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Poetry and Creative Writing Courses at Chateau Ventenac

on the Canal du Midi in the South of France

Tutors for 2012 - 2013

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Chateau Ventenac sits beside the Canal du Midi in the South of France and offers fabulous views across the vineyards towards the Pyrenees. It provides a haven of peace and tranquillity and is the perfect backdrop for our creative writing and poetry workshops.

Our poetry and creative writing courses will encourage you to explore what is important to you as a poet or a writer and will offer inspiration for new directions or help you to prepare for publication.

Chateau Ventenac Poetry and Writing tutors are experts in their field and are all experienced teachers. They will encourage you and work you hard during your week with them.  Expect a week of dedicated work but also some fun and laughter in the perfect surroundings of the Chateau and Languedoc landscape. 

Poetry and writing courses at Chateau Ventenac

Our Poetry courses offer intensive one on ones with your tutor and group workshop sessions with a maximum of ten participants.

The mornings will be spent in creative workshops and discussion's while the afternoons are free for writing and for one-to-one tutorials .Your tutor will be on hand to chat informally throughout the course.

In the evenings the group meets up for more discussion, feedback and readings. There will also be a chance for constructive group feedback on your work and advice on editing and getting published. See course structure

Bring some of your existing work with you to share and to read in the evenings, as well as large notebooks and a laptop computer if you have one. We can provide photocopying and printing for a small cost to cover paper and ink! You are welcome to browse our library of books or use the computer to access the internet. If you bring a laptop we have wireless internet access and a wireless printer.

Rooms are extremely comfortable and mostly south facing with fabulous views. Tea and coffee making facilities are available at all times. There are desks or tables for writing in all bedrooms and throughout the house and gardens you will find quiet spots where you can sit in peace to write or just think!

Our tutors so far for 2012 - 2013 are:

Sean O'Brien, Climate of the Poem at Chateau Ventenac
Tamar Yoseloff
Pascale Petit, Freeing the Imagination at Chateau Ventenac
Maurice Riordan Poetry course at Chateau Ventenac
Maria Mccann writing courses
Sarah Duncan
Penny Shuttle poetry course at Chateau Ventenac
Nick Drake
Patricia Duncker writing courses

Anne-Marie Fyfe 

Coming soon!

 Anne-Marie Fyfe
30th September 2012

Jacqui Malpass
April 28th

For further details of the tutors and poetry courses just click on the photo


Course Structure


Sunday arrive in time for welcome cocktails and dinner on the terrace from 7pm.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

8-9 a.m. Breakfast buffet

10 – 11 a.m. Group workshop and discussion, part 1

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Group workshop and discussion, part 2

12.30 – 2.30 Lunch time buffet (outside when weather permits)

2.30 – 5.00 Tutorial, work time or free time. Each participant will have at least an hour of the tutor’s exclusive time during the week in individual afternoon tutorials, as well as on other, unscheduled occasions as the opportunity arises.

5-6.30 At the end of each day the tutor and the participants will come together on the terrace of the Château for readings, to review and discuss the day's work and of course to sample the local wines and aperitifs.

7.00 Dinner

8.00 Group readings

Wednesday is a free day with time to write or explore the area. Lunch is not provided on Wednesday. There is an optional visit for a small extra charge location to be annouced at the begining of th week.

There will be a light supper available at 7pm.

Saturday breakfast at a time to suit your departure

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