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Upcoming Events

  • France Writing Retreat 4 - 11 October 2025
    France Writing Retreat 4 - 11 October 2025
    93 days to the event
    Sat, Oct 04
    Montréal
    Join author and literary agent Sarah Bullen founder of The Writing Room for an immersive writing retreat in the picturesque South of France. Write your story, refine your manuscript, and develop a deeper understanding of structure, character, and the writing process, gathering inspiration.
  • Greece Writing Retreat 2026
    Greece Writing Retreat 2026
    343 days to the event
    Thu, Jun 11
    Skala Eresou
    Aaaah Greece.... Warm hot winds teasing the ideas out of your head and onto a page. It is summer in Greece again, and we are gathering to write. Traditionally The Writing Room hosts a time dedicated to writing, during early summer each year, in Greece. In 2026 we offer a two weeks of retreating
  • Lamu Writing Retreat with Sarah Bullen and Niall Campbell
    Lamu Writing Retreat with Sarah Bullen and Niall Campbell
    434 days to the event
    Thu, Sep 10
    Banana House
    Come and join a group of writers in magical Lamu, a tiny, secret archipelago off the East African coast of Kenya. This is the place to discover your story, to connect, to rest and dream.

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.  Join author and literary agent Sarah Bullen was living on the island of Lesbos when her authors started to join her to write for the summer. It grew from 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, Lamu and Tuscany. Some years we go to new destinations.

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. ​

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A writing retreat is where creativity finds its voice, stories unfold, and the whispers of inspiration become a book

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"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 -

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+27 (0)82 373 6129

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