Rebecca Swift Foundation Women Poets’ Prize 2020 Opens for Submissions
The biennial Women Poets’ Prize, founded by the Rebecca Swift Foundation, launches into its second prize year today. The prize, which honours TLC Founder Rebecca Swift’s two key passions – […]
Craft: Why It Matters
I run a local writing group – Wear Valley Writers – and we’ve occasionally had new members who’ve turned up, said they’re poets, and read us a few of their […]
Deborah Alma Published by The Emma Press
Published by The Emma Press, who were shortlisted for the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlet Publishers last year, Alma draws from her own experiences to thread the truth into […]
Exiled Writers Poetry Prize
TLC is proud to support an important poetry prize run by Exiled Writers, which is open to all UK refugees, migrants, exiles and asylum seekers. The prize is free to […]
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 Reader Releases Book on Nanoscience
Award-winning science writer – and TLC non-fiction and poetry reader – Peter Forbes has worked together with sculptor Tom Grimsey to produce a full-colour book on nanotechnology which is due […]
Porlock Arts Festival
On September 14 TLC Director Rebecca Swift appeared at the Porlock Arts Festival to talk about TLC, and all things Emily Dickinson. Of her appearance, the festival blog stated: ‘On […]
The Literateur and TLC Announce Competition Winners
It was truly an enjoyable evening with readings by the judges, a discussion about the future of writing and, of course, our awards ceremony. All six of the winners were given a chance to read their short story or poem in front of a fully packed lecture theatre at the Free Word Centre.
The winning submissions will be published in The Literateur and the winners will also receive…
TLC Adventurer Wins Place at Literateur Competition
Denise Larking Coste, one of our literary adventurers, was long listed for the poetry section of the literateur competition. In addition to being long-listed, several of her poems have been […]
‘The Wasteland’ by T.S. Eliot read by Actor Roger Lloyd Pack
03.06.10 Actor Roger Lloyd Pack reads ‘The Wasteland’ by T.S. Eliot at the Free Word Centre
Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish Perform Keats at the Free Word Centre
On 21st September 2010 actor Ben Whishaw will read Keats’ complete poems and selected letters.
