“You become a writer by writing. There’s no other way. So do it, do it more, do it again, do it better, fail, fail better.’ Margaret Atwood
Three books I read in 2023 will stay with me forever: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Zevin is an American author and screenwriter and it is her tenth novel, soon to be transformed into a feature film by Paramount. The two main...
Last week, we introduced you to Aga, our writer on the Beautiful, Precious ME retreat. This week, you get an update from Carla. Both Carla, founding member of Shine Retreats, and our Retreat author, Aga Lesiewicz, join forces to create an opportunity for you...
Love or hate the whole pink ribbon thing, here we are again!!! A constant reminder to be vigilant about our breasts, our health and our lives. Both Carla, founding member of Shine Retreats, and our...
Holiday reading: three brilliant page-turners for the summer by our Creative Writing Retreat Facilitator, Aga Lesiewicz. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson “You were never just you, and you owed it to the people you cared about to remember that. Because the...
Recent crime books that broke the mould, by Aga Lesiewicz. These three ingeniously plotted and hugely entertaining novels stand out from the usual crowd of escapist cosy crime and traditional thriller fiction. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian...
If you saw Aga's previous blog, How to Write a Memoir, you may have started to let the idea stir in your mind... Here Aga shares her Top 5 examples of amazing Memoirs to get you inspired to write your own. 1. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion....
EAT CHILL WRITE By Aga Lesiewicz, Author and co-creator of The Creative Writing and Pilates Retreat Everyone has a book in them but, as Martin Amis observed, it’s usually “not a novel but a memoir”. Whether we try to record...
Alignment : when the skeleton is aligned and centred (eg shoulders are stacked on top of the ribs, hips, knees and ankles), energy (blood / lymph / oxygen) flows more evenly around the body. Breathing : when we breathe the Pilates wide and full breath,...
By Aga Lesiewicz, author and Retreat leader for our Creative Writing and Pilates Retreat. Before I got published I was a promo producer, making trailers for television. I loved my job: it was fast, creative and varied. And then, the unexpected happened....
Aga Lesiewicz is our Retreat Leader for the Creative Writing Course. Get a taster of Aga's style and skills here. She will be with you everyday if you choose to join us on a Tutored Creative Writing Retreat, which includes Pilates each morning with Georgie, a...