Jobs

Deadline:
Location: London

An 18-month residency offering five UK writers the opportunity to develop work and find their creative home at Theatre503.  Read more...

Deadline: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location: Hybrid

The Poetry School are looking to hire an Artistic Director & Joint CEO for maternity cover to join our friendly team for a 12-month period. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location: Edinburgh/home

Scottish Book Trust is recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to join the team. The national charity believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location: London

Spread the Word is celebrating 30 years of championing writers and stories, and we’re looking for a brilliant freelance PR consultant to help us make some noise! Read more...

Deadline: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location: Manchester

Manchester Literature Festival is seeking a new Chair to join the Board of Trustees/Directors and lead one of the North’s most innovative literary festivals as we celebrate our twentieth anniversary. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 6 Oct 2025
Location: Norwich

We’re looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly effective International Programmes Manager who will manage and deliver key programmes within the organisation’s international strand of work, focussing on our multiple residency and retreat programmes for creative writers and literary translators. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 20 Oct 2025
Location: Edinburgh/hybrid/online

Award-winning poetry-led arts charity and festival, Push the Boat Out, is seeking a new Chair and additional ordinary Board Members to help shape the organisation as we move into our next chapter. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 3 Nov 2025
Location: Norwich

The British Centre for Literary Translation offers two BCLT translation residencies every year for UK-based literary translators. The residencies are for 4 months, one day per week. The 2025/26 residencies will run from 1 February 2026 to 31 May 2026. Read more...