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WATCH: London Literature Festival celebrates writing and creativity at the heart of cultural Southbank Centre

The London Literature Festival returned to the Southbank Centre this autumn, collecting artists, poets, writers and book lovers to challenge

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Children’s levels of writing enjoyment drop lowest in 14 years

The number of children who enjoy writing in their free time has dropped to its lowest level in the past

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Young Writer’s Festival in Richmond opens for 2022 entries

Submissions are now open for the Young Writers Festival, with all young people living or attending schools or clubs in

New UK-US initiative opens a corridor for underrepresented writers and producers

A new UK-US collaboration is helping underrepresented writers co-produce projects across both sides of the Atlantic. 

Art Richmond’s Young Writers’ Festival calls on school pupils’ writing talents

An arts charity has invited Richmond children to showcase their writing talents. Art Richmond’s Young Writers’ competition is open to

Kingston mums chronicle life under coronavirus lockdown through poetry

Two Kingston mums have written a book of poems documenting the hopes, fears and mundanities of life under coronavirus lockdown.

A step in the right direction! Sixteen Feet theatre company launches competition for Lambeth playwrights

Burgeoning Lambeth-based writers and theatre connoisseurs have the opportunity to see their work performed by a professional theatre company. Sixteen

‘I was held up at gun-point’: Croydon writer reveals flight from Jamaica in taboo-busting book

Being held at gun-point forced Ava Brown to leave her Jamaican home to seek refuge in Croydon, but found catharsis

National What Week: Recognising the importance of Braille

Summary: National Braille Week runs from October 7 to 13. Image: By Immi Calderwood For most of us, all we

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