Projects are the lifeblood of 26, a visceral expression of our DNA. But have you ever considered leading one of our...
Summer may be slipping away, but we’ve got lots to look forward to in the coming months. Here’s a roundup...
Dark Angels is the world’s only residential creative writing programme for business. It exists to help people consider the language...
Richard Burdett has seen the advertising landscape change over the years. He spent 11 years at Saatchi & Saatchi, was...
The Other Box and friends 1 November 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm People from minority backgrounds, who once felt invisible...
Wordstock Deconstructed is heading to the Bloomsbury Festival in October. Here’s what we have in store. 26 Memory Maps Where...
Travel opens your mind and broadens your horizons. But travel is more than ticking off a list of sites. The...
Join us on the evening of Thursday 4 May and learn how to use storytelling techniques to improve your writing,...
Inspired by a competition first launched by Ian Fleming in 1947, friend of 26, Phil Cleaver, has teamed up with...
Love song-writing? Got a film script in the works? Paul Statham has written hits for Kylie and Dido. Tom Butterworth’s...
My second novel, The Day She Can’t Forget, has just been published – by Canelo, available from all good e-book...
26 Writers in Residence is a new project launched at this year’s Wordstock. It’s inspired by this painting of the...
Fashion Revolution is looking for submissions for a new zine, launching this December. The theme for the first issue is...
By Laura Hunter, 26’s editor. I joined the newsletter team as an associate editor nearly four years ago. I was...
Our exhibition opens at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon, London, on 8 September. 26 Lies asked 26 writers to...
For the first time, we will have a 26 exhibition – the fabulous 26 Lies – on show at the...
D&AD, the non-profit advertising and design association, has teamed up with 26 to offer a free event at its Shoreditch...
Do you love words? Are you social media savvy? Could you help tell the world about 26 Characters? We’re looking...
Poets, eh? What are they good for? Wafting around, telling you rhyme doesn’t matter? Telling you a thing is like...
It was 15 years ago when seven of us started talking about setting up a writers’ organisation. Tim Rich had...
New project: I recently launched @_pr0mpt on Twitter. It’s a Twitter bot named Oscar that posts out 5-7 prompts for...
With just one month to go until our next installment of Wordstock Deconstructed, featuring Rob Williams in conversation with John...
As part of Wordstock Deconstructed and the launch of our 26 Memory Map project, we’re heading to Bloomsbury Festival in...
Fellow 26er and Dark Angel Neil Baker and I run experimental writing and meditation retreats in Riverheart’s lush gardens in...
Solo writer’s retreats in a luscious garden in the south of Spain. Come, be well fed, write 🙂 On-site yoga...
We launched 26 Writers in Residence at Wordstock last year. The idea was simple: find somewhere to write about, spend...
Spending six days in Bolling Hall, Bradford retelling its Civil War ghost story with nearly 300 year sevens may not...
At Wordstock, we announced the winners of our first 26 Awards, which aim to celebrate and draw attention to new...
26 Steps makes its appearance online from 20 September. Inspired by walking in the landscape and using John Buchan’s novel...
By Alastair Creamer, Wordstock curator Question: Who are you? No, really – who are you? Digitally I mean. What is...
A writer’s life can now be an awarding one 26 is here to champion the cause of writing in work...
I’m now in the final stages of collecting and editing the submissions for 26Steps. I’ve participated in walks on Anglesey,...
in conversation with Alastair Creamer Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have been writing together for 30 years, including work for...
One Monday evening in May, 12 writers gathered upstairs at the Free Word Centre to spend a few hours learning...
The bard sell: learn how to use poetic techniques to make your commercial writing creative Give your commercial writing a...
Mindfulness is a buzz word we’ve been hearing a lot lately. What does that mean as creative writers? Can we...
New dates now out for our Family Retreats next Easter and Summer holidays 🙂 Bring your sprogs and relax by...
Last year the wonderfully talented Bert Preece won our inaugural 26 Emerging Writer Award. Quietroom are sponsoring this year’s award...
Wordography On the 26th of August, 26er and Dark Angels partner Neil Baker will be leading an experimental wander through...
Writer and creative writing teacher Elise Valmorbida invites you to three special writing destinations this year. All are welcome, from...
Look Up is an online print store and a platform for promoting artists who explore the creative potential of geometry,...
Are you an avid tweeter? A fan of Facebook? A leader on LinkedIn? We’re looking for more social media superstars...
My book The Print Museum recently won the 2016 East Anglian Book Award for Poetry. Plus the Book by the...
Established by 26er Steven Bateman, Look Up is a new online print gallery and a platform for artists and designers...
Are you a 26 member under the age of 30? If so, you could win a scholarship place on the...
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s 26 Wordstock on Saturday 15 October. A festival of words by 26...
At Wordstock this year, three oral historians are going to reveal how audio recordings can aid writing and unlock life...
26 will be joining in the centenary celebrations of Roald Dahl’s life (13th September 2016) with a project that combines...