Category Archives: Tutors and lecturers

The Art of Being There: Immersion and Narrative in Nonfiction and Biography by EDWARD HUMES

Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes workshop. The Art of Being There: Immersion and Narrative in Nonfiction and Biography   A principal method for accomplishing this feat of turning life into narrative is immersion – the art of insinuating oneself inside a place, … Continue reading

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Authors teaching at Lismore Castle

  Meet our instructors who’ll teach workshops/lectures at Lismore Castle, December 9 – 16, 2013. ROBERT OLEN BUTLER — Pulitzer Prize Winner and F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature   Robert Olen Butler has published twelve novels—The Alleys of … Continue reading

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Abroad Writers’ Conference, BORNEO

  KUCHING, BORNEO/MALAYSIA JUNE  28 – JULY 8,  2013 In July, we’ll be taking a group of participants and authors to the city of cats, Kuching in Borneo. This will be an adventure/travel writing workshop.  Authors joining us are: National … Continue reading

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We’re going to Bali, June 27 – July 4, 2013

  In late June, we’ll be going to Bali. We’ll be staying at, La Villa Mathis a four-star villa in the village of Umalas, a suburb of Seminyak. We’ll be holding our conference in a quiet location that’s surrounded by … Continue reading

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Alison Weir will teach a writing workshop on Historical Fiction

In Late September, BEST SELLING AUTHOR, BRITISH HISTORIAN ALISON WEIR will teach a five day Historical Fiction Workshop for Abroad Writers’ Conference in SCOTLAND.

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Memories of Hever Castle by Mary Pauer

Hever Castle, Kent, England – Anne Boleyn’s Childhood Home        November 21-28 2012  Abroad Writers Program My bedroom, Daffodil, is on the cover of the brochure, the double bed with a canopy – and featured in the Hever … Continue reading

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Abroad Writers’ Conference fellowship winners

1st Place:    Rabbits by Jane Downs 2nd Place:   Flower Pepper by Britt Tisdale 3rd Place:    Strangers on a Bridge by Holly Woodward  

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Eric Ives on Anne Boleyn: ‘More than sex and murder’

“There was more to the story of Anne Boleyn than sex and murder.” This is the message that acclaimed historian Eric Ives hopes to convey to an audience of Tudor fans when he takes centre stage at Hever Castle this … Continue reading

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Past times: Sally Potter at Abroad Writers’ Conference in France

As the train slowly moves south through France from its mountainous centre to its arid plains the colours of the vegetation subtly shift. We pass gardens with neat rows of tomatoes and haricots verts, tables with oilcloths and plastic chairs … Continue reading

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Anne Boleyn – an early French Reformist

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, lived in France from 1514 to 1521. During her teenage years in France, Anne was at the center of the French Reformist Movement. She lived in the court of Queen Claude of … Continue reading

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