Sat 17 Oct 2026 2:00 PM – 6:00 PMConway Hall, WC1R 4RL A celebration of words, writing and the creative process through talking, listening and making...
Over the years Bloomsbury Festival has been very good for writers – as you’d expect from its literary associations. The...
Wordstock has been a part of 26’s calendar for more than a decade, and for the last three years it...
This November I spoke with artist, illustrator and designer Lydia Thornley. We met in the Terrace Café at the British...
At this year’s Wordstock, 50 poets, writers, and creatives, all passionate about words, gathered at Conway Hall Library in Bloomsbury....
Joni Brown takes her textiles piece for our imaginary 27th bridge into the Thames. I first heard of 26’s Wordstock...
Saturday 18th October, 2.00-6.00pmConway Hall, Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1R 4RL We are excited to confirm details of this...
For the last two years, we have been bringing our annual “Wordstock” Festival to the Bloomsbury Festival as a half-day...
Image by Thought Catalog on Unsplash (Left), and AI response (Right) At 26 we’re always looking to explore this question...
Photo by Evie S on Unsplash What does it mean to be neurodivergent? And how does it affect creativity? 15...
On the theme of the Bloomsbury Festival: Human.Kind. Photo by Thom Masat on Unsplash. We are just 3 weeks away...
26 books featured in the library at Wordstock 2023 In 1969, more than 460,000 people descended on a dairy farm...
Some very human, kind words… Last week saw the launch of the 2024 Bloomsbury Festival programme at Westminster Kingsway College...
There’s a lot happening on the project front, so we’ll keep you updated on projects as they start to unfold....
Last year’s sell-out Wordstock saw a new half-day format for 26’s annual celebration of words as we joined forces with...
With 2024 well underway, we tease our upcoming work with the Bloomsbury Festival, invite you to shape a new project...
Missing Wordstock doesn’t have to mean missing out! You can now purchase 6 recordings from the day for the fantastically...
Ahead of her appearance at Wordstock 2022, Alastair Creamer shares two short reviews of Kirsty Gunn’s work. Something to whet...
…when you could get your early bird ticket for £95 for this bumper one-day festival? From 8 August, the ticket...
Wordstock returns this year on Saturday 12 November at Goodenough College in Bloomsbury, London. Please put the date in your...
This year we’re looking at Wordstock in a different way. Rather than putting all our efforts into one big-bash day,...
It took widely praised Serbian author Vesna Goldsworthy thirty years to write creatively in English. Goldsworthy’s favourite game as a...
At Wordstock this year, three oral historians will reveal how audio recordings can aid writing and unlock life stories. Alan...
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Victoria Hislop will be speaking at this year’s 26 Wordstock festival of words on...
We’re thrilled to say that Vesna Goldsworthy will be one of our Wordstock speakers on 15 October. Or we should...
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s 26 Wordstock on Saturday 15 October. A festival of words by 26...
Tittle is the little dot over the i or j. Charlie Dupre is the only rapper to hail from leafy...
We’re gearing up for Wordstock, our annual festival of words. Now in its fifth year, this one-day event is bursting...
26 is all about sharing our knowledge, ideas and passion for words. And we’d like 26ers to join in by...
We’re on the lookout for 26ers to run workshops at this year’s Wordstock on Saturday 17 October. Perhaps you can...
Wordstock, our annual festival of words, is a one-day celebration of ideas, language, creative nonsense, book swaps and short sharp...
From an angry badger and a chicken called Janet, to the story of a lost song and life on Mars...
Keep up to speed with 26 news and events, including updates on next month’s fabulous Wordstock, a soon-to-sell-out Masterclass on...
Wordstock, 26’s annual festival of words, is just three weeks away. The line-up for this one-day celebration of words, ideas...
Wordstock, our annual festival of words, is almost upon us. This one-day celebration of ideas, language, creative nonsense, book swaps...
Here’s the place where you find out all the news from 26 from new projects in Canada and Oxford and...
We’re on the lookout for 26ers to run workshops at this year’s Wordstock on Saturday 17 October. Perhaps you can...
“Heathcliff. It’s me, Cathy, I’m alive.” “This isn’t Heathcliff. It’s Cliff, Heathcliff’s flatmate. What’s your name again?” “Cathy” “He’s in...
On Saturday I went off to Wordstock, 26’s annual festival of words at the Free Word Centre. This year we...
Dick Mullender: Expert listening skills Could Dick Mullender persuade me not to jump off a bridge? If he offered to...
Remember, Remember the 9th of November That time is nearly upon us. Yes, it’s 26Wordstock 2013, curated by the sparkling...
Dick Mullender is a hostage negotiator and expert in negotiation. His experiences in the field with the UN, the FBI...
News and announcements for 26ers including the Wordstock line-up, an early shout-out for writers with a Christmas spirit and 26...
Stop mourning summer’s no show and start willing the nights to draw in, because November 9th sees the return of...
News and announcements about all things 26 including Wordstock, 26 Words, Pecha Kucha and celebrating Norwich’s literary past. Norwich rocks!...
This is the place where all things 26 hail. From Tessa Ross to Wordstock to Norwich to Pecha Kucha, and...
News and announcements from this parish, including 26 Miles in the pub, a corporate membership deal, how to update your...
Elise Valmorbida, co-organiser of Wordstock 2012, has some exciting news. The Wordstock video is being edited right now. And it’s...