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Upcoming Event: We Have a Voice!

Thu 23 May 2013
1:30pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

Join a chorus of young people at the Free Word Centre to celebrate the power of storytelling! Free Word’s Translator in Residence Canan Marasligil has been running a series of creative workshops with three schools in Islington throughout the spring, exploring storytelling in all its forms. From comics to recipes, poems to fairytales, young people from Islington Arts…

Upcoming Event: TLC Masterclass: How Genre Works

A study of the major genres and their essential elements

Sat 25 May, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

The Literary Consultancy presents a series of three unique, full-day classes to give you an overview of narrative structure in the two most popular literary forms, the short story and novel, and to provide clarity about why and how genre fiction works. Clarity about your chosen form is important for a writer: these classes can make you feel more…

Upcoming Event: Futurebook Innovation Workshop

Thu 30 May 2013
1:00pm

LBi

The Bookseller and The Literary Platform are pleased to announce the final line up for the third annual FutureBook Innovation Workshop on 30th May 2013 at the London offices of global marketing and technology agency LBi.  The speakers for this year’s workshop are: Tim Wright, digital writer Alyson Fielding, md of Pyuda Cate Cannon, head of marketing…

Upcoming Event: Mother Tongue, Other Tongue

An information session for teachers

Sat 1 Jun, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

Mother Tongue Other Tongue is a multi-lingual poetry project intended to celebrate cultural diversity and the many languages spoken in schools in Great Britain. It is a Poet Laureate Education project supported by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Initially run as a regional pilot by Manchester Metropolitan University and Routes into Languages North West, the competition is…

Upcoming Event: 26 Presents Tessa Ross, Controller of Film Four, on Writing for Film

Wed 5 Jun 2013
6:15pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

Tessa Ross is a behind-the-screens legend. In her role as Controller of Film Four, Tessa is the driving force behind gems such as Slumdog Millionaire, Billy Elliott, The Last King of Scotland, In Bruges, and Seven Psychopaths. In February 2013, she was identified as one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by Woman's Hour on…

Upcoming Event: A Literary Evening with Oksana Zabuzhko

Wed 5 Jun 2013
7:30pm

Rich Mix

The Dash Café with English PEN and the PEN Atlas are delighted to welcome Ukrainian authorOksana Zabuzhko to London, for this event to discuss her latest novel The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (English translation by Nina Shevchuk-Murray, published by AmazonCrossing). Spanning sixty tumultuous years of Ukrainian history, this multigenerational saga…

Upcoming Event: The Literary Conference 2013

Writing in a Digital Age

Fri 7 Jun - Sat 8 Jun 2013

Free Word Lecture Theatre

The Literary Consultancy (TLC) is proud to announce the much-anticipated return of its cutting-edge conference for writers working at all levels. Audrey Niffenegger will deliver the keynote speech at TLC's second digital conference, with more than 30 writers, journalists, publishers and digital pioneers participating over two days. Partnering with "Book Hackday" and BookFlower, TLC will be inviting new…

Upcoming Event: Caught in the Net

Index on Censorship debates free speech and the internet

Mon 10 Jun 2013
7:00pm

King's Place

The internet: free open space, wild wild west, or totalitarian state? However you view the web, in today’s world it is bringing both opportunities and threats for free expression. Many of us use the internet everyday, and yet our rights as 'netizens' remain largely undefined. And it’s not only states like Iran or China who…

Upcoming Event: A Creative Writing Course in an Evening

Wed 12 Jun 2013
6:00pm

The Sassoon Beer Board Room

The 'Creative Writing Course in an Evening' is a two-hour NAW event that offers insights into the skills needed to write and re-write effective texts. There will be one event each month through 2013.  The first hour is the unique NAW Masterclass with NAW Director Richard Beard. The NAW Masterclass is an innovative public edit that answers the need…

Upcoming Event: First Lines

An evening of readings by new translators

Thu 13 Jun 2013
7:00pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

The British Centre for Literary Translation invites you to the launch of First Lines #2: New Translations by New Translators, an anthology which celebrates the successful completion of our 2013 mentoring programme for emerging talent in literary translation. You will be entertained to readings from fifteen different languages ranging from Tamil to Turkish, on subjects as diverse as trial by fire to…

Upcoming Event: Poets and Pamphlets

Karen McCarthy Woolf helps poets pull their pamphlets into shape.

Sat 6 July, 11:00am - 5:00pm

The Albany

Karen McCarthy Woolf helps you pull your pamphlet into shape. Publishing a pamphlet of your work is an important step for a poet. In this workshop, using examples from the publishing world and from her own work, Karen will lead you through the process of pulling together a pamphlet of your own. You’ll look at how to…

Upcoming Event: Going Live

Spread the Word presents a workshop on the art of performing.

Sat 13 Jul, 11:00am - 5:00pm

The Albany

Ever felt a sense of panic when asked to read something out? Read on… Writers – we are all different. Some of us are born to perform our work in front of a room full of strangers. Others can think of nothing worse than having to present our own work in public. Whether you write poetry or prose,…

Upcoming Event: Writing Your Life

Spread the Word presents one-day workshop pushing the boundaries of writing memoir.

Tue 16 Jul, 11:00am - 5:00pm

London Metropolitan Archives

Join celebrated author, rare book dealer and literary broadcaster Rick Gekoski for this one-day workshop pushing the boundaries of writing memoir. Explore what ‘memoir’ really means by addressing the following questions with Rick, as he leads you through creative exercises and discussion: What is the power or potential of the author when the story you are telling…

Upcoming Event: International Translation Day 2013

Mon 30 Sep 2013, 9:00am - 5:00pm

British Library

Now in its fourth year, the International Translation Day symposium is an annual event for the translation community. It is an opportunity for translators, students, publishers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers and reviewers to gather and debate significant issues and developments within the sector, to discuss challenges and to celebrate success. Following a sold out day last year, this year the day…