Spend the day with a bunch of writers*, limitless caffeine and no Internet. (*'writers' includes: anyone and everyone who writes - i.e. creative writers, bloggers, writers of dissertations, pen-pals, nonfiction writers. If you write, you're welcome.) 

A score board, gold stars, general silliness and supportive competitiveness will help you reach your targets, break you out of your bad habits, and get your writing moving. No distractions. No excuses. Just writing. Perfect.

The Glasgow Writers' HQ retreat is run by Melissa Stirling Reid. Melissa is a curious writer, reader, and photograph-taker who lives by the sea and drinks more tea than water. She recently completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde and is currently revising the coming-of-age novel that she began as part of that. Her work – both fiction and creative nonfiction – has been published several places, including being broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

During her PhD, Melissa founded Quotidian Literary Magazine, and since 2015, she has been teaching Creative Writing to undergrads and masters students at Strathclyde. She keeps an observational blog (www.somethingnoticed.com) which is sort of a love letter to the ordinary.

Date: Sunday 30 June 2019, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Woodlands Workspace @ Woodlands Community Garden (117 W Prince’s Street, Glasgow, G4 9BY).
Cost: £37 to include unlimited caffeine and delicious lunch.

Book here

For further information, please contact melissasr@writershq.co.uk 

The Glasgow writing retreats will run on the last Sunday of every month (except December) - at the moment, it's possible to book until September. The dates are: June 30th, July 28th, August 25th and September 29th.

For more info on what happens at a Writers' HQ writing retreat, go here