Creative writing

Belinda Murrell will provide feedback on your writing for children, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Zoya Patel will provide feedback on your creative non-fiction work, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Fiona Wright will provide feedback on your poetry, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Practical course in writing poetry

Join us for our monthly series where artists, poets, and musicians share stories in conversation with Danny Gardner.

Improve your writing, meet fellow writers and get inspired

Get heavy with formidable writers

Practical tips to begin writing a song (or finish existing songs).

A space to write, meet other writers, and share your work

Improve your work skills by learning the techniques of writing a novel through our courses

Join JS Breukelaar to develop the skills and confidence you need to make your speculative fiction stand out.

Author and illustrator Judith Rossell will explore her latest adventure mystery, The Midwatch.

This Book Week, explore the library’s collection and create bold new stories from a sidekick’s point of view.

Deep dive into how you can present more effectively

This Book Week, meet author Deborah Frenkel and be inspired by the backstory to her book The Truck Cat

Learn how to write a memoir with us

Petronella McGovern will teach you how to link your characters and plot, and keep your story moving.

Learn to write in modern pointed pen script