workshops

Andrew Todhunter teaches writing at Stanford University. He has taught writing craft to groups and individuals for more than fifteen years, including workshops in Paris, San Francisco and the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference.

Personal Writing Instruction and Coaching

“Andrew’s warmth, his sincerity and his ability to create an inspirational learning environment all combine to make him an excellent workshop leader… His dedication to his students is inspirational.”

—Charlotte Gullick, Director, Mendocino Coast Writers Conference

Since 1992, Andrew has worked privately with individual writers of all ages and levels of experience, from published novelists to MFA students and writers new to the craft. Current clients include a leading biologist writing a memoir about encounters with wildlife to a prize-winning poet at work on a book of experimental nonfiction. Through video communication technologies and virtual environments, Todhunter works remotely with clients worldwide.

For more information about working privately with Andrew Todhunter on fiction or nonfiction projects of any length, please email:

International Workshops & Seminars

In addition to private instruction, Andrew offers group workshops, intensive seminars and guided writing retreats in the United States, France, Italy and other international locations.

Andrew’s next international workshop:

A five-day intensive on writing craft in Venice, Italy, in December of 2010.

Open to all Anglophonic writers, this five-day intensive workshop concentrates on strengthening the fundamental elements of strong, clear writing in fiction and non-fiction.

While suitable for newer writers, the Venice workshop also serves experienced and published writers who wish to develop the stylistic and structural principles at the heart of their craft.

The workshop format is highly interactive and includes lecture, written exercises, group editing exercises and extensive Q & A.

Andrew Todhunter’s Venice Workshop is lively and deeply collaborative. Participants return engaged and inspired, with closely revised material and renewed passion for the written word.

For the latest information on dates and locations for upcoming workshops and retreats, or to request a custom-designed workshop for a company or private group, please email:

Please see Andrew’s blog for more information on workshops and other news.