Read our latest interview! 🎙️

We caught up with Oli Nicol, Co-Vice Chair of Nottingham City of Literature’s Youth Advisory Board, to find out more about his role and the Youth Advisory Board's exciting projects.🤝

If you want to read the whole interview, use our link in bio!🤍

Last chance to join our Board of Trustees!🤝👥

Make your mark and help us make Nottingham an even greater literary destination.

Deadline to apply is on 12 April! If you’d like to find out more please read our pack (link in bio)🤍

Attention young writers in Nottingham! 📝✨

Join Kuhmo City of Literature 's writing competition for 15-21 year-olds across UNESCO Cities of Literature. Win €400 & a chance to perform at their events! Entries are open until 29th March!

Speakeasy is our bi-monthly spoken word open mic night at @nottmplayhouse. Led and curated by our youth board member Abi Hutchison, it provides a chance for young poets to share words and time together. The next event is tonight. Tickets are free.

nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/project/speak-…

Happy #WorldPoetryDay !📖

Join us tonight at 6pm at Pilgrims Pizza for a blend of Pizza and Poetry.
Tomorrow, don't miss the Speak Easy Special at Nottingham Playhouse, celebrating young poets.
Dive into 'Words of the City' on TikTok and our webpage for more! #LetsCreate

Speakeasy is our bi-monthly spoken word open mic night at @nottmplayhouse . Led and curated by our youth board member Abi Hutchison, it provides a chance for young poets to share words and time together. The next event is on 22 March!

Tickets are free:
nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/project/speak-…

Join us for the final sharing events of Our City Our Stories and hear stories from your local community!📖

📍Southglade Library: 21st March (3-5PM)
📍Meadows Library: 23rd March (10-12AM)

Go to our website for more information! See you there!✨
#Letscreate #OurCityOurStories

Attention young writers in Nottingham! 📝✨

Join Kuhmo City of Literature 's writing competition for 15-21 year-olds across UNESCO Cities of Literature. Win €400 & a chance to perform at their events! Entries are open until 29th March!

Nottingham-based writer Neal Pike has been working with City of Literature on a ‘virtual’ writing residency. We put some questions to him about the experience.

nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/neal-pike…

Exciting news!
In celebration of World Book Day, we’re thrilled to announce the return of our summer reading campaign: Big City Reads to Nottingham!🌟
Stay tuned as we select our final four books and keep an eye out for more updates!✨📖

#BigCityReads #WorldBookDay #LetsCreate

We sat down to talk to Nottingham’s 2023 Slamovision winner Annie Cross about her inspirations, Slamovision and her future plans.

nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/in-conver…

Happy Leap Year! Know any Nottingham writers aged 15-21 who looking to take a leap into a writing career? If so then this competition from our friends at Kuhmo City of Literature looks like a great opportunity! Entries are open until 29 March.

kirjallisuuskaupunki.fi/en/jutun-juuri…

Nottingham-based writer Neal Pike has been working with City of Literature on a ‘virtual’ writing residency. We put some questions to him about the experience.

nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/neal-pike…

Our City, Our Stories is a creative project, about gathering local stories. Join us for relaxed workshops where we’ll talk, listen and write together, building stories based on your experiences and ideas.

nottinghamcityofliterature.com/projects/our-c…

Our writers have been busy collecting local stories! 🖋️
Join Our City Our Stories project at local libraries. 📖
Share, listen, create! Visit our website for more information!🤎🌸 #Letscreate Nottingham City Libraries

Two years on from Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, join representatives of Nottingham’s Ukrainian community, local poets, and Cities of Literature around the world for an evening of Ukrainian poetry in translation.

fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/reading…

Often, writers dream of spending time overseas, focused on creative work, but don’t quite know how to make this happen. If that sounds like you, you should check out this online discussion tomorrow from our friends at City of Literature
writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/even…

The fifty word flash fiction writing competition from Derby Book Festival is back! Each year they choose a different theme and ask you to write an original story of up to 50 words. This year’s theme is ‘Spring.’ Entries close tomorrow. Eek!

derbybookfestival.co.uk/news/2024/can-…

I had the pleasure of judging the final of Slamovision late last year, alongside Abíọ́dún Abdul, and Jake Wild-Acre Hall. Congrats to Esther Koch for winning the event, and a big thanks to Becky Cullen, and Hannah Trevarthen and Katy Birch at Nottingham City of Literature for the opportunity!

Speakeasy is our bi-monthly spoken word open mic night at @nottmplayhouse. Led and curated by our youth board member Abi Hutchison, it provides a chance for young poets to share words and time together. The next event is tonight. Tickets are free.

nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/project/speak-…