Start your storytelling journey

With courses, coaching and a community, The Novelry is the world’s best-loved writing school.

Start your storytelling journey

With courses, coaching and a community, The Novelry is the world’s best-loved writing school.

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What will you write?

Have you got a book in you, but you’re not sure where to start?

Does the idea of taking your writing dream seriously make you nervous? Spending months or years working on a story you’re not sure will even get published can seem like a crazy idea.

That’s why our founder, an award-winning author, started The Novelry.

Sooner or later, every writer needs advice from a trusted source, so why not get wise eyes on your story from the start? Some timely guidance could save you years of frustrated efforts.

Welcome to The Novelry, the world’s specialist fiction writing school, with a range of exciting courses created by a Booker-listed author.

We offer something unique: one-to-one coaching with bestselling authors and editors from the major publishers, as well as live writing classes and events every week. We’ll be your novel writing team, focusing on what matters most – helping you write the very best story you can. With more five-star reviews than any other creative writing course program, our writers have called our approach ‘life-changing’. There’s no waiting around for next term to begin, either: you can start this exciting new chapter of your life today. We’ll be there to guide and encourage you all the way through to The End.

How does it begin?

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With writer coaching

Your courses were created by a Booker-listed author to build your novel step-by-step, and your writing journey will be accompanied by bestselling authors. Enjoy one-to-one sessions devoted to you and your story. You’ll be working with an established and successful writer who has hit the bestseller lists or won awards. They’ll be on hand for advice and reassurance to guide you through the writing process, steering you towards the right choices for your story at the right time.

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Writer coaching

Courses

Inspirational novel courses created by a Booker Prize-listed, award-winning author.

Coaching

One-to-one coaching from bestselling authors.

Community

Join our worldwide creative community, open 24/7 in every time zone.

With a writing community

Enjoy over 40 live writing classes a month at our online creative community, where you’ll find a warm welcome. Live events take place online every week, from specialist genre workshops to interviews with famous authors and industry professionals. We offer 24/7 access to a vast collection of creative writing resources, including recorded masterclasses and interviews with literary big-hitters such as Meg Rosoff, Paula Hawkins, Erin Kelly, Sophie Kinsella, David Nicholls, Jessie Burton, Tess Gerritsen, Val McDermid, Kristin Hannah and many more.

Best of all, membership of the community is included in the price of your course.

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With a writing community

Enjoy over 40 live writing classes a month.

With a vast collection of creative writing resources, including recorded masterclasses with literary big-hitters such as Meg Rosoff, Paula Hawkins, Erin Kelly, Sophie Kinsella, David Nicholls, Jessie Burton, Tess Gerritsen, Val McDermid, Kristin Hannah and many more.

Best of all, membership of the community is included in the price of your course.

What happens next?

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With professional editors

Our team of experienced professional editors have all worked for The Big Five major publishing houses, like Penguin Random House, Hachette or Pan Macmillan. They will help you raise your writing game to publishing standards with one-to-one editorial feedback sessions. The team will help you craft a pitch that stands out to world-class literary agents. With our bespoke submission process, we can help you secure literary agency representation with a view to becoming a published author.

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Professional editors

Our team of experienced professional editors, who have all worked for The Big Five major publishing houses, like Penguin Random House, Hachette or Pan Macmillan, will help you raise your writing game to publishing standards. The team will help you polish your writing and craft a pitch that stands out to world-class literary agents. With our bespoke submissions process, we can help you secure representation with a view to publishing contracts, and maybe even TV and film rights.

Classes

More than 40 live online writing classes every month with famous authors and publishing professionals.

online writing courses to develop writing skills publishing editors

Editorial Expertise

Benefit from the guidance of professional editors formerly of the Big Five publishers.

online writing courses with accomplished writers with expert writing skills

Career Path

Take the fast track towards publication with our bespoke submission process to top-flight literary agencies.

Our writing course success stories

Becky Hunter

The Finished Novel Course

Atlantic imprint Corvus has signed One Moment, the ‘heart-wrenching and uplifting’ debut novel by Becky Hunter.

US rights were sold to Grand Central, Hachette, in a significant six-figure two-book pre-empt while German rights have gone to Droemer Knaur in a four-way auction. Publishing director Sarah Hodgson at Corvus acquired UK and Commonwealth rights as part of a two-book deal.

Rebecca Ley

The Classic Course

The Ninety Day Novel Course

Rebecca Ley is the author of two novels published by Orion, Hachette.

‘Wonderfully assured.’ The Times
‘Pass the tissues...’ Evening Standard
‘Beautifully written.’ The Sun
‘Prepare for heartbreak.’ Woman & Home
‘Brilliant.’ Bella

Lucy Barker

The Ninety Day Novel Course

The Big Edit

Fourth Estate has scooped the debut novel The Other Side of Mrs Wood from Lucy Barker in a ‘significant’ two-book deal. US rights were sold to HarperCollins.

Katie Bowden, editorial director, said, ‘The Other Side of Mrs Wood is one of the warmest, wisest, funniest novels I have ever read. Lucy Barker is a refreshingly original new voice in the historical fiction market and we are thrilled that she has chosen to make Fourth Estate her publishing home.’

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Success stories

Join us for the creative writing courses so many writers describe as ‘life-changing’.

Becky Hunter

The Finished Novel Course

Atlantic imprint Corvus has signed One Moment, the ‘heart-wrenching and uplifting’ debut novel by Becky Hunter.

Rebecca Ley

Orion Books

Rebecca Ley is the author of two novels published by Orion, Hachette.

‘Wonderfully assured.’ The Times
‘Pass the tissues...’ Evening Standard
‘Beautifully written.’ The Sun
‘Prepare for heartbreak.’ Woman & Home
‘Brilliant.’ Bella

Classic Course

Ninety Day Novel

Lucy Barker

Fourth Estate

HarperCollins

Fourth Estate has scooped the debut novel The Other Side of Mrs Wood from Lucy Barker in a ‘significant’ two-book deal. US rights were sold to HarperCollins, which will publish in June 2023.

Ninety Day Novel

The Big Edit

Success stories

How does it end?

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Becoming a published author

Whether you’re writing for adults, young adults or children, we can kickstart your writing career. We offer our writers a personal and carefully-managed submission service to the leading literary agencies in the USA and UK. We have taken complete beginners through to representation and publishing deals.

When you join The Novelry you improve your chances of getting published, with personal introductions to the world’s best literary agencies in New York and London – agencies that represent bestselling and award-winning authors like Philip Pullman, Michael Ondaatje, Marilynne Robinson, Madeleine Miller, Celeste Ng, Richard Osman, Paula Hawkins, Liane Moriarty, Tess Gerritsen, and Andrew Sean Greer.

See Our Literary Agencies

Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency

David Higham Associates

Mushens Entertainment

United Agents

Trident Media Group

The Book Group

Peters, Fraser + Dunlop

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

The Soho Agency

Jane Rotrosen Agency, NYC

Inkwell Management

A.M. Heath

DHH Literary Agency

Watson, Little

Bell Lomax Moreton

Eve White Literary Agency

Aevitas Creative Management

Johnson & Alcock

Greene & Heaton

Hardman & Swainson

Trellis Literary

The Blair Partnership

Only one book will change your life. Yours.

‘From the initial idea for my novel to the point of getting agent representation, The Novelry were on hand with support and advice. The dream was always to get an agent and so to receive interest from several was mind-blowing – to have Madeleine Milburn within that list was more than I could have hoped for. I’m thrilled!’

—Carla Jenkins secured a two-book publishing contract with Trapeze, an imprint of major publishing house, Orion.