Every year our creative projects produce work worth celebrating. In 2016 we initiated the 26 Project Award, in recognition of...
Two good things to report this month : I have a poem chosen as one of the best Scottish Poems...
Emerging writers, it’s time to blow your own trumpet – parp! The 26 Emerging Writer award, supported by Quietroom, is...
I was fascinated by The Secret History of Writing, a three-part BBC Four series, now on i-Player, which shows how...
Your chance to take part in this year’s Bloomsbury Festival 26 is going to be involved in the Bloomsbury Festival...
My news: Presenting Campaigning Bradford Women, interactive sessions with schools highlighting little known and/or forgotten women who strove to create...
We’re extremely excited because we’ve had a sneak preview of Threads of Time, the book that celebrates 25 years of...
Cysters (a grassroots charity that supports marginalised people with chronic health problems and disabilities) and Juice Magazine (a south Asian...
How has John Simmons’ book impacted fellow writers over the last 21 years? Jamie Jauncey and Alex Mawson-Harris share the...
I’ve uploaded some comedy sketches penned by my Fresh Aire Productions collaborator, Peter Aveyard in which I play Judy Dench...
John Simmons and Martin Clarkson in conversation 6pm, Wednesday 2 February It promises to be a special publishing event for...
It was dawn on a dark November morning in the UK, and evening in New Zealand. But more than 30...
Ahead of the launch of the A-Z of better brand language, Rob Self-Pierson reflects on his latest book’s key themes....
As we get closer and closer to Cop26, Jayne Workman shares an update on what’s to come from the New...
After being blown away by her stirring hedgerows pledge at the 26Habitats launch event, I was keen to get to...
Left Design Festival celebrates the best of visual communications on the left. With speakers across three continents from a range...
This month, I realised it was about time we heard from Faye Sharpe – long-running member of 26 and all-round...
Julia Webb-Harvey reflects on a very special event to launch a permanent collection of 26 publications at Falmouth University –...
Elena Bowes spoke to Wajahat Ali, a columnist for the Daily Beast, public speaker and author of Go Back to...
My news is: I’ve got a week-long theatre run of my debut hour-long stand-up show, I Miss Amy Winehouse! It’s...
26 projects come in all shapes and sizes. They can be quick fire or slow burn, short or long form,...
My book recommendation is: Braiding Sweetgrass . Robin Wall Kimmerer writes beautifully on the gift of reciprocity as an evolutionary...
This month I caught up with self-confessed recovering pun-oholic, Alex. Read on to hear how he made the move from...
The Mating Habits of Stags by Ray Robinson A wonderful evocation of the bleakness of nature and raw human emotion,...
This month, one of 26’s co-founders shares an insight into her writing life, and why swapping your desk for a...
Firstly, if you’re looking ahead to the new year (new you) season, and perhaps looking for something to spur on...
It’s that time again – time to save a spot in your calendar for our annual joyful gathering… It’s been...
Elena Bowes spoke to author Lisa Napoli about her book Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie, the Extraordinary story of the...
Our antidote to Black Friday. No big sales push, no time-limited price slashes, just a little selection of gifts with...
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve did a write up about 26Habitats as part of their Saltmarsh Saturday event. The saltmarsh there...
Our collaborative projects have always been at the heart of 26. The archive of those projects does sit proudly on...
Design legend and friend of 26, Michael Wolff, has won the London Design Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael contributed to...
Vasily Grossman’s huge novel Life and Fate. It’s horribly topical, set in war-torn Ukraine and Russia – but in the...
After three years in the making, Threads of Time – 26’s wonderful collaboration with the prison stitching charity, Fine Cell...
This month, it’s time to peek behind the curtain and hear from our very own 26 tech guru, and all-round...
Tips, advice and info from start to finish – based on what we’ve learned from previous projects. We’re keen to...
This month, Sarah Hill shares an insight into her writing life – from stumbling upon Animal Farm at a (very)...
Catherine Price is the author of two life-enhancing books, How to Break Up with Your Phone and more recently, The...
To be more precise, to the Woodlane campus of Falmouth University to celebrate the public launch of the 26 Collection...
Join us on 23 February for a session to kickstart new projects for 2022. Whether you’re new to 26 or...
Elena Bowes spoke with debut author Qian Julie Wang about her poignant and often humorous memoir ‘Beautiful Country’, an instant...
It’s been a bumper year for 26 projects, but what does 2022 hold? That’s up to you, our members… It’s...
I sang my climate action song, ‘COP26, here’s what we want to see’, to Henry Lawes’ tune ‘Farley Castle’, at...
This month, I had the pleasure of meeting Suchandrika. She may be one of our newer members, but she’s already...
26 Habitats and 26 Pledges were such important projects for 26, with 54 written pieces related to vulnerable habitats, in...
First, an opportunity spotted by John Simmons: Publisher Unbound have launched a new imprint for debut writers of colour, Unbound...
Elena Bowes talked to Alexander Nemerov, author of Fierce Poise, an exciting ride through the 1950s New York art scene,...
Last month we did a call out for interest in a writing mentorship programme, looking for both mentors and mentees. As someone who’s...