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Happy Birthday to us! Help us celebrate our 15th anniversary at the forefront of London's literary scene. Throughout the year there'll be loads of opportunities to share some of the knowledge, creativity and achievement of our community of writers. Check out our new programme! Click here for more information and to book.

Join us at The Albany on Sunday 21 March for a day of workshops and talks to develop your hard skills and the know-how to take forward your writing career. 

We'll also be joined by Bidisha and John Hegley who will be helping us celebrate our 15th Birthday, sharing their experiences of what it was like to be "15'.

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Have you got a story to tell about living or working in Camden? Camden Writer in Residence Aoife Mannix is out and about talking to local people and collecting their stories. She’s running creative writing workshops in Leather Lane market and around the Borough.   Alongside her artist Camilla Brueton is taking photos of people and places. 

Aoife’s residency culminates in shared readings in local libraries, in Leather Lane and a showcase event at the British Museum at the end of March 2010.

We want to hear from you!  Come along to free workshops, visit Aoife at the Camden Inspirations Market shop on Leather Lane -check out our workshops and events page for more details and to book.

Aoife Mannix is an Irish writer and poet based in London. She has had four collections of poetry and a novel published. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio and she has performed her poetry throughout the UK. www.aoifemannix.com

Camilla Brueton is a visual artist who uses drawing and photography. Her book point and place won the Birgit Skiold Award for excellence in Book Arts.

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We have over 14 years experience of working in partnership with libraries and have developed a sound track record of consultancy projects on which to build an ongoing and effective relationship. Spread the Word is London’s leading writer development agency. Based in the heart of London (Lambeth North) our mission is to act as a catalyst for the development of individual writers. We are strongly committed to producing work that is accessible, inclusive, bold, exploratory and playful. Read more

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Explore new ideas and improve your writing with our workshops for writers of poetry, fiction, theatre, film and radio. For writers of all levels. Book online.

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