Brighton Writers’ Retreat

Saturday 03 January
10:00 am GMT
£45 (£38.50 with Gold Star Member discount)
Let’s get your story written. Tea, croissants, gold stars, lots and lots of words, and the best writerly community around.

WHEN

Saturday 03 January
10:00 am –
4:00 pm

WHERE

Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF

HOW MUCH

£45 (£38.50 with Gold Star Member discount)

HOST

Paul Macauley

The original and the best one-day writing retreat in lovely Brighton

Sometimes what you really need is simple: time, space and a whole load of tea and biscuits to get writing.

Well, it just so happens that’s exactly what happens at Brighton Writers’ Retreats.

Because, look, we get it. We have the same writerly problem. We make the grandest of plans – Booker Prize winning plans! Pulitzer winning plans! – but life gets in the way.

There’s always one more thing to do, or one more stupid thing to look at on the Internet. Before you know it, it’s gone midnight, you’re sitting in your pants eating Dairy Milk, and you’ve written 25 words. Ugh.

That’s why we developed our writing retreats, in which we turn off the wifi and make you get on with it.

We help you set a writing target for the day, ply you with caffeine, cake, and gold stars, and keep you pepped up and motivated all day long.

All you have to do is, uh… write.

Our (in)famous writing retreats were born in Brighton all the way back in 2012, and you’ll find a whole range of writers here — from novelists to short fictioneers, screenwriters to poets, academics to journallers. Everyone is welcome.

So c’mon down to B-town and let us help you. Because the only way to get your writing done is to sit down and write.

More details pls

Directions

The venue is a 10 minute walk from Brighton train station. and on a bunch of bus routes in the centre of town (closest stops on North Street).

Parking in central Brighton can be omg tricky-nightmare. Nearest car parks are Churchill Square (£17.50/day) and London Road (£13/day), both a 10 min walk.

Or park further out and hop on a bus (£4.70 day ticket). There is a park & ride car park at Withdean Stadium which costs £3.

Accessibility

The lecture room at Friends Meeting House is on the ground floor and fullly accessible by wheelchair via a side door.

There are automated doors into the building and the disabled toilet, and two designated Blue Badge parking bays in Ship Street which are approx 50m from the entrance to the gounds. There is also a Fixed Loop System in the Lecture Room.

If you have any additional needs, please let us know when you book so we can help, or email he**@**********co.uk.

Anything else?

Writers’ HQ retreats are strictly no sharing events!

We want you to focus on writing your story instead of getting anxious about other people reading it.

There is no workshopping or taught element to the retreats. It’s just about the writing.

This event is hosted by ✨Paul Macauley✨

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Paul is a writer, director and performer, and an award-winning playwright and theatre maker. He makes short films and is the co-creator of an audio comedy about two people who run a colouring-in shop (yes, really). Alongside his own projects, he mentors other writers and creators to develop and share the stories only they can tell.

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Saturday 03 January

10:00 am

£10

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Saturday 03 January,  
10:00 am

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10:00 am

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