Our storytelling project with D&AD is under way, with the first piece to be published in January. It has been... Read More
This time in 2011 we were deep in our Christmas storytelling project, 26 Stories of Christmas. We asked 26 writers... Read More
John Simmons gave out copies of ‘26 Treasures of Childhood’ to various clients before Christmas. One of them, from a... Read More
From Roger Horberry’s words for RNLI to Elise Valmorbida’s Suitcase Stories and Carol McKay on BBC News, 26ers are busy... Read More
Numbers, netsukes, running and the death of words Writer runs After all the excitement of 26 Miles, I thought it... Read More
Honeymooning in the Far East, collaborating in the US and Dubai. 26ers tell you what’s keeping them busy this month.... Read More
The president is dead Next month, November 22, it’s the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination. So Elena Bowes interviewed 26’s... Read More
My first business book, Only Connect: The Art of Corporate Storytelling is published this month. In true 26 tradition (and... Read More
The Story – a conference about stories. Friday Feb 21st, Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq. Went last year and loved... Read More
Our latest project, 26 Characters, is now underway. Laura Hunter tells us how the power of stories helped to drive... Read More
Tweet, tweet Here are some highlights from @26characters on Twitter this month… Our very own #26characters @TheStoryMuseum has attracted over... Read More
We received some great news last week from Design by St, the designers behind 26 Characters. Our book, that accompanies... Read More
‘Ghost stories’, Roald Dahl said, ‘are damnably difficult to write.’We challenged 13 fearless writers to create a ghost story in... Read More
21 December at Greenwich. Stories and folk music on the theme of time. Sunrise to sunset on the shortest day... Read More
It’s been fun this year organising two different training days on Listening and Persuasion led by Dick Mullender. The courses... Read More
For our project ‘26 Miles’, writers have teamed up with collaborators to celebrate each and every mile of the London... Read More
Going freelance, getting published, being exhibited, writing, writing, writing. It’s a busy start to 2013 for 26ers. This is what... Read More
You’ve seen the objects. You’ve read the sestudes. Now get ready to watch the movie. Here’s Sarah Farley to introduce... Read More
There’s no hibernating for 26’s members; the month is brimming with creative projects, conferences and book launches. And after work,... Read More
Britain’s quirkiest book festival I’ve been writing about Britain’s quirkiest book festivals on the Huffington post. I popped in Wordstock... Read More
Draft 99 gets a Reading I’m having a table read of my first feature film as writer/director this month –... Read More
We think so. In September, on the lead up to our 10th anniversary, we were on the look out for... Read More
Please share your thoughts on 26 Have you taken our quick members’ survey yet? If not, you’ve got until the... Read More
Conference Wants Writers John Simmons is speaking at the Impact conference on 6th March. The theme is collaboration in branding,... Read More
News and opportunities for 26ers including new writing challenges, the chance to contribute to a literary magazine, and Cakespeare. Rhubarb,... Read More
I would love other 26ers to know about the Winchester Poetry Festival which is coming up the weekend of 12-14... Read More
Here is a pic of my footy team’s strip the week I had to wash them. As if in an... Read More
An idea worth crossing the Atlantic for. Francis Glibbery is one of the writers on 26 Atlantic Crossings, our first... Read More
I’m writing with the good news that we’ve persuaded our 26 story characters to stay with us at The Story... Read More
We’re looking for someone to take over as Chief Tweeter for 26. Would you be up for it? Or could... Read More
26 members of 26 were paired with 26 new designers during the 2014 London Design Festival and asked to write... Read More
26ers have had another great month, from published adventures to screenplay awards and a hunt for the best water skier... Read More
Here’s a feature that’s running in the January issue of Unfiltered, the magazine of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. It’s... Read More
Elise Valmorbida, co-organiser of Wordstock 2012, has some exciting news. The Wordstock video is being edited right now. And it’s... Read More
From speaking on Radio 4’s Women’s Hour to stabbing dictionaries, 26ers are keeping busy, and look out for some courses... Read More
Forget about Guardian Soulmates and Match, meet your life partner at 26 – David Bodanis and Claire Falcon did. And,... Read More
The first of the creation stories to document a unique collaboration between 26 writers and lettering artists. Cherrell... Read More
Dick Mullender: Expert listening skills Could Dick Mullender persuade me not to jump off a bridge? If he offered to... Read More
Our 26 Words launch last month was buzzing. Free Word Centre was packed with artists and writers who came together... Read More
I’m up in London on a rare visit from Cornwall to deliver – Such is the Price of Empire: How... Read More
Our latest project with the Story Museum is underway. The exhibition we’ve contributed to will run until April. Definitely worth... Read More
Oh! What a night! 26 Canadian artists from Prince Edward County Studio Tour and their supporters, about 100 people, gathered... Read More
Sam’s Song: Oltramarino Writing by Aimee Chalmers Painting by Sam Sakr Magnus Opus: orchestrated extravaganza. Tremolo, vibrato… angular... Read More
26 and The Foundling Museum The good news announced at Wordstock is that we have another collaborative project coming up,... Read More
Come and join us on a creative journey inspired by the music of Nick Drake, for the next 26 project.... Read More
We now have our 26 writers on board for a collaborative project. Thank you everyone for coming forward with such... Read More
Be not ashamed that you were bred in this Hospital. Own it.’ Our new project with The Foundling Museum has... Read More