Based in the Scottish Highlands, Moniack Mhor is fourteen miles from Inverness.

These are usually up to a week long and the tutors are usually high-profile writers and other visiting guest speakers.

Courses include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, playwriting, travel writing and song writing courses given by names such as Morag Joss, William McIlvanney, Carol Ann Duffy, Andrew O'Hagan, Alasdair Gray, Findlay Napier and Bella Hardy.

[3][4] The centre also runs an outreach programme around creative writing for young people in the Highlands and provides bursaries for people struggling to manage the costs of the courses.

[5] In 2015 the centre became an independent organisation assisted by funding from Creative Scotland .