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W&A events range from one-off masterclass evenings with authors and How to Hook an Agent lunches through to full-day How to Get Published conferences and multi-week evening writing courses. These events take place online, at our offices in Bloomsbury Publishing, or, when we can, at venues across the UK. Wherever possible, W&A events are held in association with literature development charities, universities, and other writing organisations.

Our interactive Writing Calendar is there to keep you up-to-date with all that's going on in the world of writing, enabling you to browse upcoming festivals, events and competitions by keyword, date, genre or location. To add a Writing Calendar entry, simply create/log in to your W&A account and click here. 

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Children's & YA Fiction Festival
Children's Writers & Illustrators Festival 2024: WEEKEND PASS
23rd March 2024 10:00am to 24th March 2024 5:00pm, Online
Following the success of our inaugural festival in 2023, our Children's Writers & Illustrators Festival is back for 2024. This is a craft-based...
£80.00
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Children's Writers & Illustrators Festival 2024: MASTERCLASS+
23rd March 2024 10:00am to 24th March 2024 5:00pm, Online
Following the success of our inaugural festival in 2023, our Children's Writers & Illustrators Festival is back for 2024. This is a craft-based...
£65.00
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Masterclass with ALEX WHARTON
23rd March 2024 11:00am to 12:30pm, Online
A live online masterclass with Children’s Laureate Wales Alex Wharton, that comes as part of our Children's Writers & Illustrators Festival 2024...
£45.00
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Masterclass with HOLLY BOURNE
23rd March 2024 2:15pm to 3:45pm, Online
A live online masterclass with YA author Holly Bourne that comes as part of our Children's Writers & Illustrators Festival 2024. For more...
£45.00
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How to Hook an Agent
How to Hook An Agent - February 2024
17th February 2024 9:15am to 1:30pm, Bloomsbury Publishing
50 Bedford Square
Are you writing a book for publication but unsure of how to find an agent? Get the inside track on the submission process from leading UK literary...
£175.00
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Masterclasses
Writing A Non-Fiction Proposal: The Essentials
14th February 2024 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Online

Learn how to write an non-fiction proposal with literary agent Eli Keren. View our full event programme here: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/...

£20.00
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Writing Memoir: Where to Start and Where to End
21st February 2024 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Online

Do you want to tell your story?

Putting real life onto a page is a process of transformation. Memoirs can pull from the span of a...

£20.00
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Writing Popular Science
5th March 2024 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Online
Join Emma Chapman for a masterclass on writing popular science, touching on research, structure and accessibility. View our full event programme here...
£30.00
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Writing as Activism
13th March 2024 6:30pm to 8:30pm, Online

Writing is protest.

In this online masterclass, award-winning writer Aude Konan will be offering you the tools to make change through...

£5.00
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The Bloomsbury Institute
Careers in Publishing - Brighton
27th March 2024 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Brighthelm Centre
North Road
Find out about the different careers available in the world of publishing at this evening event. View our full event programme: https://www....
£9.00
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Writing Courses
How to Edit Your Manuscript
21st February 2024 7:00pm to 27th March 2024 8:30pm, Online
All writing is rewriting. In this online course, you'll work with editor and mentor Alex Hammond to develop your self-editing skills across all the...
£350.00
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Write Better Fiction: Improve Your Manuscript in Four Weeks
4th March 2024 6:00pm to 25th March 2024 8:30pm, Online
Are you serious about taking your writing to the next level? Writing Better Fiction is an introduction to the essentials of storytelling, and a...
£275.00
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Writing Horror Fiction 2024
22nd April 2024 7:00pm to 20th May 2024 8:30pm, Online
Led by award-winning author Kirsty Logan, Writing Horror Fiction is a five-week online writing course that combines discussion, analysis, and plenty...
£350.00
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Writing Your Children's Book 2024
8th May 2024 6:30pm to 12th June 2024 8:00pm, Online

Are you crafting a story for young people? Do you aspire to write children's and middle-grade books that will sit on bookshelves next to...

£350.00
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Writing Calendar

National Centre for Writing: Online Tutored Creative Writing Courses
12th February 2024 9:00am to 17th June 2024 10:00am
Book your place on a comprehensive, flexible NCW online tutored creative writing course, starting Monday 12 February 2024.
£427.50
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Bournemouth Writing Festival
26th April 2024 3:00pm to 28th April 2024 10:00pm, Festival Hub: Pavilion Dance South West
Westover Road
The Bournemouth Writing Festival inspires writers to write with practical and hands-on events, workshops, talks, walks and networking opportunities.
£8.50
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