The Forever Faculty

Instructors

Jo Gatford - Curriculum Manager

Jan 27
Jo Gatford - Curriculum Manager

Hi, I'm Jo, your friendly neighbourhood workshop wrangler and resident editor. Basically, I get to commission all my favourite writers to create amazing lessons for you guys which is the best job ever :D


Shelby Stretton - Editorial Director

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August 7, 2025
Shelby Stretton - Editorial Director

Hey, I'm Shel. This human ⤴ and these humans ⤵ give you a damn fine writing workshop every week. I give you marketing emails and I'm sorry.


We are so lucky to work with a team of literary professionals who are over-qualified but teach with us anyway because they’re passionate about their topics and lovely people. Everyone in our instructor pool has a ton of experience, won awards, and been published widely, so we’ve organized our educators by particularly unique areas of expertise that inform their workshops.

Editorial Expertise

Folks who deeply understand what gets published and why, and use that knowledge to inform their curriculum.











Publishing & Industry

Industry insiders who know how the business actually works and are here to help you build your writing career.











Form & Genre Experts

Writers who've mastered a specific form or genre and distill that expertise into practical workshops.