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Warsan Shire - Young Poet Laureate for London
Warsan Shire, Young Poet Laureate for London writes two new poems for The Guardian's End FGM campaign
Friends get 30% off our events and workshops!
Have a look at our Spring season...
Creative Campaigning: Writing for Women's Rights
Celebrate International Women's Day
Character, Voice and Narrative with Bernardine Evaristo
For long form fiction writers, with Bernardine Evaristo MBE
Writer Beware!
Advice from Nicola Solomon, Chief Exec of the Society of Authors, who gave the opening plenary at our recent Gatekeepers Fiction Publishing debate.
Graphic Fiction
'Mike's graphic novel workshop was really insightful and useful'
Mark Ecob interview
Top Designer and Art Director talks about working with Spread the Word's imprint Flight Press
Writing from Real Life
We all have a story to tell. But how do you know which parts of the story will really interest your reader?
It's landed...Flight Press
Flight Press - bold short fiction.
#tweetusatale...
An ever-evolving anthology of #talesinatweet tweeted to us...
Warsan Shire - London's first Young Poet Laureate
Carol Ann Duffy announced the first ever Young Poet Laureate for London at a reception event on National Poetry Day at the Houses of Parliament
Animal Game: Best in Show
Tweets from folk who played our animal game
Funding
Grants for the Arts advice from Gemma Seltzer of Arts Council England
Bookshelf
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Spread the Word Info Sheets - Professional Development
Downloadable docs on a variety of topics useful to writers. These ones are all about your writing career.
Philip Jones, Editor of The Bookseller, challenges the concept of fiction 'gatekeepers'
Provocation challenging the existence of fiction 'gatekeepers'
