This month, the British Library opens its latest exhibition,Writing: Making Your Mark. So, who’s up for a 26 field trip?... Read More
Projects are the lifeblood of 26, a visceral expression of our DNA. But have you ever considered leading one of our... Read More
A writing opportunity, a competition, and a playwriting course spotted by our members: Apply to be a writer in the... Read More
D&AD, the non-profit advertising and design association, has teamed up with 26 to offer a free event at its Shoreditch... Read More
in conversation with Alastair Creamer Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have been writing together for 30 years, including work for... Read More
Summer may be slipping away, but we’ve got lots to look forward to in the coming months. Here’s a roundup... Read More
Do you love words? Are you social media savvy? Could you help tell the world about 26 Characters? We’re looking... Read More
One Monday evening in May, 12 writers gathered upstairs at the Free Word Centre to spend a few hours learning... Read More
Dark Angels is the world’s only residential creative writing programme for business. It exists to help people consider the language... Read More
Poets, eh? What are they good for? Wafting around, telling you rhyme doesn’t matter? Telling you a thing is like... Read More
The bard sell: learn how to use poetic techniques to make your commercial writing creative Give your commercial writing a... Read More
Richard Burdett has seen the advertising landscape change over the years. He spent 11 years at Saatchi & Saatchi, was... Read More
It was 15 years ago when seven of us started talking about setting up a writers’ organisation. Tim Rich had... Read More
Mindfulness is a buzz word we’ve been hearing a lot lately. What does that mean as creative writers? Can we... Read More
The Other Box and friends 1 November 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm People from minority backgrounds, who once felt invisible... Read More
New project: I recently launched @_pr0mpt on Twitter. It’s a Twitter bot named Oscar that posts out 5-7 prompts for... Read More
New dates now out for our Family Retreats next Easter and Summer holidays 🙂 Bring your sprogs and relax by... Read More
Wordstock Deconstructed is heading to the Bloomsbury Festival in October. Here’s what we have in store. 26 Memory Maps Where... Read More
With just one month to go until our next installment of Wordstock Deconstructed, featuring Rob Williams in conversation with John... Read More
Last year the wonderfully talented Bert Preece won our inaugural 26 Emerging Writer Award. Quietroom are sponsoring this year’s award... Read More
Travel opens your mind and broadens your horizons. But travel is more than ticking off a list of sites. The... Read More
As part of Wordstock Deconstructed and the launch of our 26 Memory Map project, we’re heading to Bloomsbury Festival in... Read More
Wordography On the 26th of August, 26er and Dark Angels partner Neil Baker will be leading an experimental wander through... Read More
Join us on the evening of Thursday 4 May and learn how to use storytelling techniques to improve your writing,... Read More
Fellow 26er and Dark Angel Neil Baker and I run experimental writing and meditation retreats in Riverheart’s lush gardens in... Read More
Writer and creative writing teacher Elise Valmorbida invites you to three special writing destinations this year. All are welcome, from... Read More
Inspired by a competition first launched by Ian Fleming in 1947, friend of 26, Phil Cleaver, has teamed up with... Read More
Solo writer’s retreats in a luscious garden in the south of Spain. Come, be well fed, write 🙂 On-site yoga... Read More
Look Up is an online print store and a platform for promoting artists who explore the creative potential of geometry,... Read More
Love song-writing? Got a film script in the works? Paul Statham has written hits for Kylie and Dido. Tom Butterworth’s... Read More
We launched 26 Writers in Residence at Wordstock last year. The idea was simple: find somewhere to write about, spend... Read More
Are you an avid tweeter? A fan of Facebook? A leader on LinkedIn? We’re looking for more social media superstars... Read More
A warm welcome to new members Tom Cross, Samuel Palin, Kathryn Papworth-Smith, Graham Smith, Alan Dein, Nick Parker, Matthew Collins,... Read More
My second novel, The Day She Can’t Forget, has just been published – by Canelo, available from all good e-book... Read More
Spending six days in Bolling Hall, Bradford retelling its Civil War ghost story with nearly 300 year sevens may not... Read More
My book The Print Museum recently won the 2016 East Anglian Book Award for Poetry. Plus the Book by the... Read More
26 Writers in Residence is a new project launched at this year’s Wordstock. It’s inspired by this painting of the... Read More
At Wordstock, we announced the winners of our first 26 Awards, which aim to celebrate and draw attention to new... Read More
Established by 26er Steven Bateman, Look Up is a new online print gallery and a platform for artists and designers... Read More
Fashion Revolution is looking for submissions for a new zine, launching this December. The theme for the first issue is... Read More
26 Steps makes its appearance online from 20 September. Inspired by walking in the landscape and using John Buchan’s novel... Read More
Are you a 26 member under the age of 30? If so, you could win a scholarship place on the... Read More
By Laura Hunter, 26’s editor. I joined the newsletter team as an associate editor nearly four years ago. I was... Read More
By Alastair Creamer, Wordstock curator Question: Who are you? No, really – who are you? Digitally I mean. What is... Read More
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s 26 Wordstock on Saturday 15 October. A festival of words by 26... Read More
Our exhibition opens at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon, London, on 8 September. 26 Lies asked 26 writers to... Read More
A warm welcome to new members Hilary Fraser, Helen Andreou, Jenny Court, Emma Riley, Sarah Harvey, Tara Scammell and Sarah... Read More
A writer’s life can now be an awarding one 26 is here to champion the cause of writing in work... Read More