Twenty libraries across the region, embracing public, university, college, school and NHS hospital libraries are coming together to form a unique touring network to host a proliferation of novelists, poets, playwrights and spoken word artists drawn from different backgrounds and cultures, both resident in the South West and new to the area. Each writer is invited to facilitate one or more creative workshops – reading groups or writing classes – followed by a live ‘In Conversation’ evening event. As well as engaging with the general public, each library has chosen the audience it would most like to reach, ranging from LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent members of the local community, to young adults, refugees and new arrivals. Most tour events are being held live, in person, at each library with many also available for simultaneous online broadcast and accessible to all.