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Working-class Writing: Why your voice needs to be heard

Join 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction chair of judges and writer Kit de Waal and 2025 Discoveries judge and novelist Dreda Say Mitchell for this online event exploring the challenges and opportunities faced by working-class writers. Chaired by Elaine Canning, Director of Swansea University’s Cultural Institute and the Dylan Thomas Prize, they will discuss the […]

Free – £14.00

How to Write Your Opening Chapters

Do you have a brilliant idea for a novel but don't know where to start? Join our 2025 Discoveries judge Chloe Timms, for this online event hosted by Writers & Artists on writing your opening chapters. Chloe will reveal the key ingredients of a winning first chapter, how you can hook readers with a thrilling premise or unique […]

Writers on Writers: V. V. Ganeshananthan and Naomi Klein

Join us for a hugely exciting and unique opportunity to hear from our 2024 prize winners in conversation: V. V. Ganeshananthan, winner of the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her deeply moving, powerful second novel, Brotherless Night, which depicts a Tamil family fractured by the Sri Lankan civil war; and Naomi Klein, awarded the […]

£12.00 – £24.00

Publishing Your Own Way

Whilst traditional publishing still dominates bookshops and bestseller lists, many writers are increasingly finding alternative ways to reach readers, so they can earn an income and feel empowered to make their own choices about connecting with readers. Chaired by literary agent Jamilah Ahmed, writers Eleanor Anstruther, Elizabeth Kuligowski and Preethi Nair will reflect on the […]

£7.00 – £14.00

Event Series Women’s Prize Book Club

Women’s Prize Book Club with Sarah Waters

In conversation with Simon Savidge Dear Book Lovers, We are thrilled to invite you to the second Women’s Prize Book Club event! The Women’s Prize Trust is partnering with Storyhouse to bring you a series of book club events like no other. Each event will feature an author from the Women’s Prize Library or a […]

£8.00

Whose Story is it Anyway? Marisa Bate on Memoir Writing

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Many writers want to tell the story of who they are and the people and places that shaped them. But what does this story say about the wider world that can draw readers in? How do you tell a story that involves the lives of others, such as family members or friends, who may perceive […]

Free – £14.00

Event Series Women’s Prize Book Club

Women’s Prize Book Club with Paula Hawkins

In conversation with Simon and Louise Savidge Dear Book Lovers, We are thrilled to invite you to the third event for the Women’s Prize Book Club! The Women’s Prize Trust is partnering with Storyhouse to bring you a series of book club events like no other. Each event will feature an author from the Women’s […]

£8.00