Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre

14/10/2026

Story stuck in its own mud? Not sure which way to turn? The solution may lie in some undiscovered corner of your character’s biography!

Join Sebastian Baczkiewicz for an online masterclass on writing believable characters for drama – whether stage, screen or audio. This masterclass will provide a fun and practical method of finding out more about your character by asking them some detailed and searching questions. After all, story is character and character is story...

🗓️ 21 October | 18:30 – 20:30
📍 online

Pay what you can tickets available here: https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/course/2687-arresting-character/

13/10/2026

The seasons are shifting in the Highlands 🍂

We still have a couple of places left on our writing retreats if you'd like to experience Highland autumn yourself...

➡️ Mid-October Retreat | 19 – 24 October
➡️ November Retreat | 16 – 21 November

Book here: https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/course/

08/10/2026

📖 It's the start of a new chapter for Moniack Mhor...

Today we are very excited to unveil our refreshed branding and website!

The updated branding is grounded in the picturesque landscape of the Scottish Highlands as well as the Centre itself. It features horizon outlines of the surrounding mountains, shapes inspired by our signature circular windows and a fresh colour palette that draws on the changing colours of the seasons. Our aim was to translate the warmth and friendliness of our place into our online presence.

We retained the outline of our previous logo but added extra elements that create the appearance of faraway mountains. It also resembles the fragment of a fingerprint, a diverging path or the tributary of a river.

An important part of the brand refresh was making our digital presence more accessible – our fonts and colours were chosen to be as easy to read as possible. Perhaps the greatest change is our website, which is now much easier to navigate and uses less carbon per visit. We’ll be tweaking it over the next few months, so if you spot any bugs, typos or broken links, please let us know.

We hope you like it!

05/10/2026

It's a beautifully autumnal day on the hill 🍂

02/10/2026

Do you want to develop your literary characters so that they are believable, with their own backstories and help drive your story forward? You are in luck because we have two online events coming up in the next few months! You can attend both or just one to help with your character development.

➡️ 21 October | 6:30–8:30pm | Writing for Audio – Arresting Character with Sebastian Baczkiewicz | pay what you can

➡️ 9 November – 1 December | Mondays 7–9pm | Character-driven Novel Writing with Diana Evans | £360 for 4 sessions, a final ceilidh and a one-to-one tutorial

Book here: https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/online/

29/09/2026

New writing retreat just announced! Come join us from 16 to 21 November... the air is crisp and the fire is warm, so enjoy the autumn days in the company of other writers and make progress on your writing.

📍 Moniack Mhor

Book here:

The air is crisp and the fire is warm – enjoy the autumn days in the company of other writers and make progress on your writing.

23/09/2026

Join us for a FREE residential writing course at Moniack Mhor! For anyone aged 16-24 living in or coming from the Highlands and Islands 🤩

🗓Monday 12th October - Saturday 17th October
📝 With tutors Heather Parry and Ryan Van Winkle

We cover all transport costs and additional access costs! No need for experience.

More info here: https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/courses/poetry-and-fiction-course-with-heather-parry-and-ryan-van-winkle/

Get in touch with Pauline on [email protected] if you have any questions.

21/09/2026

Do you want to create characters, get into non-fiction, come on a mindful writing retreat, or write supernatural fiction? From two-hour online masterclasses to week-long coures, our line-up of events for the rest of the year has got you sorted no matter what!

We've got a couple of last places available across our residential and online programme - have a look at what's on offer here and book here: https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/

17/09/2026

Scotland might be notorious for its rain but that also means we get lots of rainbows! 🌈