Our 2023 retreats

Go and Write! retreats are designed for writers, by writers. Our participants range from those who are just getting started, to published, professional authors with years of experience. We support all types of writers, including poets, memoirists, travel writers, playwrights, fiction and non-fiction writers, children’s writers, and those who want to jot down thoughts about their journey along the way.

Because we’re writers, we get it—writers need time and space to write, and we structure our retreats to have a balance of quiet writing time, touring, and time spent together. We don’t pair up strangers on retreats, but participants are welcome to bring a partner, relative, or another writing friend to share their space and costs; all participants, whether or not they are writers, are encouraged to take part in as many or as few of the elements of the retreat as they like.

We hope you’ll join us this year. See below for our 2023 retreats, and contact us if you’d like to discuss details. You can also check out our previous adventures to see where we’ve hosted past retreats.

London and the Cotswolds, March 18-28 and April 10-20, 2023

“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?”

When the English Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, wrote that line, he expressed the eternal optimism of the human spirit, that spark of hope that keeps us leaning forward to the next great adventure in our lives. For us, that next adventure was England, homeland of a slew of the world’s greatest writers.

For the first time, we brought Go and Write! to England on an adventure to awaken our creative souls, sweeping from venerable London to the iconic Cotswolds: a perfect combo to be inspired by greatness and reconnect with our literary selves.

Kingsbrae Estate, St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada, May 14-19 and June 16-23, 2023

Write after Labour Day, Kingsbrae Estate, September 5-12, 2023*

*New!

Just as the kids are going back to school, we’re settling in to get focused on our writing for a week. Come along!

Retreat to the Highlands, Scotland, November 19-28, 2023

After much demand, we’re returning to Scotland. And this time, we’re going to the Highlands. Join us this November for an intimate and focused 10-day retreat.

Ireland in the Christmas Season, December 3-16, 2023

Join us in Ireland this December! Christmastime in the Old Country is every bit as beautiful as you’d think.