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Have a look at our Autumn season...
Write Start
Join Eva and Paul on our friendly taster workshop
Great debate at our Gatekeepers event
An evening of discussion
It's landed...Flight Press
Flight Press - bold short fiction.
#tweetusatale...
An ever-evolving anthology of #talesinatweet tweeted to us...
A Right Royal Reception for five young poets...
As part of a celebration of contemporary British poetry at Buckingham Palace, five of the YPLs were invited to meet the Queen!
Competition Corner...
We have so many lovely prizes for you this month!
Win tickets to see The Weir
Friends of Spread the Word special competition
Start a new chapter in Brent
Free writing workshops with Aoife Mannix for over 55s
Writer at Large interviews Spread the Word prize winner
Paul McVeigh interviews Clare Sita Fisher
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
Diversity
In 2012/13 we worked with nearly 3000 people to inspire, develop and produce creative writing. We're proud to be inclusive and accessible, actively celebrating and seeking out the diversity of talent in our capital city.
Bookshelf
Spread the Word writers
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'
