Free bursary places
For our Autumn/ Winter programme of workshops
Planning and Writing A Novel Series
An introduction to the skills needed to plan and write a genre fiction series.
The Poetics of Landscape
Explore lyrical perspectives on landscape, through the poet's 'I'- with Ishion Hutchinson
London Short Story Prize 2016
The fourth year of our annual short story prize is now open for entries
Poetry Surgeries with Jasmine Cooray
A great opportunity for close feedback on individual poems or the development of a collection
Win tickets to see 'The Book Club' at The King's Head Theatre
An opportunity to see 'The Book Club' starring Amanda Muggleton during its London premiere
Win tickets to see No's Knife performed by Lisa Dwan at The Old Vic
Win tickets to see a journey into the heart of Samuel Beckett
Interview with Laurie Bolger
"The poetry landscape is looking pretty fresh at the moment if you ask me."
WriteNow
Penguin Random House launch new campaign to find and mentor writers from backgrounds currently underrepresented on the nation's bookshelves
Cat's Cradle
for writers who do facilitation work, run by Jasmine Cooray, and hosted by Spread the Word
Interview with Stephanie Victoire
Almasi League alumnus shares her writing journey, from workshops to publication
The Young People’s Laureate for London
Spread the Word announces a new scheme, which strives to give London’s young people a voice through poetry
The story of the London Short Story Prize (so far)
From 2013 - present
Read the latest edition of Flight Journal
Flight Journal Editors Marianne Tatepo, Sara Jafari and Shreeta Shah share their editorial for Issue 2 of the short story journal
Free Reads 2016-17
Spread the Word is accepting applications from low-income writers for free editorial reads of their work
London Writers Network
Funding, Grants, and Developing Your Writing Career - Storify
Shreeta Shah reflects on her first six months as a Flight 1000 Associate
Reading, editing, social media, more reading and hoping time will pass slowly
Interview with Vinay Patel
The inspiring scriptwriter talks to Spread the Word's Sara Jafari
Interview with Debs Newbold
The vibrant writer / performer talks displacement, Mark Rylance and specificity ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Interview with Karen McCarthy Woolf
Karen explores the relationship between movement and poetry to mark an exciting new collaborative project
Young Poet Laureate for London Selina Nwulu reflects on six months in the role
A Strange Kind of Beauty & other stories...
Where would we be without indie publishers?
Flight Associate Sanya Semakula talks with Influx Press Co-founder Kit Caless
Publishing industry professionals back Writing the Future's call for improved ethnic diversity
Report from the London Book Fair
