Ever since I read Mariella Frostrup’s review of her workshop with the extraordinary Silk Road Slippers writing team, I’ve been stalking their diary dates dreaming about attending one of their retreats in Morocco. Attracting incredible writers such as Maggie O’Farrell, Alan Hollinghurst and Monica Ali, this calibre sets a challenging standard of expectation….and as a beginner in the creative writing world, I have danced outside the Silk Road Slippers windows in the dark lik