How I reacted to… a change in the funding climate
When project funding slowed after the financial crash, Jaybird Live Literature was unable to put on the technically complex poetry…
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Damning review of Welsh literature agency slammed by Arts Council
Literature Wales was stunned by the review, which recommended stripping the body of its main responsibilities and handing them ove…
A perfect match
When her circus arts company was invited to perform in a library, Camille Bensoussan feared there would be endless health and safe…
How to… help writers break through
What should people working in the arts do to support writers in their early years? Steve Dearden, co-founder of the The Writing Sq…
Library funding misses the point, authors claim
Arts Council England funding for projects to tackle disadvantage is accused of being “window dressing” in the context…
Protecting creative efforts
How can we make sure that authors are paid fairly in times of technological change? Luke Alcott discusses the steps that are being…
Photodiary: A week with Volunteer Coordinator Oz Yikici
Model skeletons, cubed earwax and mentoring young writers – all in a week’s work for Ministry of Stories’ Oz Yik…
When the clocks turned back
A storytelling project that invited young people to challenge the traditional role of libraries culminated in midnight performance…
ACE picks up £10.8m book gifting bill from the Department for Education
A £5.4m-a-year grant to give away packs of free books to all children in England places the Book Trust among Arts Council En…
Reading for Europe
It is not trade that binds Europe together, it’s culture, argues Eric Lane. He explains how a reading campaign is engaging w…
Job ladder – Bryan Savery
From Tamasha Theatre Company to the Free Word Centre, Bryan Savery traces the course of his career.
A festival for all the senses
When Torbay’s annual Agatha Christie Week was expanded into a major literature festival things took an unexpected turn. Anna…
The word’s the thing
How can literature and publishing thrive in the wake of Creative Scotland's review of the cultural sector, asks Andrew Ormston…
New support for Scottish writing
Following a review of the literature and publishing sector, Creative Scotland is supporting new schemes to promote Scottish writer…
Thriving in an unequal world
Being a young, female leader in the arts is a novelty – one Isobel Colchester has come to realise she must explore and celeb…
The arts effect
Do arts projects in schools boost pupils’ health and wellbeing? Ros McLellan finds the current evidence posit…
Children’s literature centre gets funding go-ahead
Restoration of the house and garden that inspired ‘Peter Pan’ will provide a new home for children’s literature…
A very grand departure
Pat Cochrane describes how Cape UK has produced educational resources for the Yorkshire Festival, part of the Tour de France&rsquo…
ACE impact report in the firing line
A withering letter signed by senior academics raises serious concerns about the recent ACE review of the impact of the arts and th…
Writing a different script
As the Writing Squad recruits its seventh group of talented young authors, Danny Broderick and Steve Dearden explain how their for…
Writing in a hidden world
Lucas Stewart reports on the difficulties involved in ‘Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds’, a British Council project in Burm…
More Shakespeare for schools
Globe Education will extend its free schools ticket scheme as Deutsche Bank commits to a further three years’ support.
A funding fog
Kate Massey-Chase discusses the impact of personal budgets on participants at CoolTan Arts.
Freedom writers
Cila Warncke discusses the role of literature in promoting democracy and social change in a country like Myanmar. &…
