Do you want to get away and write?
International Writing Retreats
Explore. Write. Connect.
The Writing Room has been running writing mentorships, courses and retreats since 2006. We understand the quiet magic sometimes needed to write and after years of running writing courses, we ran our first retreat in Greece in 2016. At the time author and literary agent Sarah Bullen was living on the island of Lesbos after losing her husband to brain cancer. Some of her writers started to join her for the summer. It grew frpm there. Close to a decade later we go back to Greece every summer for a long writing residency. Most years we also run a retreat in Cape Town, South Africa and Tuscany.
You will meet a supportive community, have a lot of fun and make friends for life. You may also finally write that book.
Join us if you need dedicated time away from your ordinary life to totally immerse in a creative and supportive environment.
You don’t need to be a writer or to have a grand project in progress.
You can be working on a novel, memoir, poetry, workbook, online course, photography-based book, life story or just a creative writing project.
Or you may simply choose to absorb the other-worldliness of the land while your story brews.
Literary agent and writing mentor Sarah Bullen has been supporting writers in The Writing Room since 2006 and knows that great things most often come from getting quiet, and finally immersing in your story.
A writing retreat is where creativity finds its voice, stories unfold, and the whispers of inspiration become a book
Writing Advice
"It took me a few published books before I attended a writing retreat. I wasn't sure what to expect but wasn't disappointed. I learnt a huge amount on many levels— from the actual structure of book writing, seeing things from the publishers' viewpoint, and self-marketing, intermingled with some shamanic practices. Loved interacting with the other writers and hearing their stories. I wish I'd done this workshop before"
- Ann Gadd -
Get in Touch
Cape Town, South Africa
+27 (0)82 373 6129
Boulder, Colorado, US
+1 303 801 7757