This new, free online literary festival, BookBound 2020, takes place from 27 April to 3 May 2020 and it features a host of writers, including our very own Chelsey Flood. The event aims to raise funds for the mental health charity Mind. Find out more here!
Read MoreJoin us this Friday 24th at 7pm on Teams for a SOWJ exclusive! Our very own Craig Barr-Green will read us from two of his latest picture books. This isn’t one to miss!
Read MoreThe Writer’s Block have announced a whole new Summer Season of events – all online – to support and offer inspiration through these strange times. Many of the events are free or for donation, and many are good to share with friends and family.
Read MoreThe Stay-at Home! Festival is an international online literature festival designed to (a) prevent loneliness, (b) champion connectivity and community amidst social distancing, and (c) celebrate writing and reading as tools to achieve (a) and (b)! In a nutshell, it is a free and completely online festival.
Read MoreCherie Woodhouse, one of our first year English student, walks us through one of Cornwall’s most peculiar festitivies, Mazey Day.
Read MoreAn update on all the literary festivals coming to the Southwest this season.
Read MoreJoana sits down with the poet and creator of Sweetshop of Words.
Read MoreCome learn how a book festival works, build production skills, and rub elbows with some of the most interesting writers in the UK.
Read MoreDavid's lyrically intense poetry draws from influences of Dante, Homer, Blake and Yeats.
Read MoreIn Orkney, our Head of Subject is directing the Deep Time Festival, merging geology, paleoecology, natural history, poetry & storytelling.
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