Arvon at Home 1-1 Online Tutorials with Elise—booking now
Starting to Write – Fiction/Non-fiction November 2022
A week of inspiration, momentum and confidence-building, led by two multidisciplinary creatives: Elise Valmorbida and John-Paul Flintoff.
Live guest reading + Q&A [online] December 2021
Non-fiction [online] June 2021
A fact-fuelled storytelling week with two creatives who love teaching:
Elise Valmorbida and Tobias Jones.
Non-fiction [online] May 2020
The FIRST-EVER non-residential version of an Arvon residential week with
Elise Valmorbida and John-Paul Flintoff.
Creative Writing and Wellbeing
Elise taught this week with positive psychologist Vanessa King and guest author Beth Kempton in May 2019.
Popular Non-Fiction
Arvon's first ever 'Popular Non-Fiction' week. Elise taught with editor Emily Robertson and guest author Oliver Kamm at The Hurst in summer, 2018.
Suitcase Stories
Elise developed the idea of 'Suitcase Stories' (Fiction, Non-Fiction & Life Writing) with Nick Barlay, before proposing it as a course to Arvon. She taught with Nick at Lumb Bank in 2013 (guest Haifa Zangana), with Aaamer Hussein at Totleigh Barton in 2015 (guest Anne Aylor), and again with Aamer at Lumb Bank in 2017, with guest Fadia Faqir.