We are delighted to introduce two FREE online poetry courses designed and written for the National Centre for Writing by resident poet, TLC Director Aki Schilz on super short
The TLC Pen Factor Writing Competition, a major element of the annual TLC Writers’ Day, has seen a glittering cohort of alumni go on to secure major publishing deals,
According to the Office of National Statistics, the average gender pay gap in the UK is 15.5%. In recognition of this, in the week of International Women’s Day (8th-12th
As we come to the end of a challenging year, we are very proud to announce that we have launched an Employee Assistance Programme that will be accessible to
As part of Free Word’s ‘How to Be Kind’ season, TLC devised a series of literary advice columns, answering questions submitted to an email hotline we set up especially
TLC is delighted to announce the winner of the BESEA Free Read, a mini scholarship generously sponsored by Indonesian writer Jessica Ginting in support of British East and South
TLC Christmas gift vouchers are now available, redeemable at any value against manuscript assessment, mentoring (fiction, non-fiction, short stories, poetry and scripts) and our new Submission Package Report. A unique
TLC Free Reads recipient and friend, Akeem Balogun has released his debut short story collection, ‘The Storm’ on Okapi Books, a new press which he has co-founded with Brett Hackett and
TLC is delighted to announce a new opportunity for British East and South East Asian (BESEA) writers working on fiction projects. An open submissions period from 9am October 12th
TLC is delighted to announce the fourth cohort of writers selected from submissions open to LGBTQ+ writers, run during Pride month each year. The LGBTQ+ Free Reads scheme is
We’re very excited to share the news that the winner of last year’s TLC Pen Factor, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn has secured a six-figure publishing deal with Viking Books for
