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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.

We're still enjoying our summer but it's not too early to book for our autumn programme. We have planned a season of events to ensure that our 15th anniversary year ends with a bang - full of opportunities to celebrate and share our achievements. Take a look here at what's happening.

Tim Waterstone's new blockbuster is published on 1 September. He joins our line up of leading genre fiction writers at Guilty Pleasures, our genre writing day on Saturday 20 November. Check out our interview with him on our events blog . 

Join us on Friday 17 September for an evening of powerful, moving and truly exciting poetry. This Showcase event will be hosted by Bernardine Evaristo and Daljit Nagra. and is the culmination of an ambitious two year project devised and coordinated by Spread the Word, in collaboration with Bernardine Evaristo to support Black and Asian poets in their professional development. We're proud to bring them together in an event which demonstrates the range and diversity of voices in contemporary British poetry today.

The Ten poets are:
Roger Robinson | Denise Saul | Seni Seneviratne | Malika Booker |Mir Mahfuz Ali | Shazea Quraishi | Karen McCarthy Woolf | Rowyda Amin Janet Kofi-Tsekpo | Nick Makoha
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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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Courses, workshops, and events
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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A wide range of projects for young writers, schools and communities to introduce creative writing to new writers.

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Online resources, guidelines on how to get published, tips, advice and links to other useful sources of information.