Lamu Retreat

​Come and join a group of writers in magical Lamu, a tiny, secret archipelago off the East African coast of Kenya. This is the place to discover your story, to connect, to rest and dream.  We are going back to Lamu to write in 2023, and this has now become an annual pilgrimage and a time to indulge in the magic of East Africa  We have been going there since 2021 to write.  The first two years were in collaboration with the Littlegig Lamu Festival, where the focus of the festival was writing.  In 2023 the festival is changing gear, and so we are writing afterwards when the dust dies down and the music fades so we can find the quiet space to pour our words onto paper.  

WHY LAMU?  

Since the 1960’s, Lamu has attracted artists and nomads, writers and seekers. They have been enchanted by those white sails against…