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Dickens' London study visit

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   A walk by the River Thames in the morning down the alleyways and round the corners that inspired the novels of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens.  An afternoon getting to know the house in Bloomsbury that […]

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Dickens’ London study visit

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   We are beginning our programme of study visits for creative writing students with a Dickens’ double bill on Friday 24 May.  In the morning, a walking tour starting on the fringe of the City near The […]

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Arvon and after

At the beginning of March 2012, 15 OCA creative writing students spent six days at The Arvon Foundation’s Lumb Bank in West Yorkshire, the former home of poet Ted Hughes. There, they found the time, space and inspiration to write. Arvon and OCA are both keen to continue their partnership so that OCA students can combine the ongoing structure of open learning with the intense experience of a residential writing retreat.

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