The Writers’ Toolkit 2010

The Writers’ Toolkit 2010  – Writer Networking Conference

Saturday 20th November 2010, 10.30am – 4pm

South Birmingham College, High Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU

Cost: £32 (£26 concession)

Deadline for booking: Friday 12th November, 2010

The Conference

This is our third annual gathering for emerging and established writers and anyone working in the creative writing industry. The Writers’ Toolkit offers opportunities to learn about aspects of the business of being a writer and to network with others working in the creative writing industry through a mixture of panel discussions and Q&A sessions.

The Writers’ Toolkit will open with a keynote address from the distinguished novelist Jim Crace. Other speakers will include playwrights David Edgar and Naylah Ahmed, novelists Mike Gayle, Helen Cross and Chris McCabe, poets David Morley and Roz Goddard, and representing the writing industry Kate Chapman (Theatre Writing Partnership), Jo Bell (National Poetry Day), David Hunter (BBC Radio), Carol Harding (BBC Television), Philip Gwyn-Jones (Portobello Books), Luke Brown (Tindal Street Press), Catherine Clarke (Felicity Bryan Agency), Caroline Jester (Birmingham Rep), Paul Munden (National Association of Writers in Education), Bernie Corbett (Writers’ Guild of Great Britain), Lucy McNab (Southbank Centre), Chris Unitt (Mashed Media), Ceri Gorton (Arts Council England) and many more.

A total of sixteen panel discussions will include Writing for Broadcast, Writing and Health, Real Writing Lives, Understanding Publishing, Writing and Education, Writers’ Rights, Doing Digital, Writing and Science, The Business of Writing, New Theatre Writing, Writing and Higher Education and many more.

Comments from last year’s participants… 

  • Crucial for writers who spend too much time alone! 
  • Really good value for money; focussed, informed and friendly 
  • Well worth the trip from Manchester 
  • Lots of valuable insights and information 
  • Really good to know there is such a vibrant active community in the region

 Booking…

To book a place please e-mail our contact form to request a booking form. A full programme will be provided before the conference. Details are subject to change. Some bursary places are available for writers requiring financial assistance to attend. Please contact Jonathan Davidson via our contact form for details.

Cost: £32 (£26 concession)

Deadline for booking: Friday 12th November, 2010