Happy new year and happy new writing! 2025 is full of opportunities to write together and I hope you can join me for as many as possible. We are returning to some of our favourite venues and trying a new format.
Fifth birthday party: write up to teatime
Ridge Writing Retreats turned five last autumn and we celebrated by trying a new format, write up to teatime, with afternoon tea at Teeleidi in Jyväskylä. If you want to try a day like this, just let me know, I will get us writing up to teatime as often as we can get a group together.
Writing in a Winter Wonderland, Kirjailijatalo Jyväskylä, 20&21.2.2025
The Writers’ House (Kirjailijatalo) in Jyväskylä was the venue of our first full retreat five years ago. We are going back to our roots in this gorgeous Wivi Lönn building this February. Accommodation is offsite: treat yourself to the best boutique hotel in town or crash at a hostel round the corner. Book here.
Write in the Light, Valo Helsinki 3&4.4.2025
Valo, our most popular venue to date. If you want to stay in Helsinki but get away from your usual writing space and up onto the rooftop spa, this is for you. If you are staying overnight, ask me for an accommodation discount code. Book here.
Spring into Writing, Säynätsalon Kunnantalo, Jyväskylä 8&9.5.2025
Join me to write on my home island in Säynätsalo Town Hall. The venue is a unique Alvar Aalto building surrounded by Päijanne, Finland’s second biggest lake. Book here.
Write into Autumn, Unity Tampere 25&26.9.2025
Unity in Pyynikki is gorgeous in the autumn colours. We have a beautiful light-filled writing room, accommodation, restaurant and sauna overlooking the lake. If you are staying overnight, ask me for an accommodation discount code. If you aren’t, you can still stay after writing to use the sauna with us for free. Book here.
Write up to Christmas, Valo Helsinki, 4&5.12.2025
Join us back at Valo to get your end-of-year writing done just before the Independence Day weekend. This has become a pre-Christmas tradition and they have the tree up for us! If you are staying overnight, ask me for an accommodation discount code. Book here.
Scholarships
The pricing of retreats reflects the different costs of different venues; some scholarships are available so ask me before you book on Eventbrite.
Tohtoriverkoston retriitit verkossa
Seuraavat päivämäärät vahvistetaan uuden vuoden puolella. Nämä kirjoitusretriitit ovat ilmaisia Tohtoriverkoston jäsenille. Tulee kaksi päivää verkkossa helmi- ja maaliskuussa, yksi live-retriitti huhtikuussa, ja samaan verraan taas syksyllä. Tervetuloa!
Write on Wednesdays restarts on 8 January, too. We will be doing the creative writing for researchers exercises, if you want, and working on our own projects, for an hour online on Wednesday mornings, with time to check in and chat on Zoom before and after writing.
Retreats are in English and Finnish (except the Tohtoriverkosto ones, in Finnish only), but you can write in any language. If you can’t make these, but want to know about future dates, join my mailing list. If you want a retreat just for your own group, offline or online, get in touch.
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