This is a special invitation for Dark Angels who have already completed the Advanced Course. Join us in the city of dreaming spires as we pursue our continuing quest to bring closer the worlds of creative imagination and business communication.
MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD
1 - 4 APRIL 2009
(Wed evening – Sat morning)
TUTORS: John Simmons, Stuart Delves & Jamie Jauncey
GUEST READER: tba
COURSE LIMITED TO 9 PLACES
PRICE: £2,200 + VAT
(A limited number of sole trader bursaries of £1,100 + VAT will be available on application.)
Why Oxford? In answer to the perennial question
'What next?', we went looking for a place and
a programme that would raise the bar further on our
already hugely successful Advanced Course. We
believe Oxford represents both a complete contrast and an exciting
development for the Dark Angels programme.
With Dark Angels we’re always after an element of
magic, of transformation. Advanced students will have experienced
something of this from previous encounters. Although
magic is impossible to guarantee we believe Oxford
and Merton increase the potential.
Our plan is to stretch and stimulate, opening
people's
eyes to new possibilities and taking their writing
to new levels. We want them to feel they have gained a new set of writing wings,
exultant and uplifted by the experience.
The Programme A large part of the appeal
of Dark Angels courses is that they are journeys
into the unknown. What we can say about the
Master Class is that we will ask people to
do some preparatory reading and writing and submit
some work in advance for detailed criticism.
The masterclass itself will comprise a number of
seminars where we discuss submitted work; a few
angelic exercises; and a creative project that will
involve the city of Oxford itself and in which the
three of us tutors will participate as team members.
We will invite a guest writer with a literary
association with Oxford, to come and read to us on
the Thursday evening.
Accommodation Merton is one of Oxford’s most beautiful and historic colleges and is where J.R.R. Tolkien was a don. Everyone will be accommodated in the college, in a single room with an en-suite bath or shower room. All meals will be taken in hall. Seminars will take place in one of the college’s lecture rooms. Prices include board and lodging but not wine or other alcoholic drinks.
