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Writers Retreat !
Catalonia, Spain
Sept 12th-19th, 7 nights.
A week of relaxation in a fantastic sylvan mansion near Banyoles lake & Girona.
Including 2 special guest author sessions
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Relax in a baronial mansion with pool
- Guest author talks
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Daily book
discussions*
- From £495 shared.
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Mas Dalt, Girona, Spain
£625
per person
(£495 for a shared room)
Everything is optional, why not come along and enjoy a holiday in good company.
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Includes:
-Single rooms
-Continental breakfast
-Buffet lunch
-3 course evening meal with wine
-Daily "book group" discussions
-2 guest author presentations |
Mas Dalt is a perfect location for a writer. Steeped in history, nestling in the Catalan forests near Banyoles lake and only 20 mins from beautiful Girona. The house is huge and cool with plenty of space for thinking, writing or relaxing. There is swimming pool with a view. Each individual room is large with an en-suite.
The Day:
Breakfast 8.30 - 10 Fruit, yoghurt, fresh bread, tea/coffee & juice in the courtyard
Discussion 10.30 - 12.45 - 'Book of the day', bookish talk under the olive tree.
Lunch 13.00 Fresh tomatoes, cheese, salad... a buffet in the sunshine.
Afternoons 14.00 onwards Read, swim, relax, chat, sleep, walking to Banyoles lake
Apero's 19.00 Pre-dinner refreshments & gentle talk
Dinner 19.30 Your hosts dazzle with local gastronomy, 3 courses...
Talks:
Chris Simms - Author of 6 crime fiction novels. Longlisted for Theakstons crimenovel of the year award.
Maggie Hamand - Author, Publisher & Winner of the 'Novel in a Day' competition
See our Previously page
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The venue
is a 16th century Baronial stone house; carefully renovated with en-suite bathrooms and lots of space. There is a beautiful covered terrace that overlooks the swimmingpool - both with views down the green valley .
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The week is entirely flexible. A real, relaxing holiday in Catalonia. Meet people, write, talk, enjoy fantastic food and try local wines nightly...
The house is a close to Girona and the lake of Banyoles, in February we strolled down to the lake through the beautiful verdant valley (2 hours) and had coffee watching rowers and boats on the turquoise tinted water.
*There will be daily book discussions which is part of a Booklovers holiday running at the venue. Writers are welcome to join these sessions - where Lee of 7DW will chair
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"It's like being a guest in a country house... good conversation with people who have the common thread of an interest ... interesting combination of being very relaxing while stimulating at the same time.... The food was fantastic."
Isobel - Booklovers Tales, February 2008
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Guest Authors
Maggie Hamand is a journalist, non-fiction author and novelist. Her first novel was THE ROCKET MAN and she was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel cup with THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, which was published by Michael Joseph and has now been optioned for television. She has also had short stories published and teaches creative writing at Morley College and at the Groucho Club (. In 2000-2001, she was Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison, London, and she is currently Royal Literary Fund Fellow at London University of the Arts. She is the founder-director of The Maia Press, the award-winning small independent publisher launched in June 2003.
See Writing Courses at the Groucho and Maia Press for more information on Maggie.
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Chris Simms
Recently shortlisted for a Crime Writer’s Association ‘Dagger’.
Waterstones named Chris as one of the 25 authors of the future: 'current
and emerging authors most likely to make an impact over the next 25 years.'
His acclaimed novel, KILLING THE BEASTS was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by "Shots" magazine. His second novel, PECKING ORDER, was selected as a Best British crime novel by "Deadly Pleasures" magazine.
He has had 6 crime novels published:-
WHITE LINES(2003), PECKING ORDER(2004), KILLING THE BEASTS(2005) and SHIFTING SKIN(2006), SAVAGE MOON(2007), HELL'S FIRE 2008.
He is married with four children, lives in Manchester and works as a freelance copywriter.
A review of Savage Moon ...‘An atmospheric, psychologically astute and emotionally literate study of the nature of predator and prey, with an unexpected ending.’
The Guardian
For more information on Chris and his work see Chris's website: www.chrissimms.info
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