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Rebecca Tantony narrates new High Street Tale for Weston-super-Mare in podcast celebrating historic high streets

News

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Competitions

Art and Energy Poetry Competition 2021

Competitions

Upcoming Events & Courses

14 Apr

Skrifa Awenek yn Kernewek – Online creative writing in Cornish for Cornish speakers

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April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 6:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until 28th April 2021

Online

14 Apr

Don’t Build Fires on the Backs of Big Fish: performance and talk by spoken word poet Chris White: live-streamed from Exeter Custom House and watch from home

Performance
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April 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Online

15 Apr

Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival 2021

Author Event
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April 15 @ 1:00 pm - April 18 @ 9:00 pm

Seren Cardiff

15 Apr

Word Online presents a reading by poet and playwright Inua Ellams, hosted by Bristol Libraries

Author Event
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April 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Online

19 Apr

WriteClub: Let’s Write a Love Story – with Polly Hall

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April 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

WriteClub online

19 Apr

LGBTQ+ Playwriting Course with James McDermott

Course
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April 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 7:30pm on Monday, repeating until 19th April 2021

Online

20 Apr

Books and the City Girls on Tour Virtual Night in

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April 20 @ 7:00 pm

Exeter Library

20 Apr

Mantle Arts’ online writing course – Map and compass plotting compelling fiction for children and young people

Course
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April 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 7:30pm on Tuesday, repeating until 18th May 2021

Online

21 Apr

Free, live online Q&A with Marika Cobbold and Amanda Craig

Author Event
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April 21 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Online

Opportunities

Poetry Cares: Poet training opportunity – Wiltshire

Opportunity

Resources

Literacy resources from around the web, curated by writer Wyl Menmuir

For Readers

Projects

Word Online: an online tour of diverse voices in South West Libraries

Project
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