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The Greek island of Paxos is a really beautiful island which provides the ideal environment for anyone interested in the creative arts to tap into its peace and beauty and discover their true potential. It is in fact hard to imagine a better place to hone ones writing skills and special interest holiday operator, Paxos Life Activities, is pleased to be offering a range of Creative Writing holiday courses on Paxos in Summer 2010.
‘Unleash Your Writing Power’ (3 - 10 May) is an inspirational and innovative workshop that will help writers to inject energy, power and magic into everything they write, whether it be articles, stories, family history, marketing or business communications, or even a best seller. The course will be led by Judi Goodwin, a journalist and trainer with wide experience in both print and broadcast media, who has been a regular feature writer for national and regional newspapers, and also a freelance broadcaster for BBC Radio.
‘My Life – My Story’ (10 – 17 May) will help anyone who wants to write for publication, or for children and grandchildren, to explore the apparently everyday aspects of life and tell their story in a way that’s lively, interesting and engaging. The course will once again be led by Judi Goodwin.
‘Writing for Children’ (7 – 14 June) is an inspiring, challenging, thought-provoking and fun course for anyone who has ever wanted to write for children and will help them discover whether they could create the next Horrid Henry, Harry Potter, Pippi Longstocking or Paddington Bear, or whether they might be the next Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, Lauren Child or J K Rowling. The course will be led by Jo Unwin, an experienced editor, children’s literary agent and writer of award-winning children’s television programmes Byker Grove and My Parents are Aliens.
‘Writing About Paxos’ (13 - 20 September) offers the chance to explore the fascinating landscape of Paxos through creative writing. Spirit of place has always inspired writers, from Thomas Hardy’s Dorset to Lawrence and Gerald Durrell’s Corfu, and Paxos provides the perfect opportunity to immerse oneself in an inspirational place and find a rich source for poetry or prose. The course will be led by Adam Strickson, an experienced writer, tutor and frequent visitor to Paxos, who is a Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Leeds.
The friendly and informal courses are suitable for all levels of ability and offer the best of both worlds: the chance to have a holiday in an idyllic location, while at the same time doing something very worthwhile in an environment where there are few distractions.
Accommodation for all except ‘Writing About Paxos’ is in shared villas with their own pools and spacious terraces set in the shade and tranquillity of the olive groves above the village of Loggos. But for anyone who already has their own accommodation on Paxos or who wishes to be more independent, it is also possible to join just the group tuition sessions.
The holidays are not aimed at single travellers but anyone travelling alone and wishing to spend their time in the company of a group of like-minded people would be perfectly at home here. They are equally suited to couples and larger groups.
At the time of writing, places are available on all Creative Writing courses in 2010.
Painting, Photography, Yoga and Self-Development holidays, as well as skippered and bareboat Yacht Charter are also available.
For full details of Paxos Life Activities’ Yoga Holidays in Greece or to book, visit www.paxoslife.co.uk, or contact Chris Griffiths (email chris@paxoslife.co.uk or tel 0151 3245366) or Margaret Longes (email margaret@paxoslife.co.uk or tel 01444 258048)
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