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An Evening of Inspiring Poetry
An Evening of Inspiring Poetry with an Open Mic About this event The Barbican Library presents a special night of poetry with prize-winning poet, Jenny [...]
A Bloody History Of Two Marys
The Bloody Mary Phantom One of the most common ghost stories in Britain is the legend of Bloody Mary. Known as a vengeful ghost, her [...]
Open Readings Meeting – In partnership with the Barbican Library
The next Writers Initiative will be held at the Barbican Library in central London. If you live or can travel in Central London then please [...]
Writing Great Dialogue – Workshop
Workshop Details Dialogue can sometimes be neglected or seen as a low priority when writing fiction, but writing good dialogue can be hard and this [...]
How To Write Great Characters
Fictional Character Development Fiction writers often find that their characters reveal themselves as the story unfolds, and develop in a way they didn’t initially have [...]
Constructive Feedback on your Writing
Open Readings Writers Initiative Open Readings in partnership with the Barbican library The writers Initiative runs regular open reading sessions, where writers of [...]
How to remember important information
Have you ever left a lecture having listened to the tutor tell you crucial bits of information and forgotten immediately? With the competing distractions of [...]
Is this the Death of Cinema?
Cinema as we know it is changing Cinema in one form or another has been with us for over a century. It’s evolved from [...]