All Tomorrow’s Publishers – Day 2

All Tomorrow’s Publishers is an independent publishing fair showcasing the depth and range of the grassroots literary and art publishing scene. It takes place over two days, Saturday and Sunday, and includes events, walks, workshops and talks. Meet the publishers, buy the books, hear the authors.

Sunday’s event, curated by Nicci Praça, presents:

Gatehouse Press/Lighthouse Journal, CB Editions, Galley Beggar Press, Fitzcarraldo Editions, The White Review, Penned in the Margins, Vanguard Editions, The Pigeonhole, Tilted Axis, Dodo Ink Press, Periscope, The Learned Pig, Itinerant Poetry Librarian & Poet For Hire.

Details

Day: Sunday
Time: Noon - 5pm
Venue: The Peckham Pelican
Cost: £FREE

Gatehouse Press/Lighthouse Journal

Gatehouse Press is a publishing house based in Norwich. Founded in 2006 by Tom Corbett, its mission is to support new writers, primarily through publishing poetry and short stories.

Tom stepped down as the managing director in 2013 and the press is now run by a team of directors: Clare Hynes, Meirion Jordan, Ian Nettleton, Andrew McDonnell, Sam Ruddock and Julia Webb.

Aims and Objectives

Our aim is to provide a platform both for new writers from across the UK, and for established writers who are seeking to develop new and innovative projects. Whilst we seek to promote the work of writers from a diverse range of backgrounds, we also aim to retain a strong sense of connection with our East Anglian roots. Many of our books deal with themes directly or indirectly related to East Anglian history, culture and landscape, and several of our books on East Anglian subjects have been shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards.

Our intention is to expand the range of avenues available to new writers through publishing innovative new work, both through our quarterly journal, Lighthouse, and our forthcoming poetry and short fiction pamphlet series. We are active in soliciting work for these publications: we are always looking out for new writers who are emerging through both Lighthouse and other national poetry & short fiction journals, and may be ready to produce a more substantial volume of their work.

CB Editions

CB editions publishes short fiction, poetry, translations and other work which, as the Guardian noted, ‘might otherwise fall through the cracks between the big publishers’. The first four books were published in November 2007. CBe titles have won a fiction prize, a translation prize and three poetry prizes, and have been shortlisted for other awards (among those the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize and Guardian First Book Award). An overview of CBe (‘if it began as a publisher of last resort, it has become one of first-class tastes’), published in the online Guardian in 2011, can be read here.

Galley Beggar Press

Galley Beggar Press is a publishing company based in Norwich.

Our aim is to be an old fashioned publisher for the 21st Century.

Old fashioned because we believe in the beauty of books and the printed word, in the importance of nurturing authors and paying serious attention to editing, and in the vital importance of art as well as commerce.

21st Century, not just because that’s where we are, but because we also believe in the fantastic potential of ebooks to reach new audiences, to spread our writers’ precious words around the world and to revive and revitalise books that would otherwise either be out of print or lost on the backlist.

Galley Beggar Press is a company specifically set-up to act as a sponsor to writers who have struggled to either find or retain a publisher, and (most importantly) whose writing shows great ambition and literary merit. Our primary questions are not who someone is, or whether something is going to make it into the supermarkets. Rather, it’s whether this is an author we want, a novel we love. If the answer is yes on both counts – then, no matter how challenging a read the book is (or how obscure the author), we will set about bringing it to the widest possible public.

We want to produce beautiful books, and we want to be governed by the quality and verve of the writing we publish. We have faith in writers, we have faith in readers – and if we feel strongly enough about a book to want to share it, we hope and trust that others will want to read it.

We were founded in 2012 by Henry Layte, Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison. (Henry stopped working on Galley Beggar projects in 2013, but is still doing excellent things at the Book Hive in Norwich. His views do not represent those of the company.)

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays. Founded in 2014, it focuses on ambitious, imaginative and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language. Each book, designed by Ray O’Meara of the Office of Optimism, is published as a paperback original with French flaps, using a custom serif typeface (called Fitzcarraldo).

‘[Fitzcarraldo] has moved with great speed to publish ambitious literature that will stand the test of time. First up is Mathias Enard’s Zone, a gigantic, important novel that also happens to be composed of a single sentence. UK publishing is lucky to have Fitzcarraldo Editions.’
—Jonathon Sturgeon, Flavorwire

‘The name of Fitzcarraldo Editions brings to mind Werner Herzog’s 1982 film, in which Klaus Kinski attempted to drag a 320-ton steamship over a mountain in order to fulfil his dream of bringing world class opera to the Peruvian rainforest. Maybe beginning with such a massive, intense work, which it is impossible to imagine reading on a digital screen, is a similarly daunting enterprise given the current state of the publishing industry. But it seems like a necessary one; [Zone] is a novel which must be published, and must be read. We can only praise Fitzcarraldo for their high aims, and wish them success.’
—Thom Cuell, The Workshy Fop

The White Review

‘Packed with varied, unexpected material in all kinds of forms, The White Review brings a message from the future: it rises to meet readers’ and writers’ continuing needs to experience art and literature in a sensuous, delectable form; and it gives me the feeling that I have my finger on the pulse.’ — Marina Warner‘One of the best magazines in Europe.’ — Hans Ulrich Obrist

‘The White Review is a thing of beauty.’ — Vogue

‘Nothing less than a cultural revolution.’ — Deborah Levy

‘Alarmingly elegant … it’s good to see young Londoners doing a little magazine with style.’ — The Paris Review

‘Sumptuous … a list of contributors growing in stature much like the publication itself. — New York Times

‘A quarterly out to push the possibilities of the format’ — Metro

The White Review is a quarterly arts journal published in print and online. The current print issue is available to buy in bookshops and via the website, or by subscription. The website is updated with new, usually web-only content in the first week of each month.

Penned in the Margins

Penned in the Margins creates publications and performances for people who are not afraid to take risks. We believe in the power of language to challenge how we think, test new ideas and explore alternative stories. We operate across the arts, collaborating with writers, artists and creative partners using new platforms and technologies.

Vanguard Editions

“As a tutor at the Faber Academy, I meet a huge number of brilliant new writers for whom it is really hard to get a reading gig because they are as yet unpublished. Frustrated by this, I started Vanguard Readings in 2011 in order to give these new writers a platform to share their work. Vanguard now has a large, dedicated audience and doubles as a thriving writers’ community.

Once Vanguard was firmly established as a regular, well-attended fixture in London’s literary scene, I wanted to encapsulate the spirit of Vanguard in print and so, in October 2014, I set up a publishing arm of Vanguard Readings, fetchingly called Vanguard Editions. Our inaugural publication was ‪#‎1PoetryAnthology‬, published in November 2014, followed by ‪#‎1ShortStoryAnthology‬, funded by the Arts Council of England and published in October 2015.

We will continue to produce high-quality limited-edition anthologies and collections by new writers and established authors, all of whom have strong affiliations to Vanguard Readings.”

-Richard Skinner, Publisher, Vanguard Editions ‪#‎litkitfest2015‬

http://richardskinner.weebly.com/1shortstoryanthology

The Pigeonhole

The Pigeonhole is the world’s first pocket-sized book club. You can read their hand-picked books (both new, original series and collaborations with other publishers) in serialized chunks called staves, all embroidered with immersive content made to pull you deep into a story.

But it has more to offer than an astonishingly pretty interface and an addictive structure—The Pigeonhole makes reading a social experience beyond a Victorian lady’s wildest dreams. It invites interaction between other readers and authors, letting you create your own digital marginalia, reading circles, and discussions. It’s bringing back the book club in a totally modern way.

With offices in London and Berlin, we are recruiting some of the best-read, technically literate and passionate people we can find. The team is dedicated to building a place in your pocket for you to interact with authors and other readers, share an immersive reading experience and enjoy boutique private book clubs.

Tilted Axis

Based out of South-East London, TILTED AXIS is a not-for-profit company on a mission to shake up the world lit scene. We’ll be publishing fresh, exciting voices from places like Bangkok & Kolkata, Seoul & Jakarta: mainly translations, mainly women. It’s just how we roll.

Dodo Ink Press

With Dodo Ink, we want to prove that there is still a passionate and dedicated readership for risk-taking novels. We will publish the sort of bold and original fiction that too often falls through the cracks. We will edit our publications the way we would want our own writing to be edited, creating great prose without losing sight of the ideas which made them exciting in the first place. We will look for innovative ways to bring our books to the public, and build up a community of passionate readers.

Periscope

Periscope, launched in May 2015, is a new independent imprint presenting bold, distinctive voices in fiction and non-fiction from around the world. Revelling in its size as a small publisher, we are delighted to ride the wave of micro-publishers from across Britain bringing writers, translators, readers and booksellers together in original ways.

We are also pleased to be working with authors such as Laila Lalami, whose novel The Moor’s Account has been long-listed for the 2015 Man Booker Prize; Hannah Lowe, who read from her memoir Long Time No See over five days in July for BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week; Mark Schatzker, whose book Steak chronicles his journey across the world in search of the roots of authentic flavour and meat-eating culture, and has been acclaimed by two of London’s hottest chefs; Hwang Sok-yong, author of the novel Princess Bari, whom Kenzaburō Ōe calls ‘the most powerful voice of the novel in Asia today’; and many others.

The Learned Pig

The Learned Pig is a new online magazine with four main areas of interest, one for each leg: art, thinking, nature, writing. Launched in November 2013, the magazine is interested in pretty much anything that falls into these, admittedly rather large, categories.

Itinerant Poetry Librarian

We see libraries, and in particular, public libraries as the bedrock of world citizenship. We believe that nowhere else offers such information equity, trust and dialogue, between us as individuals, as communities, as cultures.

For when we enter a library we encounter each other: encountering each other we are revealed more to ourselves. Through such meetings we begin to understand how we are connected by our experiences of a shared world. Fundamentally, when we enter a library we are offered the opportunity to learn new things and thus, as individuals, as world citizens, to grow.

Thus, with this mission in mind, continuously since May 2006 The Itinerant Poetry Librarian has been travelling the world with a free public library, installing the library & librarian and archiving the sounds, poems and poetry of the cities, peoples and countries she meets.

We’ve now clocked up over 1000 hours of public library service, in 11 countries & 21 cities worldwide, in over 150 different locations.

Poet For Hire

As seen at Hay on Wye Festival, Bankside, Brighton Beach, Trafalgar Square, Ledbury Poetry Festival.

This poet for hire is Tim Siddall.

“How does it work?”

“You give me a title, I write you a poem, You pay what you like.”

News

JESS WORSDALE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 DISCOVERIES LONGLIST

Congratulations to Literary Kitchen alumna Jess Worsdale whose novel-in-progress has been longlisted for the 2024 Discoveries – the Women’s Prize’s writer development programme, run in partnership with Audible, Curtis Brown Literary Agency, and the Curtis Brown Creative writing school. More details here.

LAUREN MILLER WINS A SPREAD THE WORD/MUSHENS ENTERTAINMENT FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITY 2023

Congratulations to Literary Kitchen alumna Lauren Miller, one of five winning writers who received feedback on their novel manuscripts by a Mushens Entertainment agent, as part of the Spread the Word/Mushens Entertainment Feedback Opportunity 2023. Read all about it here.

LITERARY KITCHEN ALUMNI ON SHORTLIST + LONG-LONGLIST OF THE BRICK LANE BOOKSHOP SHORT STORY PRIZE 2023

Congratulations to Jess Worsdale whose story If You Hear the Ice Cream Van was long-longlisted for the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2023, and to Mel Carvalho, whose story Gybe was shortlisted and will appear in the anthology. More info here.

LAUREN MILLER LONGLISTED FOR THE RETREATWEST 2023 FIRST CHAPTER COMPETITION + SHORTLISTED FOR THE DINAH ALLIRAJAH PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION 2023

Congratulations to Lauren Miller, whose novel: Jolly Old Hawk!, was longlisted for the Retreat West 2023 First Chapter competition , and whose short story, Modal Skulpt demo (no talking) has been shortlisted for The Dinah Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2023, run by Comma Press, in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire; both works were workshopped in the Literary Kitchen Writers Workshop course. Fingers crossed Lauren!

PHOEBE HURST PUBLISHED IN THE LONDON MAGAZINE

Delighted to share that Phoebe Hurst’s story ‘Sky Blue’, written on the Creative Writing for Beginners course has been published in The London Magazine. You can read it here.

MELANIE CARVALHO’S STORY ‘MUSHROOM’ SELECTED FOR LIARS’ LEAGUE

Delighted to announce that Melanie Carvalho’s story ‘Mushroom’ has been selected for the Valentine’s Day event, Agony & Ecstasy, February 14th, 2023. Full details here.

LAUREN MILLER INCLUDED IN DIALECT WRITERS 2022 ANTHOLOGY

Delighted to announce that Lauren Miller’s short story ‘Modal Skulpt demo (no talking)’ – workshopped on the Writers Workshop course – is included in the Dialect Writers 2022 Anthology. Available here. Congratulations Lauren.

MELANIE CARVALHO SELECTED FOR THE LONDON LIBRARY EMERGING WRITERS PROGRAMME 2022/2023

Delighted to announce that Melanie Carvalho has been selected as one of the 22/23 London Library Emerging Writers. Forty participants were selected from a field of almost 950 applicants by a panel of judges. Melanie is the second Literary Kitchen alumna to be selected, with Ana Soria having been selected in 2020/2021.

LAUREN MILLER LONGLISTED FOR MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION 2021

Delighted to announce that Lauren Miller’s novel From Lost to the River, which Lauren workshopped on the Writers Workshop course has been longlisted for the MsLexia Novel Competition, 2021.

DENISE MONROE AND JESS WORSDALE WIN PLACES ON UEA MA CREATIVE WRITING COURSE

Delighted to announce that not one but two Literary Kitchen alumna will be taking up places on the prestigious UEA Creative Writing MA this year. Huge congratulations to Denise Monroe and Jess Worsdale.

DOREEN CUNNINGHAM’S ACCLAIMED MEMOIR SOUNDINGS: JOURNEYS IN THE COMPANY OF WHALES PUBLISHED 3 MARCH 2022 BY VIRAGO

Thrilled to announce that Doreen Cunningham‘s memoir Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales has been published to great acclaim, 3 March, 2022, by Virago Press. You can hear Doreen talking about the journey of the book here and here. Huge congratulations Doreen.

EMILY TOBIN TAKES RUNNER-UP IN GRINDSTONE SHORT STORY PRIZE 2021

Literary Kitchen alumna has been awarded Runner Up in the Grindstone Short Story Prize 2021, with her story ‘Baby Things’. Congratulations Emily. Well-deserved.

NOELLA MINGO WINS BEST PICTURE IN SHORT FILM CATEGORY

Noella Mingo’s short film, Forgotten, written and directed in 2020, has won best picture in the short film category at the International Black & Diversity Film Festival in Toronto. A second short film, When I Was Younger, written and directed in 2021, has been selected to screen at the BFI Southbank on Friday 30 July. Short film Elephant has achieved 16 festival selections, including an Oscar qualifying festival.

FARHA QUADRI LONGLISTED FOR THE BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE, 2021

SARA LYON LONGLISTED FOR SPREAD THE WORD LIFE WRITING PRIZE, 2021

Literary Kitchen is delighted to announce that alumna Sara Lyon was longlisted for the Spread the Word Life Writing Prize, 2021. Details here. Congratulations Sara!

DOREEN CUNNINGHAM WINS THE GILES ST. AUBYN AWARD, 2020, WITH HER STUNNING MEMOIR, SOUNDINGS: A JOURNEY WITH WHALES

Literary Kitchen is thrilled to announce that Doreen Cunningham’s wonderful memoir, Soundings: A Journey with Whales, shortlisted for the Eccles Writers Award 2021, has won the 2020 Giles St Aubyn Award.

Described by judge Damian Le Bas as “fresh, brave and unique”, the book, which narrates the story of a climate researcher who learned how to be a mother and how to face a changing world while following the grey whale migration from Mexico to Alaska, is forthcoming with Virago in 2021, and with Scribner in the US.

Doreen worked with Literary Kitchen on the Novel in a Year course, as well as undertaking an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. Literary Kitchen is delighted at this success and can’t wait to read the published work.

JAMES MILLER’S ‘ALLAN + WASPY’ WINS LONELY WOLF: LONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020 BEST SHORT FILM + OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

‘Allan + Waspy’ began life as a short story written for Creative Writing for Beginners in 2009. James went on to be a long time Writers Workshop student, producing many more wonderful stories. Literary Kitchen could not be prouder.

EMILY TOBIN’S ‘COME AWAY, O HUMAN CHILD’ SELECTED FOR LIARS’ LEAGUE

Emily Tobin’s short story ‘Come Away, O Human Child’, written on the Writers Workout course, has been selected for Liars’ League ‘Women & Girls’ event, 11 August, online. Details here.

FARHA QUADRI WINS LISP FLASH FICTION COMPETITION

Literary Kitchen is delighted to announce that alumna Farha Quadri has won the 2nd Quarter 2020 Flash Fiction competition with her story ‘Mum Knows Best’. Congratulations Farha. Details here.

LOCKDOWN FREEWRITE

For 10 weeks, from 30 March until 29 May, Literary Kitchen invited all to participate in a 5 minute daily freewrite, to support them through the lockdown period. This practice provided a much-needed sense of community, as well as a welcome boost to continued practice and discipline. It was also fun.

LISTEN TO STEVEN APPLEBY TALKING ABOUT GRAPHIC NOVEL DRAGMAN ON FRONT ROW

Steven Appleby talks to Samira Ahmed about his debut graphic novel, Dragman, a fictive blend of superhero thriller and auto-fictive flashbacks charting the hero August Crimp’s journey, who discovers that he is most himself when dressed as a woman. Steven’s section starts at 17:41 here with a prologue narrated by actor and Literary Kitchen Festival MC Andrew Alston.

ALUMNA ESTELLE BIRCH IS A BBC SOUNDS NEW CREATIVE

‘Wet & Dry’ is a short story (by Literary Kitchen alumna Estelle Birch) and immersive soundscape collaboration with Lung Dart presented by BBC Sounds as part of the New Creatives programme. An absolute joy.

EMILY TOBIN SELECTED FOR AESTHETICA CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY 2020

Literary Kitchen is delighted to announce that Emily Tobin’s story I Am Not Grace – written for Writers Workout – has been selected for publication in the 2020 Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology. We are very proud and happy for you Emily. To buy a copy click here.

JO COHEN LONGLISTED FOR REFLEX WINTER FICTION 2019 PRIZE

Literary Kitchen is delighted to announce that Joanna Cohen’s story Empty Shoes, written for the recent Writers Workout course, has been longlisted for the Reflex Fiction Winter 2019 competition. One of 50 of 515 international entries. Longlisted stories will be published on the Reflex Fiction website 23 Feb – 31 March 2020.

CATHERINE ORME’S SPIN AT LIARS’ LEAGUE HONG KONG

Listen to Catherine Orme’s story Spin – written for the Writers Workout course – performed by Joyce Chan at the Oct 2019 ‘Yay & Nay’ event for Liars League Hong Kong. Congratulations Catherine.

ALUMNA NEWS: KIM DHILLON

Kim Dhillon receives an honourable mention in Room’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest 2019, with her piece Dazzle Camouflage. Judge Terese Marie Mailhot describes the piece as both personal and cerebral, poetic and full. Read it here.

LISTEN TO EMMA HUTTON AS PODCAST GUEST AT LCC

The top three writers from the London Short Story Prize 2018 are talk to students on the MA Publishing course at London College of Communication, part of University of the Arts London, on behalf of Spread the Word. Emma Hutton was highly commended for her fantastic story ‘Dead Shark’ in the London Short Story Prize 2018. Here, she talks to Abel Czekes about her writing life and she reads brilliantly from her highly commended story here.

EMMA HUTTONS WINS MAIRTIN CRAWFORD 2019 SHORT STORY AWARD

The ever brilliant Emma Hutton has won the Mairtin Crawford Short Story Award. Super well done, Emma.

EMMA HUTTON WINS TSS FLASH FICTION 400 CONTEST, SPRING 2019

Emma Hutton’s story Skyscraper Woman has won first prize in the TSS Flash Fiction 400 contest, Spring 2019. This is Emma’s first entry into a flash competition. We here at Literary Kicthen are very proud. Congratulations Emma.

HARPERCOLLINS BAME TRAINEESHIP 2019

HarperCollins are working to increase the diversity of the company, to better represent the readership and communities they serve, create the most inclusive culture and to be the best company to work at. In 2016, they launched their BAME traineeship, the first of its kind in the publishing industry. Applications for this year’s BAME Traineeship are now open. Details here.

EMMA HUTTON TAKES 3RD PLACE IN THE CAMBRIDGE SHORT STORY PRIZE

Emma Hutton’s story Hold Fast has taken third place in the 2018 Cambridge Short Story Prize and will be published in the prize winning anthology later in 2019. Emma has also been shortlisted for the TSS Publishing Spring Flash 400 competition. Emma, we cannot keep up with you. Way to go! 🙂

REBECCA SKIPWITH JOINS KATY DARBY AND CHERRY POTTS AT HITHER GREEN FESTIVAL, SAT 18 MAY

Rebecca Skipwith reads her story Surplus Women from the Anthology An Outbreak of Peace at Arachne Press’s Writing The Past Event for the Hither Green Festival. The event is FREE, starting at 7pm. Full details here.

ANA SORIA + JESS WORSDALE STORIES SELECTED FOR LIARS’ LEAGUE 9 APRIL ‘BEFORE & AFTER’ EVENT

Jessica Worsdale’s story, Last Rites, was written as part of Oct 2018’s Creative Writing for Beginners. Ana Soria’s story Namaste Bitches was workshopped as part of Writers Workout. “There are escapes and tipping points, cats and cows, sex and death, poetry and fistfights, yoga and porn, the Berlin Wall and a fishtank full of ghosts.” Can’t wait! Details of the event and how to book are here.

REBECCA SKIPWITH’S STORY ‘APOTHEOSIS OF MAYA AND BIBI’ PERFORMED AT LIARS’ LEAGUE

Watch here!

RECENT ‘NOVEL IN A YEAR’ TESTIMONIALS

“Novel in a Year taught me the importance of structure and mechanics when tackling my writing. I was constantly challenged and the course has enabled me to approach my working practice with awareness. A template I can use again and again.” Allyson Fisher 2019

“Working on the Novel in a Year programme was a joy from start to finish. The tutor provided the safety to be able to give meaningful, constructive and improving feedback, and the support and technique to develop as a writer. I’d never enjoyed writing and re-writing as much before the year as I do now.” Susanna Shepherd 2019

EMMA HUTTON’S STORY ‘SAL’ RECEIVES SPECIAL MENTION IN THE GALLEY BEGGAR SHORT STORY PRIZE 2018/19

Literary Kitchen is delighted and proud to announce that Writers Workshop student Emma Hutton’s story Sal received a Special Mention in the 2018/19 Galley Beggar Short Story Prize. The winner will be announced on 22 March, 2019.

EMMA HUTTON LONGLISTED FOR LONDON SHORT STORY PRIZE

Delighted to announce that Writers Workshop student Emma Hutton‘s story Dead Shark has been shortlisted for Spread The Word’s London Short Story Prize. Emma is on a roll.

EMMA HUTTON SHORTLISTED FOR THE SEAN O’ FAOLAIN SHORT STORY PRIZE 2018

Literary Kitchen is thrilled to announce that alumna Emma Hutton’s story The Dogs, was shortlisted for the Seàn O Faolàin International Short Story Prize 2018, run by the Munster Literature Centre and judged this year by Paul McVeigh.

LITERARY KITCHEN FEATURES IN PECKHAM PECULIAR CEZ PULL-OUT, JUNE/JULY

Literary Kitchen is honoured to have been selected by Peckham Pecuiar to feature in their 20 page Creative Camberwell & Peckham pull-out. Celebrating some of the area’s creative individuals and businesses, the pull-out highlights Southwark Council’s plan to create a Camberwell and Peckham Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ). Literary Kitchen have also been surveyed as part of the consultation process, and we look forward to seeing this exciting development unfold.

ANNA MAZZOLA WINS EDGAR ALLAN BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK 2018 AWARD

Woo hoo! Super congratulations to the wonderfully talented, super hardworking Anna Mazzola, whose writing journey began at a Creative Writing for Beginners course. Anna’s debut novel The Unseeing, which began life as a short story written on the course, has won an Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback 2018. Look out for Anna’s second novel, The Story Keeper, forthcoming July 2018. Yeah!

ADHOC FICTION SHORTLIST

Writers Workout alumni Ross Fraser-Smith and Rebecca Towers were each shortlisted recently for the Adhoc Fiction flash fiction competition. Spring success!

MORE ALUMNI NEWS

Literary Kitchen alumni Peter Yeoh is highly commended in the 2017 Manchester Short Fiction Prize. Hurrah! Congratulations, Peter. Whoop whoop.

NEWS

Writers Workout student Emma Hutton’s short story, Flitter, has been selected for the forthcoming Sacred & Profane event, Liars League, Dec, 5, which is also their Xmas party night. The Wheatsheaf, Rathbone Place. Only 40 tickets. More details here.

MORE ALUMNA NEWS

Alumna Madeline Ionnadis’s short story Hooked has been selected as Editor’s Choice for the current issue of Red Fez magazine, an online literary and arts journal established in 2002. Read it here. Congratulations Maddie.

BECKY DANKS WINS CITY WRITES

Thrilled to announce that Literary Kitchen alumna, Becky Danks’s short story, The Anniversary, has won the City University City Writes Short Story Competition. Becky will read at the City Writes: Summer event alongside Luiza Sauma and fellow competition winners: Katy Darby and Bren Gosling. Becky wrote the story initially as a Creative Writing for Beginners student. Way to go Becky, we are very proud of you. Details of the event, which takes place on Wednesday July 12 at City University are here.

*STOP PRESS* PECKHAM PECULIAR FEATURE

Literary Kitchen is excited to be featured in the current issue, 21, June/July 2017 of The Peckham Peculiar.

CAMBERWELL ARTS FAIR, SAT 10 JUNE 2017

Literary Kitchen kicks off Camberwell Art Fair with a FREE Mini-Memoir creative writing workshop. There will be FREE PASTRIES, and FREE COFFEE! Join us 10am-noon in the Arts Tent on Camberwell Green. Bring a notepad and pens and let’s get those words on the page.

WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2017 – LATE NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY, GOLDSMITHS LIBRARY

Literary Kitchen was proud to showcase three alumni – Regina Freedman, Andrew Lewis and Ella Berny at Goldsmith’s Library’s World Book Night 2017 event, The Library at Night. We were treated to dadaist poetry, a sultry chanteuse, poetry, open mic, and “special guests: author, Irenosen Okojie and poet, Rachel Long as well as readers from Open Book, Intoart, the Black British Writing MA and Literary Kitchen”. Pure magic!

‘HAPPY HANUKAH’ REGINA FREEDMAN

Literary Kitchen alumna Regina Freedman’s story, Happy Hanukah, is published in the Oct 22 issue of the London Journal of Fiction. Hurray! Read it here.

MORE ALUMNI NEWS

Lauren Miller, graduate of several terms of Writers Workshop, and now a part-time creative writing MA student at Birkbeck, is featured in the forthcoming issue of The Mechanics’ Institute Review, Issue 13 (MIR13). The launch event, took place in the Keynes Library, Birkbeck School of Arts Building, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD on Tuesday 27 September.

Fellow Writers Workshop graduate Peter Yeoh has published a story in Visual Verse. Read it here.

Recent graduate of Writers Workout Andy J Lewis’s short story, The Witch’s House, written on the course, has been selected for publication in an anthology Writing Local/Thinking Global, produced as part of the forthcoming Hillingdon Literary Festival. See details here. The festival takes place 7 – 9 Oct, and you can pick up a free copy of the anthology.

Hats off to all of you.

MINIATURE STORY HAT TRICK

Hurrah! Writers Workout student Fran Beckett is featured miniaturestory for June 15, 2016. Fellow student Allyson Fisher is featured miniaturestory for June 22. Making it a hat trick, Mel Carvalho’s story is featured 21 July 2016. All three writers wrote their miniature stories as part of the Writers Workout course. Well done everyone!

WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2016

Literary Kitchen has curated the headliner section of an evening event for World Book Night at Goldsmiths Library. Our fantastic readers will be Eley Williams, Iphgenia Baal and Julia Calver. Book free tickets here.

PECKHAM WRITING MAP

All systems go to create the first Peckham Writing Map, a limited edition of 500 which will be available free for the week of the Literary Kitchen Festival 12-18 October at The Peckham Pelican. This will be Writing Maps first site-specific map. Let’s hope it is a fruitful long-term collaboration, since we plan to expand into Abergavenny and New York!

AUGUST 2015 – ANNA MAZZOLA GETS TWO-BOOK DEAL

Anna Mazzola is the first Literary Kitchen student to obtain a book deal. In fact, she bagged a two-book deal with Tinder Press for her debut novel The Unseeing, a story which began life at a Creative Writing for Beginners course in 2011. She subsequently undertook several terms of Writers Workshop before graduating on to courses at City University. Read more about Anna’s journey here. Needless to say Literary Kitchen is immensely proud.

LITERARY KITCHEN FESTIVAL 2015 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

The campaign has launched, and runs until August 22nd. To read all about it, make a donation, share with family and friends, click here.

MAY 2015

Literary Kitchen alumni and mentee, Lauren Miller, has been accepted onto the Birkbeck Creative Writing MA. Congratulations Lauren!

MARCH 19 2015

Another fine evening of poetry and prose at The Peckham Pelican with Lit Live. See it here: https://www.facebook.com/goldlitlive/photos_stream

DEC 11 2014

This Thursday evening saw 19 writers, poets, performers from Goldsmiths and Royal Holloway give their finest in a 3 Act extravaganza at The Peckham Pelican for Lit Live!, a Literary Kitchen/Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre collaboration.

“The new Bowery Poetry Club“, Marisa Carnesky. Hell Yes!

OCTOBER 2014

Literary Kitchen were invited to curate the final leg of Litcrawl 2014 on Sat October 11, alongside Clinic, The White Review, Review Bookshop and Liars’ League. 15 writers performed a flash fiction or poem. Singer/songwriter Trevor John finished the night with a bang, or rather a song. Our host with the most was Andrew Alston, and DJ for afterwards was F£rg Mon£y.

NB. Two performers, Ella Frears and Rachel Long, were both shortlisted for the Young Poet Laureate. Congratulations

JUNE 2014

Literary Kitchen hosted its inaugural writing festival, a week long programme of events, walks, talks and workshops at The Peckham Pelican. View the PDF of the programme Festival Programme, or look at the webpage here.

MAY 2014

Literary Kitchen are hosting Creative Writing Workshops at the Clerkenwell Design Week as part of Parkin Whitman‘s events programme for Milliken.

2013

More success for alumni Anna Mazzola, who has won the Retreat West short story competition 2013. Well done Anna. Look forward to the novel.