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Writing Retreat Delights
This week saw the arrival of writers for our January Writing Retreat - and what a wonderful group they were! From the morning...

Nic Brownlie
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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A New Year, a New Adventure for our Writing Retreats
Happy New Year to all our friends and family that have enjoyed the peace and quiet of A Place to Write in 2023, and to anyone who is...

Nic Brownlie
Jan 3, 20243 min read
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Anyone for a Shakespeare Retreat?
As some of you know, I am currently completing a PhD on Shakespeare and Candlelight at the University of Birmingham. Having completed...

Nic Brownlie
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Another retreat, another step forward: developing our writing retreats in 2024
Last week at A Place to Write we held yet another retreat and took another step forward! Our latest gathering was for our first tutored...

Nic Brownlie
Nov 27, 20232 min read
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Last-Minute Deals!
Our next retreat takes place in the week of 20th November and we currently have rooms available at very special prices. Call us on 07359...

Nic Brownlie
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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Gift A Retreat at A Place to Write!
We had an enquiry last week from someone wanting to know if they could gift a retreat to an aspiring writer friend. And we thought: what...

Nic Brownlie
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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September's Retreat is Underway
This month's untutored writing retreat began yesterday as we welcomed the arrival of four new writers working on different forms of...

Nic Brownlie
Sep 26, 20232 min read
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Hectic Summer, Glorious Autumn at A Place to Write
It's been a hectic summer at A Place to Write, despite the less than wonderful weather! Aside from planning a full programme of retreats...

Nic Brownlie
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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Retreats in a stunning location!
On Monday 17th July we welcome guests to our next writing retreat, where they will discover our fantastic setting, views and places to...

Nic Brownlie
Jul 14, 20231 min read
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A new month... a new discovery (about candlelight, Shakespeare and a PhD thesis)
With the summer season ramping up, and glorious weather in June, I have already failed in my plan to write a new blog post each week of...

Nic Brownlie
Jul 3, 20235 min read
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Murder on the Corwen Express?
Reflections on the arrival of the first passenger steam train into Corwen, viewed from A Place to Write (Writing Retreat)

Nic Brownlie
Jun 1, 20232 min read
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One Week On...
As someone said to me recently 'What you have here is more amazing than you realise'. I am beginning to think they are right.

Nic Brownlie
May 25, 20232 min read
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What a week it's been!
As our first full retreat draws to close, it seems that so much has happened that it's hard to know where to start. Above all, three...

Nic Brownlie
May 18, 20231 min read
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