Our latest course is:

HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL AND GET IT PUBLISHED

Aug 31 – Sept 4 2026 (five days) Face-to-face writing course, Haworth Village, cost £495

Or ONLINE for 12 weeks £375 (Sept 7 – Nov 23 2026)

This is a week-long writing course in the heart of Brontë Country. Be inspired by the same landscape that inspired all the Brontës to write their work. The course runs from Monday 31st August to Friday 4th September 2026. It is a course designed for all levels: those new to writing, and only just starting to think about putting together a novel, and those who have finished writing a complete draft of a novel and are wanting help to develop it ready for publication. You will be taught by two award-winning and critically acclaimed writers: Michael Stewart and Sairish Hussain.

The course covers: ideas and inspiration; world building; building backstories; characterisation, story structure, plotting, drafting, re-drafting, editing and polishing; writing a synopsis and a proposal; approaching agents and publishers.

It includes evening events and a final showcase of work.

This is a course for any level. Experience the same landscape that inspired the Brontë sisters to write Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Our tutors have over thirty years combined experience of teaching Creative Writing. 

Accommodation

Haworth hosts 344 B&Bs starting from as little as £20 a night. There is something for everyone, from budget accommodation, self-catering, or the fully pampered experience in a luxury hotel with all meals provided. There are lots of options but do please book well in advance to get the best deals. Contact the centre for recommendations.

Online version, cost £375

This is a twelve-week online course, with each session running for two hours. The course covers the same content as the face-to-face course: ideas and inspiration; world building; building backstories; characterisation, story structure, plotting, drafting, re-drafting, editing and polishing; writing a synopsis and a proposal; approaching agents and publishers.

Email brontewritingcentre@outlook.com for more information.

YOUR TUTORS

Michael Stewart 

Michael Stewart is the author of four novels: King Crow (Bluemoose Books, winner of The Guardian’s Not-the-Booker Award, selected as a recommended read for World Book Night); Café Assassin (Bluemoose Books); Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff (HarperCollins, optioned by Kudos Films); Black Wood Women (HarperCollins, to be published in hardback in November 2024); two short story collections: Mr Jolly (Valley Press) and Four Letter Words (Wrecking Ball Press); two poetry collections: Couples (Valley Press) and The Dogs (Smokestack); and a hybrid memoir: Walking the Invisible: Following in the Brontës’ Footsteps (HarperCollins)

He is also the creator of the Brontë Stones project, four monumental stones situated in the landscape between the birthplace and the parsonage, inscribed with poems by Kate Bush, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeannette Winterson and Jackie Kay. 

He has written for TV, radio and stage, and is the winner of the BBC Alfred Bradley Bursary Award, and the BBC Short Range film competition. His BBC Radio 4 drama Excluded was shortlisted for the Imison Award. He was head of Creative Writing at the University of Huddersfield for 18 years, and now the director of the Brontë Writing Centre. 

Find out more about him here: http://www.michael-stewart.org.uk

“Modern fiction at its innovative best.” Melvin Burgess

“Beautifully ammoniacal and intense.” Will Self

“One of the best novels I have read in years.” David Peace

“Dark, funny and twisted.” A.L. Kennedy

“Bleak but wonderful.” Alan Bennett

“As good as British fiction gets.” Loud and Quiet Magazine

Sairish Hussain

Sairish Hussain is a Bradford based author. Her debut novel, The Family Tree, was published by HarperCollins and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, the Portico Prize and The Diverse Book Awards. It was also longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and winner of Calibre Audio’s ‘Hidden Gem’ Prize.

Sairish was selected by Kei Miller as one of ten ‘unmissable writers working in the UK’ for the International Literature Showcase 2021. She was one of the finalists in the Women’s Prize & Good Housekeeping Futures Award, an initiative which celebrates the most promising emerging female authors today.  

Her second novel, Hidden Fires, was published in 2024.

‘Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives’THE SUNDAY POST

‘An engrossing and moving story’ CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small Pleasures

‘An evocative portrayal of love and family’ AYISHA MALIK

‘Invites you in, not as a stranger but as a family friend’ KATIE FFORDE

‘A masterclass in representation and brilliant writing’ ZEBA TALKHANI, author of My Past is a Foreign Country