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Spread the Word launches the first London Short Story Festival
Friday 20 June – Sunday 22 June 2014
Friends get 30% off our events and workshops!
Have a look at our Spring season...
Speed dating with literary agents
Writer Anne Oatley shares explores literary pitching events
LiP
Spoken word project for young people in Lewisham
Spread the Word's exciting new research project is funded by Creativeworks London
Luke Kelly will be researching links between writers and video games developers
Sarah Perry - Soho writer in residence
Sarah Perry shares her Soho experiences so far…
Free writing workshops!
Creative writing workshops as part of The Library Press project
Write Me A Poem
Sarah Perry, Writer in Residence in Soho, invites you to request your very own unique poem that she will write for you on the spot.
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?
Spread the Word secures funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Three-year investment to provide paid opportunities for culturally diverse writers in publishing
An evening with Debs Newbold and our Friends
StW treats Friends to an evening out with London's ace storyteller
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
Mark Ecob interview
Top Designer and Art Director talks about working with Spread the Word's imprint Flight Press
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.
It's landed...Flight Press
Flight Press - bold short fiction.
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
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.