Birthday Voucher
Buy someone you love the gift of learning for their birthday.
Dressmaking for Confident Beginners (TUES EVE)
This is a class for anyone just beginning to sew and those who would like to refresh their skills. You will learn in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere given support from Lisa, your tutor.
Developing Your Drawing (FRIDAY AFTERNOONS)
This is a course for those who have a basic grounding in observational drawing or have done an introductory course.
Peterborough: Writing a Novel – Creative Writing Summer School
This two day course in July is designed to get you designing and structuring a possible novel or novella, with exercises around plot, voice, setting, character development and descriptive writing.
Creative Writing Summer School
The course will explore how we develop our ‘voice’ in writing and the aim is to leave with ideas towards writing a full book. It is ideal for anyone who wants to write seriously and push their writing in new directions.
Young Adults Creative Writing Summer Class (Ages 14-18)
With Andrew McDonnell
If you are aged 14-18 and enjoy creative writing, then join poet and short story writer, Andrew McDonnell for this one day Summer school.
Over the day we will explore voice, character, descriptive writing and poetry. This course is ideal for students of GCSE & A Level English.
This course will be fun and informative and offer students strategies and ideas to take away with them.
I have a full DBS check enabling me to work with children and vulnerable adults.
About the Tutor
Andrew McDonnell is a lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at University Centre Peterborough. He has taught creative writing since 2003 and holds an MA in Creative Writing from the UEA. His debut poetry collection, The Somnambulist Cookbook was published by Salt in June 2019. His short stories have appeared in numerous journals.
Dressmaking for Confident Beginners (TUES EVE)
This is a class for anyone just beginning to sew and those who would like to refresh their skills. You will learn in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere given support from Lisa, your tutor.
Sew your own project
This eight week course is aimed at people who are already sewing and want to take their dressmaking skills further.
Developing Your Drawing (FRIDAY AFTERNOONS)
This is a course for those who have a basic grounding in observational drawing or have done an introductory course.
Creative Writing – Advanced Novel Workshop for Writers
Each week, three writers submit up to 5000 words of prose or short fiction. Across two hours, the group will discuss the presented work, and offer critically constructive feedback.