent award. Her other novels are A Boy’s Guide to Track and...
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Daljit Nagra
Daljit Nagra has published four poetry collections with Faber & Faber. He has won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem...
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Don Paterson
Don Paterson is the author of numerous works of poetry and non-fiction; his writing has won many awards, including the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Costa Poetry Award, all three Forward Prizes...
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Denise Riley
Denise Riley’s books are War in the Nursery: Theories of the Child and Mother (1983), ‘Am I That Name?’ Feminism and the Category of 'Women' in History...
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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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Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds...
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Jane Yeh
Jane Yeh was born in the US and has lived in London since 2002...
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Lavinia Greenlaw
Lavinia Greenlaw was born in London and is currently the Poetry Editor at Faber...
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Bohdan Piasecki
Bohdan Piasecki is a poet from Poland based in Birmingham. A committed performer, he has taken his poems...
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