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Forthcoming events

Saturday 11th September
10:30am – 4pm
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 Friday 17 September, 7pm - 8.30pm - £7The Taberna (...)


Saturday 2nd October (24 Hour Comics Day)
10:30am – 4:30pm
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Networking and showcase event for young (...)


Thursday 7th October (National Poetry Day)
10am – 1pm
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Saturday 23rd October
10am – 1pm
£10/£7 (concessions)
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Saturday 6th November
10am – 4pm
£15/ £10 (concessions)
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Friday 12 November 2010
7pm til late
£7
Brixton Library (...)


 Saturday 13 November, 11am – 4pm£20/£10
Free Word Ce (...)



Saturday 20 November
9.15am – 4.45 (...)


Saturday 22 January
10am – 4pm
£15/ £10 (concessions)
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Saturdays 5th and 12th February 2011
10am – 4pm
£30/£20(conce (...)


 

Spread the Word is a catalyst for developing writers. We provide a dynamic range of services and opportunities for all levels of writers including advice and information, networking, mentoring, events and work in the community. Read More About Us


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.

 

Autumn programme - booking now!

 

Interview with Tim waterstone

 

Ten - The Complete Works Showcase

 

 

 

 


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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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Our events blog

Share in the trials, tribulations, motivations and excitements of our events planning. Get advance notice of what we've got up our sleeves, see pictures, videos and reviews of past events and generally stay in touch with what's happening at Spread the Word. Take a peek here, you can also subscribe to receive updates as we add new posts.

 
Refunds policy Please note that we are unable to offer refunds or exchanges on bookings made for any of our events.

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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

 

Discover thousands of stories about London in an online interactive map, featuring thousands of stories written by ordinary people. Go to www.cityofsharedstories.org.uk

 

Read interviews with authors, top tips from tutors and find out about the support services, competitions and writing groups that can help you: here

 

 
  

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?

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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.

  
Other projects

Writing projects in schools and communities
A wide range of projects for young writers, schools and communities to introduce creative writing to new writers.

Advice and resources

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



"Arts Council England has been pleased to support the growth of Spread the Word, enabling the organisation to work in boroughs in West and now East London. Through its pioneering writer and reader development work, Spread the Word is now ideally placed to make lasting changes at a community level across many areas of London, and can play an important part in seeing that the arts - and literature in particular - are at the heart of the Thames Gateway development."
- Nick McDowell, Head of Literature, Arts Council London


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