Writers' Day 2024 at the London Literature Festival
Our fourth Writers' Day will take place on Sunday 27 October from 11am-4pm in the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall Purcell Room. This is a free event and there is no need to book in advance.
The day will include:
11am-12pm - Meet the Writing Organisations: Hear what leading writing development agencies can offer you, including Creative Future, Curtis Brown Creative, Faber Academy, Poetry School, Writers & Artists and The Writing Coach.
12:30-1:30pm - From Page to Publication: four Creative Future Writers’ Award winners on their journeys as underrepresented writers to becoming published writers. Featuring novelists Iqbal Hussain and Tom Newlands and poets Jem Henderson and Natalie Linh Bolderston.
1:45-2:45pm - Getting your Poetry Published, featuring Amy Acre (Bad Betty Press), Fahad Al Amoudi (Penguin Press) Stuart Bartholomew (Verve Poetry Press) and Jane Commane (Nine Arches Press). Hosted by Isy Mead, Artistic Director, Poetry School.
3-4pm - Meet the Agents, giving you insider knowledge on acquiring representation and demystifying the publishing process. With Clara Foster (Aevitas), Bruno Onuki Reynell (New River Agency) and Kerry-Ann Bentley (Good Literary Agency). Hosted by Salma Begum, CF Board member and agent at Greyhound Literary.
Leading literary organisations and publishers will also have stalls in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, with books, leaflets and representatives on hand. Come and have a chat with Creative Future, Writers & Artists, Faber Academy, Curtis Brown Creative, Poetry School, The Writing Coach, Poetry Society and poetry publishers Bad Betty, Verve Poetry Press.
More information is available on the Southbank Centre website.
All the panels will also be livestreamed via this link on the day.
Writers' Day 2023
From Page to Publication: four Creative Future Writers’ Award winners on their journeys as underrepresented writers to becoming published writers. Featuring poet/young adult author Lisette Auton, poets Day Mattar and Rhiya Pau, and novelist Tom Newlands.
Getting your poetry published, featuring Anthony Anaxagorou (Out-Spoken), Amy Acre (Bad Betty Press), Jane Commane (Nine Arches Press), and Helen Eastman (Live Canon). Hosted by Sally Carruthers (Poetry School).
Agents & publisher panel, giving you insider knowledge on acquiring representation and demystifying the publishing process, featuring Amy Baxter (Dialogue Books), Leodora Darlington (Owned Voices), Clara Foster (Aevitas) and Jonathan Ruppin (The Ruppin Agency).
Photos captured at our 2023 Writers' Day by Jess Hand.