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TRAVEL WRITING WEEKEND COURSE

Saturday September 30 to Sunday October 1
(plus optional extra day Monday October 2)

Explore the world of travel writing at this in-depth weekend course presented by Travellers Tales, the UK?s leading training agency for travel writers and photographers.

This three-day event will suit anyone - from complete beginners to practised writers - who wants to spend time absorbed in the spirit of a superb location, learning how to turn first-hand experience into travel writing, and get it published.

Based at Shakespeare & Company, the course takes you out into the streets and cafes of Paris on a series of writing challenges, to learn for real what is involved in turning first-hand travel experience into good travel writing. Two days of developing your key skills in this practical way will include supportive feedback and learning from past masters. A third day looks in detail at how the market works and how to get your work published, whether for articles or books.

The course is led by British travel magazine editor Jonathan Lorie, who was born in Paris, and includes a special Bonus Topic on 'writing with symbols and memories' - assisted by Jonathan's own experience as a writer who was born in Paris and for whom the city has many symbols - as it does for so many travellers.

This is a very intensive, hands-on course, making full use of the unique setting to practise travel writing ?for real'. It will also be great fun, as we visit atmospheric places in the city to gather material. And, of course, we pay homage to the great writers who have also struggled to write about Paris.

You can attend the course for Saturday and Sunday only, or add on the Monday session too. Full details and tickets are at www.travellerstales.org. Course fee is €210 ($270, £140) for two days, or €315 ($400, £210) for three days. Places are still available.