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Spread the Word

With a focus on the writer, Spread the Word’s workshops, one-to-one advice surgeries, mentoring schemes and other activities use established professional writers to develop writers’ skills and support them in building a career in writing.

We encourage new and original voices in poetry, fiction, scriptwriting and other genres. Through public performances we provide opportunities for up-and-coming and established writers to showcase their writing to live audiences.

Services & Resources:

• One to one advice and information services: a place to bring questions and get answers
• One to one professional development planning sessions: a forum to reflect on your current situation, how you want to move ahead and develop an action plan to take you there.
• One to one sessions with an experienced writer looking at your poetry or fiction
• Networking events
• Web resources on everything from local writing groups, to writing competitions, to FAQs on getting published.
• Showcase events
• Workshops covering various aspects of managing your writing career
• Events with publishers, editors and agents to give insight into the book industry.

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