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Welcome to the literaturetraining site - the first stop shop for writers and all those involved in creating or supporting new writing and literature in the UK. 

We have regularly updated information on courses, mentoring, critical appraisal services, conferences and events, jobs, commissions, residencies, competitions, organisations, networks, training providers, books, magazines, and funding for professional development.

Latest resources from literaturetraining

Great Leap Forward: A Mentoring Journey
A fascinating article by writer and literature development specialist Anne Caldwell in which she reflects on the mentoring journey she took last year when she participated in two very different styles of mentoring for her poetry.  Available free as a download from the Mentoring section.

How Did I Get Here?
Specially commissioned features in which writers and literature professionals at different stages in their careers talk frankly about their professional journeys and who and what has helped them get to where they are today.  Read the next five in the series in the Professional Development section.

literaturetraining has nine partner organizations:

NAWE - supporting the development of creative writing of all genres and in all educational and community settings throughout the UK.
Academi - the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors.
Apples & Snakes - England's leading organisation for performance poetry.
Lapidus -  promotes healing and personal growth through writing and reading.
NALD - for all involved in developing writers, readers and literature audiences
renaissance one - provides literature and spoken word promotion
Scottish Book Trust - promoting literature, encouraging adults and children to read, write and be inspired by books.
Survivors' Poetry - promotes the writing of survivors of mental distress.
writernet - giving dramatic writers the tools they need to build better careers..

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