Spinning Yarns Workshop. No Place Like Home: Southampton
Region: South East England
Spend a morning weaving stories together in this workshop led by Southampton-based textile artist, Shobhna Philips, and writing facilitator, Susmita Bhattacharya, creating woven craft items and swapping life stories.
Migration, Memory and Identity – No Place Like Home: Southampton
Region: South East England
Migration, Memory and Identity: Poetic Responses to African Diaspora Artists. What does it mean to be part of a diaspora? How are our identities shaped by physical locations? Where is ‘home’ when generations move through continents over time?
Bog Spirit: Writing the Wild Soul with Mab Jones
Region: International
Step into the threshold between worlds and explore your creative voice through animal guides, ancient symbols, and seasonal spirit. A folklore-inspired writing course by poet Mab Jones.
How to Get Published - Bristol 2025
Region: South West England
LiteratureWorks are once again partnering with Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook to bring the popular How to Get Published day conference back to Bristol on Saturday 4 October 2025 at the Engine Shed (next to Bristol Temple Meads Station).
Finding Meaning: Found Poems & Metaphors with Jennifer Wong
Region: International
How are ideas, emotions, and associations contained, carried, and transformed in found poems and metaphors? How do you embody or reinterpret images, fragmented texts, or the contents of a drawer? Do these elements impose constraint - or offer freedom?
Zoom Writing Workshops from The Writers Bureau
Region: International
This autumn we bring you a variety of Zoom workshops including our Make Money From series, Short Story Skills series, Writing Humour in Fiction, Dialogue and World Building. Created by WB’s team of expert tutors, our workshops offer a relaxed, friendly environment to learn new skills.
Writing Culturally
Region: International
This is a specialised online course for those who want to write stories for children (and adults) aligned to their culture. In this course, you will learn how to tap into your upbringing, culture and language to create rich stories.
Spread the Word: Writers and Readers Salon: London Writers Awards Edition
Region: London
Join us for an exclusive evening of readings and discussion to celebrate the return of the London Writers Awards and Spread the Word’s 30th Anniversary.
llkley Literature Festival 2025
Region: Yorkshire
llkley Literature Festival has been bringing together the very best writers of contemporary fiction, non-fiction and poetry with book-loving audiences for over 50 years.
Arvon Online Writing Day: Writing from Life - Personal stories in poetry and prose with Gwyneth Lewis
Region: International
Writing about subjects close to your heart can be challenging. Take a day out to work on your project with a group of writers on a similar journey.
The North Writing Workshop with Ann & Peter Sansom: a rather special fundraiser for The Poetry Business
Region: International
In this inspirational workshop, Ann and Peter draw on outstanding poems from forty years of their and your magazine, The North.
Fiction Writing for Beginners: 6-Week Course with Helen Cullen
Region: South West England
Novelist and Creative Writing lecturer, Helen Cullen, will be teaching a 6-week course in fiction writing for absolute beginners.
Acorn Writing Retreats: Where Small Ideas Grow into Mighty Ambitions
Region: Scotland
Step away from the everyday and into a supportive setting in the Scottish countryside to write. Our 3-4 day structured writing retreats balance productivity with tranquillity, helping you reach your goals and leave feeling energised.
'Beginnings' - Write & Shine morning writing workshop with Pen to Print
Region: International
Write & Shine and Pen to Print with the London Library invite you to a low-cost morning writing workshop on the theme of ‘Beginnings’. Join us virtually, on Zoom, for this special event.
The Art of Reading for Wellbeing Course with Nicole Moody, Accredited Bibliotherapy Instructor
Region: South East England
Would you like to explore how reading can enhance your everyday life? Then this course is for you…
Active reading for poetry writing - a poetry workshop with Preston Losack
Region: International
Push the Boat Out is delighted to host this online poetry writing workshop, with Preston Losack, the host of Preston's Poetry Podcast.
Writing for Wellbeing and Focusing with Bethany Rivers
Region: International
This is a wonderfully inspiring, insightful and gentle course on how to use Focusing (from Eugene Gendlin's research) techniques to deepen and enhance writing for wellbeing, access poetry in innovative ways, and bring more connection and compassion into our lives.
Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival 2025 - full programme announced
Region: East England
The full programme for this year’s Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival (6 – 9 November 2025) has been announced.
Lviv BookForum 2025
Region: Europe
It's back! Join Lviv BookForum in person and online, 2–5 October 2025. Ukraine's largest book festival is back and Hay Festival is streaming events free to the world.
The Mourning Pages 2025
Region: International
The Mourning Pages is a new kind of creative programme, designed to help you recover and rejuvenate after completing a big creative project, or when you feel creatively ‘spent’ and 'burned-out'.