Arvon Foundation

The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes creative writing.

[1] Andrew Kidd is the Chief Executive Officer, and Patricia Cumper is Chair of the board of trustees.

[4] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisation established Arvon at Home, an online offering of courses.

[6] Notable writers who have attended Arvon Foundation courses include Pat Barker, Tim Firth, Maggie O'Farrell (whose debut After You'd Gone began life there) and AJ Pearce.

She was succeeded by Andrew Kidd, a former publisher of Picador and managing director of Aitken Alexander Associates and co-founder and chair of the Rathbones Folio Prize.