Writing retreats created by writers, for writers, with a thoughtful blend of touring, social time, and dedicated alone time to focus on your writing.
Go and Write! with Dr. Gerard Collins and Jane Simpson, professional, award-winning authors based in New Brunswick, Canada. Our participants include emerging and published writers of all genres—poets, dramatists, children’s authors, memoirists, and more—as well as their friends, family and spouses.
Every retreat, whether we’re at a historic estate in Atlantic Canada, a castle in Scotland or Ireland, a manor house in England, or a villa in Italy, delivers a unique, life-changing experience and creates new friendships. We hope you’ll join us on our next adventure.
The mix of travel and writing made this a truly special trip… Even if it is a cliché, this was the experience of a lifetime. ~ M.I.
Upcoming Go and Write! retreats
We have begun taking registrations for several of our 2025 offerings. Visit our Current Retreats page for more information.
St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada, Spring or Autumn 2025
Have you always wanted to visit Canada? Join us in May, June, or September for one of our most exclusive and focused writing retreats in a beautiful part of the East Coast.
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May 18-25, 2025 — four rooms remaining, suitable for single or double registration
June 4-11, 2025 — FULL
September 17-24, 2025 — one room remaining, suitable for single or double registration
Visit the webpage for more information, or contact us to register or with questions.
Retreat to the New World: Newfoundland, August 2025
Join us on our first ever writing retreat to the Island of Newfoundland, on the East Coast of Canada.
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Four rooms remaining, suitable for single or double registration.
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A Grand Writing Tour of Ireland: Autumn 2025
Join us on our grandest writing tour of Ireland yet.
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Mountains, Lochs, and Lore: Scotland 2025
Join us as we travel together to the wilds of the Highlands and back to Edinburgh, a UNESCO City of Literature.
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire: England 2025
Join us for a Yuletide retreat, with additional nights, meals, and events.
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GO AND WRITE!
Here are just a few of our more recent retreats. Visit our Previous Adventures page to see all the wonderful places we’ve been lucky enough to share with other writers.
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