Writers Retreat Spring 2025

TREALY FARM, APRIL 2025

Led by MARY-JANE HOLMES, award-winning poet and novelist, editor at Fish publishing
 

April 5th to 10th 2025 (arrive 5th leave 10th) SAT to THURS

AND / OR

April 11th to 16th (arrive 11th leave 16th) FRIDAY to WEDNESDAY

 A time and space dedicated to writers, offering an immersive writing experience including mutual support, daily goal setting, evening readings and feedback sessions, communal eating and self catering, accommodation and private mentoring with MARY-JANE HOLMES, award-winning poet and novelist, editor at Fish publishing . This is an ideal offering for writers who already have a project or are beginning a new project.

You can come for 5 nights or 11 nights. 

We start with lunch and finish with lunch.

This retreat is FULLY CATERED apart from dinner on the 10th for those staying on. We propose an outing to a local historical site and a meal in a restaurant for those who want. Self catering in the Pavilion is also possible on the 10th. 

Each day starts with a short writing exercise to get us in the zone. Three times each 6 days we will have a writing prompt after lunch and twice we will have peer to peer in the evening. These are all OPTIONAL. 
 

In addition, Mary-Jane offers private one to one mentoring at £50 per hour including reading up to 4 000 words in advance. 


£630 to £680 for 5 nights depending on accommodation choice

20% deposit then three payments of approx £193 


£1280 to £1325 for 11 nights depending on accommodation choice

20% deposit then three payments of £330


More about the farm and the accommodation

 
thepracticeofthewild.com at Trealy Farm, Monmouthshire