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We Should Read to Give Our Souls a Chance to Luxuriate

By |July 22nd, 2020|Categories: Authors, Creative Writing, Education, Literature History|Tags: , , , , , |

We Should Read to Give Our Souls a Chance to Luxuriate George Orwell, the great writer said the words above. - They captured my imagination [...]

Open Readings (Online) – In partnership with the Barbican Library

By |July 14th, 2020|Categories: Creative Writing|Tags: , , |

Open reading in partnership with the Barbican will be taken online. Join us in a friendly atmosphere for a chance to read out your written [...]

Our natural born propensity for story-telling and the craze of conspiracy theories

By |July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Education, Technology|Tags: , , , , |

Humans are natural-born storytellers, and this is fundamental in how we make sense of the world around us. It is also how we form close [...]

How Kipling took inspiration from Sussex by the Sea

By |June 16th, 2020|Categories: Authors, Creative Writing, Literature History|Tags: , , , |

How Kipling took inspiration from Sussex by the SeaA wealth of famous authors have made their home in the county of Sussex over the years. [...]

Weekly news round-up 04/06/20

By |June 4th, 2020|Categories: Creative Writing, Miscellaneous|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

It’s time for another weekly round-up from The Writers Initiative, bringing you our pick of literary news stories and features that you may have missed [...]

5 UK publications which will pay for your poetry

By |June 1st, 2020|Categories: Creative Writing, How To, Publishing|Tags: , , , , , |

There are a plethora of magazines publishing poetry in the UK, but not all of them will pay you for your efforts. Here are five [...]

Weekly news round-up 28/05/20

By |May 28th, 2020|Categories: Creative Writing, Miscellaneous|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Welcome to The Writers Initiative’s weekly round-up of interesting news and features from the world of literature that you may have missed these last seven [...]

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