Sarah Duncan’s “Writing Mainstream Fiction” course
July 26th, 2010 | 
Author: Special summer offer £100 off
There are still spaces available for this course from Sept 26th for 6 nights with Sarah Duncan.
This course is suitable for beginners or more experienced writers.
Sarah Duncan is a bestselling novelist published in fourteen countries. Her novels include A Single to Rome (longlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year) and Kissing Mr Wrong. Her short stories have been widely published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, as well as being broadcast on Radio 4. She has judged several short story competitions, and is currently the short story judge for the Wells Prize.
She is an experienced creative writing tutor, currently working for the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, and Franklin and Marshall College, Pa, USA. She is the nominated Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Bristol
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Pascale Petit’s Poetry Course “Freeing the Imagination”
Today at Chateau Ventenac sees the start of Pascale Petit’s Poetry Course ”Freeing the Imagination”….and everyone managed to beat the volcanic ash cloud. Well done all!!
We picked up the poets from Beziers, Carcassonne and Narbonne – home in time for Lucy’s delicious dinner followed by an initial sesssion with Pascale.
Maurice Riordan “Craft & Voice: developing the imagination”
May 9th to 15th
This week sees another poetry course at Chateau Ventenac where Maurice Riordan leads ”Craft & Voice: developing the imagination” The sun is out, the pool is open and as I write this throughout the gardens poets sit in various quiet shady spots writing, thinking and preparing for their next workshop session with Maurice.
Vegetarian Cookery Course
Our second course this year saw the return of Demuths Vegetarian cookery school from Bath led by Rachel Demuth and Helen Lawrence. We had a fantastic week of sumptuous Mediterranean style veggie food We visited markets, tasted local wines and every day cooked amazingly good vegetarian food using fresh local produce. All participants ended the week with new skills, new recipes and new friends!!
Sean O’Brien “A Place of Poetry”
Chateau Ventenac Courses started the Spring 2010 season well despite the problems caused by the Volcanic ash travel disruption.
Atlantique Suite at Chateau ventenac
Sean O’Brien ran his course “A Place of Poetry” from April 18th – 24th 2010 and those participants who managed to get here thoroughly enjoyed it. To quote one poet……
… thanks so much for making me feel so at home again in Ventenac. Another great if somewhat different week! I always find it inspiring to work with Sean, and the company was very congenial. And as for my bedroom, well!!
Chateau Ventenac Courses & Retreats
Chateau Ventenac offers Courses, Workshops & Retreats in a beautiful setting alongside the Canal du Midi. The canal wends its way gently through the Languedoc region in the South of France linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea.
