Room 204 opens for submissions
Our flagship programme for emerging writers is open for applications! Deadline: Monday 1 February 2021
What Was, and What Will Be
A message to our network of writers at the end of this exceptional, and exceptionally hard, year.
Events, Short Courses & Workshops
Events and training for writers: January - June 2021
Events & Writing Courses
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 provide schools with writers, run 20 monthly creative writing groups across the west midlands 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. For 2020, we ran a series of online workshops, a weekly podcast throughout the autumn, daily poetry readings, and live-streamed events in partnership with Durham Book Festival. The festival will return in 2021.
