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N E W A R R I VA L S The Library’s Emerging Writers Programme will support 40 new faces this year
The Library has welcomed 40 writers onto its second Emerging Writers Programme, selected from a field of more than 800 applicants, including 12 who are under 28. Their work spans a wide range of genres, from poetry to playwriting, and each will benefit from a year’s free membership alongside a programme of writing development and networking opportunities, peer support and guidance in the use of the Library’s resources. The London Library Emerging Writers Programme launched in 2019 to support writers at the start of their
careers and help develop their work. A number of those involved in the inaugural programme are already enjoying success with published works and in TV and theatre production. To mark its conclusion in July, the Library has compiled an anthology of short pieces contributed by many of the participants. Read extracts on page 26 and visit the Library website for the full anthology.
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Visit londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-emergingwriters for more on the 2020–21 programme
Images: Courtesy the writers
