ADULT COURSES

I teach courses at City Lit in Covent Garden London, where I was previously a student myself! These courses are now ONLINE using Zoom so do take advantage if you live too far away to attend normally!

New for 2024 I am excited to be teaching ‘Writing YA’ for the Faber Academy. This 12 week course ran for the first time in March 2024 and the feedback was amazing! It will run again in September 2024. See below for details.

I also offer private one to one tuition, short courses, workshops and mentoring so do enquire by clicking ‘Contact Me’.

You can read about my teaching work here and there is also an article from one of my students, Attiya Khan, whose book ‘Ten Steps to Me’ came out in September 2021.

https://www.aocjobs.com/news-detail/inspiring-lecturers-penny-joelson

https://www.aocjobs.com/news-detail/inspiring-student-journeys-attiya-khan

City Lit Writing for Children Workshop (HW045)

Course Dates: 26th September- 5th December 2024

Time: Thursdays 12.00- 1.30pm

Location: ONLINE

Tutor: Penny Joelson

For experienced children’s writers, this small group ongoing workshop offers an opportunity to develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and classmates.

https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writing-for-children-workshop/hw045-2425

City Lit Reading for Children’s Writers (HW)

Course Dates: Monday 16th September 2024 – Monday 25th November 2024

Time: Mondays 10.30-12

Location ONLINE

Tutor: Penny Joelson

Using examples from the course book list, we will a look at a range of topics including, hooking the reader, characterisation, plot, dialogue, different genres. We will also look at how to get published.

https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/reading-for-children-s-writers

Faber Academy: Writing YA

This twelve-week online course is designed for those who are interested in writing fiction for teenagers and young adults and want to explore genres, themes and techniques. Suitable if you are a beginner or have some writing experience but are new to YA, or simply want support and guidance to make your YA writing shine.

With individual tutorials at the start and end of the course, discussions with your tutor and fellow students in lively forums, plenty of writing prompts, reading activities and opportunities to workshop your writing, this course will help you understand YA writing and get your YA novel off the ground.

Starting September 23rd 2024

https://faberacademy.com/product/writing-ya-23-september-2024/

Recent feedback:

Writing YA was a fantastic course which I would highly recommend to anyone interested in writing, at whatever stage they are at in their journey. During the course of the 12 weeks I have grown in confidence through the feedback from the tutor and classmates. I have been able to develop an idea for, fully plan out and make a start on my novel, receiving encouraging and constructive feedback throughout. I feel we have built a supportive community that will continue to flourish after the course ends.