Cycle
Cycle
before meaning
before meaning
Cycle One · Autumn 2026
Each cycle brings together up to twelve writers.
Studio operates as a laboratory rather than a workshop. Work is examined closely, dismantled, and rebuilt through sustained attention.
The Practice
Each session begins with a short period of quiet attention before the work begins.
The first part of the evening is devoted to examining writing closely through structural and linguistic investigation.
In the final hour the group moves to a second room, where writers read from the work emerging during the cycle. These readings form the basis for further conversation.
Studio Conversations
At selected moments during the cycle, writers whose work resonates with the theme may join the studio.
These visits take the form of conversations and interventions in which the writers respond to the studio’s methods and to the work developing in the room.
The Room
Studio is deliberately small.
Twelve writers working together over twelve weeks creates the conditions for sustained attention to each body of work.
The cohort becomes a temporary community of readers and thinkers committed to examining writing patiently and rigorously.
Who It’s For
Studio is open to writers working across forms.
Fiction · Essay · Poetry · Hybrid
Participants should be engaged in an ongoing body of work and willing to examine it closely over time.
Prior publication is not required. What matters is commitment to the process and curiosity about what the work might become.
The Structure
Twelve weeks · Twelve writers
Tuesdays · 6:30–9:30pm
Central London
Autumn 2026
Fee: £1,200
£300 deposit to secure a place
£900 payable before the cycle begins
Payments can be structured. Please mention this in your note
A small number of supported places are available for writers who would be unable to participate at the full fee. If this applies to you, please indicate it in your note—all places are considered equally.
The cycle concludes with a small public presentation of work developed during our time together.
Cycle One is limited to twelve writers. Applications are reviewed individually.
Register interest for Cycle One
Cycle One · Autumn 2026
Each cycle brings together up to twelve writers.
Studio operates as a laboratory rather than a workshop. Work is examined closely, dismantled, and rebuilt through sustained attention.
The Practice
Each session begins with a short period of quiet attention before the work begins.
The first part of the evening is devoted to examining writing closely through structural and linguistic investigation.
In the final hour the group moves to a second room, where writers read from the work emerging during the cycle. These readings form the basis for further conversation.
Studio Conversations
At selected moments during the cycle, writers whose work resonates with the theme may join the studio.
These visits take the form of conversations and interventions in which the writers respond to the studio’s methods and to the work developing in the room.
The Room
Studio is deliberately small.
Twelve writers working together over twelve weeks creates the conditions for sustained attention to each body of work.
The cohort becomes a temporary community of readers and thinkers committed to examining writing patiently and rigorously.
Who It’s For
Studio is open to writers working across forms.
Fiction · Essay · Poetry · Hybrid
Participants should be engaged in an ongoing body of work and willing to examine it closely over time.
Prior publication is not required. What matters is commitment to the process and curiosity about what the work might become.
The Structure
Twelve weeks · Twelve writers
Tuesdays · 6:30–9:30pm
Central London
Autumn 2026
Fee: £1,200
£300 deposit to secure a place
£900 payable before the cycle begins
Payments can be structured. Please mention this in your note
A small number of supported places are available for writers who would be unable to participate at the full fee. If this applies to you, please indicate it in your note—all places are considered equally.
The cycle concludes with a small public presentation of work developed during our time together.
Cycle One is limited to twelve writers. Applications are reviewed individually.
Register interest for Cycle One