Poetry Masterclass with Luke Wright

JOIN LUKE WRIGHT AT CHATEAU DE SACY

HOW TO BOOK

The week-long, all-included retreat costs £999 per person for your own room in the château. Spaces are limited to six participants and we are inviting applications before booking, so please complete the form linked below if you'd like to join us. Successful applicants will then receive a booking form and rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so apply as soon as possible! You can find out more about the chateau here.

APPLY HERE

POETRY WITH LUKE WRIGHT

Award-winning poet and radio regular Luke Wright will guide a small group of writers through immersive workshops and one-to-one tutorial sessions. In the golden light of the gardens, salons and historic rooms of Château de Saçy, you’ll hone elegant, wide-ranging poems and build the confidence to share them—on the page or the stage. All writers welcome.

Your own room, all in-house meals, yoga classes and drink are included.

All bedrooms have a desk and there are other peaceful spaces to work in – the salon, the barn, the gardens, the studio.

YOGA

The magnificent old barn makes a perfect space for pre-breakfast optional yoga classes, run for all levels by Sacy regular Megane Thiboust. These will limber you up, clear your mind and prepare you for the focus of the day ahead. 

FOOD & DRINK

• Meals are Ottolenghi-inspired, largely vegetarian, nutritious, locally or garden sourced where possible and much enjoyed by our guests. We can cater for dietary restrictions.

  
  

• Each participant will pair up with another to prepare one dinner, with ingredients and recipe supplied and help at hand.

  
  

• Coffee, tea, fruit and snacks will be available throughout the day in a separate communal kitchen. 

  
  

• Wine will be served with dinner

OUTING

Saturday Luke will be leaving on Saturday morning, so the last retreat day will be a good time to see something of Picardy. There are fascinating places nearby - Auvers sur Oise where Van Gogh died, Compiegne where Napoleon lived and the magnificent Chateau de Chantilly. We can go for just lunch and a local swim, or you could jump on a half-hour train to spend the day in Paris.

FREE TIME

• Walk through the nearby woods to the Chapelle Saint Catherine, a spot visited by Joan of Arc

• Swim in a large, gorgeous lake surrounded by wildlife

• Ride a bike to the local bar

• Learn to walk our tightrope, or swing from the trapeze

• Play table tennis or French billiards

• Soak up the atmosphere at the château

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Six nights in your own room or furnished bell tent at the château (sheets, towels and toiletries provided)

• Five poetry workshops

• Two 1-2-1 sessions with Luke

• Four yoga classes, with equipment provided

• Lifts to and from the station

• Welcome cocktail

• Breakfast, lunch, dinner at the château

• Wine (within reason) at dinner

• Coffee, tea, juice, snacks at all times

• Use of the communal kitchen

• Run of (most of) the house, gardens and outdoor buildings

• Use of our boneshakers, ie bicycles

• Wifi

• Parking space

• Outings to local lake and places of interest

• Travel advice

  WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED

• Travel costs

• Airport transfers

• Travel Insurance

• Visa fee if required

• Meals/drinks away from the house

• Entry tickets on excursions

A special guest may join us for dinner

Find out more about Luke and the schedule here. Rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis, but you can see them here.

APPLY HERE