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W&A events range from one-off masterclass evenings with authors and How to Hook an Agent lunches through to full-day How to Get Published conferences and multi-week evening writing courses. These events take place online, at our offices in Bloomsbury Publishing, or, when we can, at venues across the UK. Wherever possible, W&A events are held in association with literature development charities, universities, and other writing organisations.

Our interactive Writing Calendar is there to keep you up-to-date with all that's going on in the world of writing, enabling you to browse upcoming festivals, events and competitions by keyword, date, genre or location. To add a Writing Calendar entry, simply create/log in to your W&A account and click here. 

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How to Get Published
How To Get Published – Fiction & Poetry
4th December 2024 6:00pm to 5th December 2024 8:30pm, Online
Are you a writer looking to develop your craft? Do you want to understand more about the publishing process from the people who know it best, such as...
£45.00
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How to Hook an Agent
How to Hook An Agent (Children's & YA) 2024
9th November 2024 9:15am to 1:30pm, Bloomsbury Publishing
50 Bedford Square
Are you writing a YA novel, children's book or picture book for publication but unsure of how to find an agent? Get the inside track on the...
£175.00
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How to Hook an Agent - Feb 25
22nd February 2025 9:00am to 1:30pm, Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square
Are you writing a book for publication but unsure of how to find an agent? Get the inside track on the submission process from leading UK literary...
£175.00
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Masterclasses
Writing Funny
30th October 2024 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Online
Do you want to make your readers laugh? Join writer Sophie Tanner (Reader, I Married Me) to hear her discuss her creative process and where humour...
£30.00
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Building the Creative You: Firing Up Your Brain’s Creative Furnaces
11th November 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Online

Do you want to fire up your brain’s creative furnaces?

In this session with Andrew Wright from Action Your Potential, he’ll delve into...

£100.00
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Writing A Thriller
18th November 2024 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Online

Do you want to have your readers on the edge of their seats?

Join Rose Wilding, author of ultimate revenge thriller Speak of the Devil, for...

£30.00
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KM Test Event II
25th November 2024 3:00pm to 6:00pm, Venue name
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£25.00
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Writing Courses
Your Novel: Structuring, Editing and Preparing for Submission - 2024
4th November 2024 6:00pm to 9th December 2024 8:30pm, Online
It’s time to turn your book idea into a fully-fledged manuscript. Critically acclaimed author William Ryan leads Your Novel: Structuring, Editing and...
£395.00
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Writing Non-Fiction 2024
5th November 2024 7:00pm to 3rd December 2024 9:00pm, Online
Is there a story you’d love to tell? Would you like to emulate the authors you most admire and tell a story with power and persuasiveness? Are you...
£350.00
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Find Your Voice (January 2025)
21st January 2025 7:00pm to 25th February 2025 9:00pm, Online
Explore the craft of creative writing by paying attention to voice in our online course with writer Natalie Young.
£275.00
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Write Better Fiction: Improve Your Manuscript in Four Weeks - March 25
3rd March 2025 6:00pm to 24th March 2025 8:30pm, Online
Are you serious about taking your writing to the next level? Do you want to improve your manuscript in just four weeks?

Write Better Fiction...

£275.00
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Writing Calendar

Darkness in the Fields: Midwinter
7th December 2024 12:30pm to 8th December 2024 5:30pm
A weekend of folk horror writing workshops, talks and interviews.
£36.00
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The Shape of Haibun
9th January 2025 4:00pm to 12th June 2025 6:00pm, Online
Suitable for writers wanting experience in writing haibun/tanka prose, including experienced Flash Fiction writers who would like to extend their...
£320.00
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Fears of the Dark - Online Horror Writing School
4th February 2025 6:30pm to 13th March 2025 8:30pm
A 6-week online horror writing school, featuring guest workshops, feedback sessions and more!
£55.00
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