The London Writers Awards is Spread the Word’s new annual development programme for talented London writers. Currently open for application,...
I partnered with the brilliances at Accept and Proceed to create the AWO brand for a gang of data rights lawyers...
Sidekick Books is about to launch Lives Beyond Us, an anthology of poetry and essays on animals in cinema, co-edited...
MAKING IF FUNNY: a comedy writing workshop with Nigel Planer and Sally Phillips. 30TH JULY – 6TH AUGUST 2016 CASA...
My news is that I’m going to be President of the D&AD Writing for Design Awards jury this April, along...
Giant canvas delivered for brave new project – immortalise my niece in all her mystical wonder (and some would say...
After feeling useless on recent events unfolding in Palestine and being inspired by artists creating work in solidarity and to...
I’ve written a poem inspired by the amazing Amanda Gorman, and her extraordinary inauguration performance. Couldn’t be more topical – consider...
The Playing Place 26 March – 25 April, Truro, Cornwall In the middle of Lemon Quay, the main shopping area...
The WOW Journal was the brainchild of my seven-year-old daughter, Maddie, who dreamt it up during lockdown as a way...
To celebrate the release of our 26 Trees pieces this month, we wanted to hear your earliest memories of a...
I recommend the film The trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix which is based on the infamous 1969 trial...
Firstly some exciting news about our recent project with Eames Fine Art. The London Original Print Fair has made a...
This month’s recommendations include a handy of list of ‘books of the year’ as championed by members at our Christmas...
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve did a write up about 26Habitats as part of their Saltmarsh Saturday event. The saltmarsh there...
Jacob Sam-La Rose I just launched a new generative poetry bot on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thepoemthedream And I’ve recorded an episode of Poetry...
Last month Dark Angels, the creative writing for business collective, trialled an experimental new course at Matisse’s former home in...
Writing project based on the 26 Treasures project of 2012 with The Royal Scottish Museum in which I was a...
John Simmons has news from Edinburgh, where he also spotted the above 26, in Milnes Bar: I gave a talk/reading...
How can writers use video to promote our businesses? I was convinced that doing a bland pitch to camera for...
I am trying to finally put together the many scribblings I’ve accumulated over the last few years and write that...
I took a short story workshop via Zoom in August, with author Edward Hogan (longlisted for this year’s Sunday Times...
This month, in addition to other recommendations, I asked what books you return to again and again. It might be...
It’s not on my reading pile yet but a friend of mine, David Bodanis, is launching his new book tomorrow....
I’m running #ScottishEBookDay on Twitter on May 27th to celebrate and promote Scottish publishing. Offers, interviews, good old-fashioned chat about...
Having contributed to a few 26 projects over last few years, I’m now trying to focus on a longer piece...
26’s historian, Justina Hart, took her writing to Australia for two weeks this year, thanks to a grant from Arts...
I’m very excited that my debut novel will be published on 29 October. Talk of the Toun is an uplifting...
I’m co-writing a short film Hula which is due to film this Summer in the Scottish Highlands, and two features...
At Pighog they’ve been pulling all the stops out to bring you a sensational new programme of events and publications...
My best read over recent weeks has been Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, the story of Shakespeares’s family life in Stratford in...
Argentum Apothecary – the multi-award winning skincare brand – are seeking their first full-time copywriter. Could it be you? The...
By James Hogwood World Book Day is a UNESCO-designated day to celebrate all the incredible things that books give us...
I’m participating in an interdisciplinary project highlighting ecological issues of human impacts on the marine environment (a.k.a climate change). The...
“Julia Buendia Allone was proud of her name, even though it made people uncomfortable. People said there was no more...
Packed up my life into a van and hot footed it to Southern Spain to set up Riverheart Retreats, in...
Claire Bodanis is one of 12 authors of new book Established, to be published by Unbound once it’s raised the...
I’m travelling around and seeing many different museums, with a new aim to learn at least one fact per museum....
I was asked alongside five incredibly talented designers to share our personal stories of challenging gender in the creative industry....
My poetry collective 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE have experimented with long form for this limited edition zine. It’s a...
Some news from Tom Sharp On Leap Day, ‘Faery Fellers’, a project conceived and led by Tom Sharp, performed its...
Would you like to be part of an unusual quest? I hope so. I’m currently writing something. It’s a little...
Travel isn’t just about going places. It’s about the experiences you have, and the people you meet. That’s the idea...
I’m excited to announce that my memoir, The Mahogany Pod, will be published in February 2021 by Saraband. The book...
Once I wrote a book. Then it happened again. And again. Three books, all written about writing, read by readers....
As far as I’m concerned, deserving the title of ‘most-eagerly awaited release of 2021’ will be Laurent Binet’s Civilisations because...
This month saw the publication of OTHERS, by Unbound. I know there are so many demands on your attention, and...
In honour of poet Lisel Mueller’s birthday this month, Tim Rich recommends delving into her work. A few of my...