tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post988037325651268762..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Arvon Magic - Celia ReesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64336925876864199752015-10-28T21:49:19.638+00:002015-10-28T21:49:19.638+00:00What a superb post! I too tutored with Jan and our...What a superb post! I too tutored with Jan and our writers numbered people like Patricia Elliott! Long live Arvon! adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-83246626568749528212015-10-19T14:26:41.173+01:002015-10-19T14:26:41.173+01:00I've been both an Arvon tutor and student - bo...I've been both an Arvon tutor and student - both were really stimulating. Some years the Society of Authors have had a brilliant scheme for members: non-fiction writers get a subsidised week of writing fiction. I've done that twice and got a lot out of it, and had fun, and made new friends. <br />My mother, Verily Anderson, was conceived at Ty Newydd, just before the First World War broke out. Could that be why she wrote nearly 40 books?!Janie Hamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474227107768216646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26877846906559441172015-10-19T11:14:31.402+01:002015-10-19T11:14:31.402+01:00It is, Clare. Really sad to see you leave the Hist...It is, Clare. Really sad to see you leave the History Girls. Thank you for your support. I hope you keep reading and posting. HGs has been another wonderful way of connecting with other writers and developing just the sort of friendships you mention. Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12619070868790597282015-10-19T09:30:13.480+01:002015-10-19T09:30:13.480+01:00I felt privileged to be invited to contribute a sm...I felt privileged to be invited to contribute a small piece for the Arvon book of life-writing a few years ago. Biography was one option on my social and cultural history ma at Birkbeck, and I was lucky to have Carole Angier as my tutor, who then wrote for Arvon. Wonderful how such friendships last and we can share an learn together.<br /> Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-41541497985477062082015-10-18T19:12:50.342+01:002015-10-18T19:12:50.342+01:00Saw your post, Sue. Serendipity. Jan could be very...Saw your post, Sue. Serendipity. Jan could be very helpful to writers she thought talented. She obviuosly spotted you, Catherine! Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-28741716626885617872015-10-18T18:20:45.597+01:002015-10-18T18:20:45.597+01:00Yes - Arvon courses do create a kind of magic. It ...Yes - Arvon courses do create a kind of magic. It must be something in the air - I wrote about Ted Hughes here a couple of days ago.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91420581743477157652015-10-18T13:22:25.275+01:002015-10-18T13:22:25.275+01:00Before I was published the small publisher which h...Before I was published the small publisher which had held my hand as I wrote my first novel (this NEVER happens nowadays) sent me on a course at Ty newydd with Jan Mark and Catherine Fisher. I owe them both an awful lot. Jan was so generous to me.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6956326495052300062015-10-18T09:13:12.284+01:002015-10-18T09:13:12.284+01:00Thank you for this - the Arvon Centres in England ...Thank you for this - the Arvon Centres in England and Moniack Mhor in Scotland are indeed places of magic!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com