Mentoring Industry Day

Meet and pitch to agents and publishers at the TLC Industry Day
Industry Day

Our in person industry day for TLC mentees
TLC Pen Factor Winner & Mentee Johnny Gaunt Secures Agent

TLC Pen Factor winner secures literary agent representation
TLC Plants Trees for Writers

This week, the Booksellers’ Association launched its first Green Manifesto, urging the book trade to keep environmental sustainability at the top of its priority list following a survey of members’ […]
Christmas Gift Vouchers

TLC Christmas gift vouchers are now available, redeemable against manuscript assessment, mentoring (fiction, non-fiction, short stories, poetry and scripts), and TLC events. Gift vouchers can be purchased in multiples of £25, […]
TLC Mentee Publishes with Ebury

We are thrilled to share that Beth Miller, who in 2009 won a mentoring award through a scheme run by TLC, has had her first book When We Were Sisters published by Ebury […]
Chapter & Verse Mentee Has Collection Forthcoming with Eyewear Publishing

We are delighted for Jemma Borg, whose new collection of poetry, The Illuminated World, is due to be published by Eyewear Publishing later this year. Speaking about the road to publication […]
TLC Author Joins Writing Process Blog Tour

TLC author Amna Boheim, who recently joined our Chapter and Verse mentoring programme and whose work we showcased earlier this year, has written a blog as part of the ‘Writing […]
TLC Mentee Publishes Debut Collection

Emma Lannie, who was mentored by writer Ray Robinson as part of TLC’s Chapter and Verse online mentoring scheme, has had her debut collection of short stories released by independent […]
TLC Mentee Shortlisted for Literary Prize

We’re delighted that Divya Ghelani, a mentee on our Chapter and Verse programme, has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Prize for her novel Runaway. The winner of the novel writing […]
Jennifer Makumbi wins Kwani Manuscript Prize

Former TLC client Jennifer Makumbi has won the Kwani Manuscript Prize for her manuscript The Kintu Saga. Jennifer was awarded an Arts Council Free Read and was mentored by Sara Maitland as part of TLC’s Chapter […]
Waterloo Press Publishes Tantie Diablesse by Fawzia Kane
Fawzia Kane, a former TLC mentee, has published her collection of poems titled Tantie Diablesse. Waterloo Press will launch the book at the end of January, a collection of poems […]