2026 author tour: WORDS ALIVE IN LIBRARIES
LIFE WRITING, WELLBEING, AND NATURE
SWRLS in partnership with Literature Works is excited to be running a fourth author tour across South West libraries, with funding from Arts Council England.
This time, the tour is running from January to June 2026, and focuses on life writing, wellbeing, and nature. It combines author Q&A talks with hands-on creative writing and reading workshops, delivered by a fantastic group of authors whose work explores these themes: Arifa Akbar, Jacqueline Crooks, Nathan Filer, Michael Malay, Noreen Masud, Davina Quinlivan, Fiona Robertson, and Fiona Williams.
‘The new tour will bring diverse writing talent to the doorstep of local libraries across the region: public libraries, colleges libraries and university libraries. Audience feedback from the 2023 tour was fantastic, and we’re excited to reach even more communities that otherwise might not get the chance to meet and work with writers like these.’
Helen Chaloner, Literature Works CEO
The public programme and tickets are now available here: https://literatureworks.org.uk/projects/words-alive-in-libraries/
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2026 author tour: WORDS ALIVE IN LIBRARIES
LIFE WRITING, WELLBEING, AND NATURE
SWRLS in partnership with Literature Works is excited to be running a fourth author tour across South West libraries, with funding from Arts Council England.
This time, the tour is running from January to June 2026, and focuses on life writing, wellbeing, and nature. It combines author Q&A talks with hands-on creative writing and reading workshops, delivered by a fantastic group of authors whose work explores these themes: Arifa Akbar, Jacqueline Crooks, Nathan Filer, Michael Malay, Noreen Masud, Davina Quinlivan, Fiona Robertson, and Fiona Williams.
‘The new tour will bring diverse writing talent to the doorstep of local libraries across the region: public libraries, colleges libraries and university libraries. Audience feedback from the 2023 tour was fantastic, and we’re excited to reach even more communities that otherwise might not get the chance to meet and work with writers like these.’
Helen Chaloner, Literature Works CEO
The public programme and tickets are now available here: https://literatureworks.org.uk/projects/words-alive-in-libraries/