WELCOME

or nearly a year now, we’ve done everything we can to ensure your trusty carried on unaffected by that pesky virus thingy. But this month it’s finally caught up with us. As regular readers will know, we usually collate our listings of literary festivals alongside our courses and events guide. This year, with so many hoping for brighter news before schedules have to be set, we’ve postponed the festival list until May. In this issue, though, you will find our comprehensive list of courses and retreats, with one change that might be quite welcome – nearly all are now running online courses, so it’s the perfect chance to try one that would normally be outside your geographical reach. And I’m very pleased that we are now among them: after a very successful first session, we’re taking bookings for two of our own webinars: on writing for children, with Amy Sparkes, on 13 March () and the two-part crime workshop with James McCreet, 28 Feb and 7 March ().