Join us in June for LATE LINES, an evening of #spokenword featuring City Lit writers, plus special guest Ellen Cranitch.

📅 Friday 14 June
🕒 18:30-20:00
🎟️ Free
🌆 City Lit, Covent garden

Book now, or register to read on the night ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/city-lit-pre…

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far: the New Yorker's editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads.

newyorker.com/best-books-2024

‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’: why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlist
theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

City Lit is much more than just an educational venue. Our #events programme provides a wealth of cultural experience and entertainment.

Throughout the year, we host a programme of art exhibitions, drama productions, festivals, talks, lectures and more: citylit.ac.uk/events

Congratulations to City Lit writing tutor Suzannah V. Evans who has a new sequence of poems published in ENGLISH English Association 🎉

Liam Konemann (Liam Konemann) is a freelance journalist and author of The Arena of the Unwell (@404Ink). Join him for Introduction to Journalism, starting next week, and Writing Music Journalism, starting in June.
citylit.ac.uk/courses/introd…
citylit.ac.uk/courses/writin…

Join Colin Crummy (Colin Crummy), former deputy editor at Attitude Magazine and film editor at i-D, on this one-day course on writing film journalism.
BOOK NOW: citylit.ac.uk/courses/writin…

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them...
HART CRANE

#amwriting #writing #writing life #writing tips #writing inspiration

Alice Robb (Alice Robb) is the author of Why We Dream (@picadorbooks), and Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet (@HarperCollins). She'll teach you to write journalistically about dating, sex and relationships in this one-day course.
Book now: citylit.ac.uk/courses/journa…

Another fantastic turnout for this year's Deaf Day, which took place last weekend here at City Lit. Thousands of attendees came from all over the UK to celebrate Deaf culture, meet and socialise.

Read more on our blog: ow.ly/ZB6650Rh2Ij

We hope to see you again next year!

.Strange Region are looking for short fiction, essays, poetry and hybrid work for their new anthology until May 31st. Learn more below 👇

Congratulations to City Lit alumna Anna Mindel Crawford, whose poetry is featured in the March 2024 issue of Propel Magazine, edited by The Typo King FRSL / FRSA 🎉

Read the full issue here ➡️ propelmagazine.co.uk/ten

Alice Robb (Alice Robb) is the author of Why We Dream (@picadorbooks), and Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet (@HarperCollins). She'll teach you to write journalistically about dating, sex and relationships in this one-day course.
Book now: citylit.ac.uk/courses/journa…

Are you writing a children’s book? Do you want to share and discuss your work with other writers? Join us on Monday evenings at City Lit City Lit Writing Dpt at this workshop

citylit.ac.uk/courses/writin…

Wishing a very warm welcome to all students who are starting their #creativewriting courses at City Lit this week! ✍️

There are still places available on online & F2F courses starting this month and through the spring. Learn more ➡️ citylit.ac.uk/courses/histor…

📣 You still have this weekend and all day Monday 15th April to enter your up to 2200 word story to the 2024 BathShortStoryAward. £1200 top prize. Judge
Sophie Haydock

➡️ bathshortstoryaward.org

Are you a budding writer? ✍️

City Lit tutor Helen Cox has produced a comprehensive guide about the best way to get your book published in 2024. 📚

Learn how to get your magnum opus on the shelf by reading our our blog today: ow.ly/vg9j50Re6Fk

#BookPublishing #Writing

You've written and workshopped your #poetry , and now you're ready to create your first collection. But where do you begin with that process?

I'm teaching a workshop with City Lit Writing Dpt which offers advice on putting together your first collection:

citylit.ac.uk/courses/create…