Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
Save the dates: 9th-18th October 2025
Events and Courses
Join us for live taught writing courses and workshops, as well as in person events.
Spark Young Writers
Fun and playful creative writing groups for children and young people in the West Midlands.
Writers
We run workshops, conferences, residencies and networking throughout the year, as well as the creative development programme Room 204. We hold a range of writing workshops and short courses, as well as host writers from all over the globe.
Young People
Through our Spark Young Writers Programme, we run 24 monthly creative writing groups across the west midlands, run an annual Careers in Writing event, publish a quarterly online magazine, and hold a yearly Summer Writing Challenge.
Readers
Through partnerships with publishers, universities, galleries, libraries and many others, we nurture readers as much as writers.
Celebrating Words
Birmingham Literature Festival runs annually with a full programme, usually in October. This is a leading festival in the Midlands showcasing the very best writers, speakers, thinkers and artist from the UK and across the world.
