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 and workshops
Visit our Current Retreats page for more information and our Previous Adventures page to see where we’ve hosted retreats in the past.
While all of our retreats for 2025 are sold out, cancellations do happen, sometimes, so please reach out if you’re interested.
We’re pleased to share that we’ve now released details for our 2026 retreats and are well underway with registrations. If you’d like to be looped in, sign up for our e-newsletter.
Retreats
Springtime Writing Retreat in the Cotswolds, May 2026
We’re so pleased to return to the Cotswolds region of England again this spring! Join us from May 8-15, 2026 as we stay in a 14th century former monastery and visit Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, and Stonehenge.
Visit the webpage for more information, or contact us to register or with questions.
Retreat to Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—June 2026
Join us in the timeless town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, from June 7-16, 2026.
Visit the webpage for more information, or contact us to register or with questions.
St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada—2026
Have you always wanted to visit the East Coast of Canada? Join us in St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, for one of our most exclusive and focused writing retreats.
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- June 19-26
- August 26 – September 2
- September 4-11
- September 23-30
Visit the webpage for more information.
Go and Write! Merry and Bright—Cotswolds 2026
We’re visiting the Cotswolds region for two retreats in 2026, one in the spring and another at Christmastime, from December 8-16, when we’ll spend an additional night in the cozy splendour of Abbots Grange. Join us for this Yuletide retreat!
Visit the webpage for more information, or contact us to register or with questions.
Mountains, Lochs, and Lore: Scotland 2025
This retreat is Sold Out
Join us as we travel together to the wilds of the Highlands and back to Edinburgh, a UNESCO City of Literature.
Visit the webpage for more information, or contact us to register or with questions.
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire: England 2025
This retreat is Sold Out
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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