Curtis Brown Creative

With details of the fully funded novel-writing scholarship for black writers, upcoming courses and more:

We’re hugely excited to announce that Adam Kay – author of the multi-million bestseller This Is Going To Hurt – is generously providing funding for one talented Black writer to join our Three-Month Online Novel-Writing Course with Suzannah Dunn. Katie Smart, Curtis Brown Creative The Adam Kay Scholarship for Black Writers Applications are open now for this new fully-funded novel-writing scholarship 'I don't believe thrillers have to be formulaic'  Bestselling author of He Said/She Said and leader of our new Writing a Psychological Thriller course Erin Kelly on writing and what makes a compelling thriller.  Ten step guide to planning your novel Read our latest Discoveries blog. Jennifer Kerslake's advice will help you plan your novel, get to know your characters and start shaping your narrative. 'Readers don't need you to highlight the obvious' Tips and tricks to help you approach rewriting your novel from author and tutor on our Six-Month Online Novel-Writing course Lisa O'Donnell. Current Courses Check out our FREE Weekly Writing Workout for regular writing advice and prompts. Apply now for our Six-Month Online Novel-Writing course taught by Lisa O'Donnell and Andrew Michael Hurley, starting this September. This course also features two special live webinar discussions – one with renowned author Tessa Hadley and the other with top Curtis Brown literary agent Karolina Sutton. Our Three-Month Online Novel-Writing course led by Suzannah Dunn is open now for applications. There is also one funded place available for this course provided by The Adam Kay Scholarship for Black Writers. Don't miss out – our Write From Home discount expires at the end of August.  You can still get £50 off our six-week online courses with code WRITEFROMHOME50 for a limited time. The discount can only be applied to our online Writing Short Stories, Writing a Memoir, Writing a Children's Picture Book, Illustrating a Children's Picture Book, Starting to Write Your Novel, Write to the End of Your Novel and Edit & Pitch Your Novel courses. See all our courses