About this Cruise
Refine your writing craft and chart your publishing course with top writing teachers, industry experts, and Cunard's White Star service.
September 5-12, 2026, with Editor Allison K Williams, bestselling author Andromeda Romano-Lax and Literary Agent Jessica Berg.
Our teachers are here to help you create, revise, and share your words with the world, with sessions on writing craft, scene and story, querying and pitching, and publishing how-tos for both traditional and self-publishing authors.
Our bespoke itinerary maximizes your learning, creating and communing, allowing you every opportunity to get the best out of your guides and the services & hospitality onboard.
Craft & Publishing Panels. Each morning, our teachers present deep dives on writing craft and publication, such as: Market Viability: What Publishers Want, Negotiation Smarts, Fabulous First Pages, or Writing Online.
Daily Classes with individual teachers happen after the morning panel and in the afternoon. Choose the topics you need to further your writing and your publishing career. Reading Nights for participants and teachers (voluntary and time-limited) let you share your work, and plenty of one-to-one time gets your questions answered.
From a 2025 participant: "This is not simply a pleasure cruise with a handful of classes tacked on... This is a fully featured writing conference at sea. You will learn more than you expected or imagined, and leave with a host of immediately applicable ideas."
Sail Date(s):
Saturday, Sep 5, 2026
Nights:
8 days 7 nights
Itinerary:
Southampton to New York, on Queen Mary 2. Add on Literary London three days before for tours and a lunch with agents and publishers.
Cruise Line:
Cunard Line
Cruise Ship:
Queen Mary 2
Cruise Type:
Private Group Cruise
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