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05/09/2026

https://www.esealitfest.com/ The UK's award-winning East and South East Asian literary festival returns to Foyles Charing Cross Road on Saturday 19 September for a day of conversation, workshops, and book signings. Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

The UK’s award-winning East and South East Asian literary festival. A joyful, thought-provoking celebration of ESEA culture that’s open to all.

04/09/2026

Meet the poets helping us bring the natural world, climate science and wonder into schools across the UK. And make the planet cool again. Hot Poets are an award-winning arts organisation that brings spoken words artists together with leading climate experts. The result is powerful poetry that makes complex science more human, more memorable and more accessible to young audiences.
For National Poetry Day they are helping us explore nature, climate and our changing planet through poems that bring science and nature to life and fire up young imaginations. Their lessons, which include spoken word videos, are part of a completely free collection for ages 3 to 16+ created with curriculum experts and ready to use in the classroom. https://bit.ly/nationalpoetrydayresources Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

https://bookclubhub.co.uk/news/book-club-day-26-be-a-reading-rebel?utm_source=The+Reading+Agency&utm_campaign=6a9016eded-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_16_12_59_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a22c248c17-82464398&mc_cid=6a9016eded&mc_eid=efea707c77 It is a week until The Book Club Day. Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

03/09/2026

https://letterslive.com/dear-me/ The next The Times and The Sunday Times letters live competition has been announced. Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

Last year, we received hundreds of entries to our Dear London competition, in collaboration with The Times and Montblanc. We invited our readers to write to the capital and tell us what the beguiling city means to them.

03/09/2026

https://www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/picture-book-author-prize-2026/ New academic year, new writing opportunities. Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

Entries open Monday 2nd August. Enter by 20th November 2026.

02/09/2026

https://poundarts.org.uk/take-part/childrens-book-writing-workshop For prospective young writers here's something for you. Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

Find dates, booking information and details for Children's Book Writing workshop With Sarah Surgey

26/08/2026

Caption: Hey you! Yes, you! Do you love reading? Do you like engaging critically with what you read? Do you have a spare couple of hours a month? Well then, it sounds like you should apply to become an editor at Scribbled!

At Scribbled, you’ll be joining a fantastic team of fellow wordsmiths coming together each month to read the submissions from our wonderful community and write up your thoughts to pass back to the writers. As you may know, everyone who submits to Scribbled gets feedback for whatever they send us, even if it’s not accepted!

linktr.ee/scribbled.online Applications close at midnight on the 31st of August. Good luck!

19/08/2026

Gwendoline Riley 'has always skewered reality with shattering exactitude' according to The Guardian's Clare Clark in April this year. This book is her seventh novel and is 'a slim, impeccably controlled story that contains multitudes'. The author has spoken of the influence of Penelope Fitzgerald on this novel, so that will get a vote to read it from many. Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop

16/08/2026

Royal Society of Portrait Painters - What does portrait painting mean to you?

The RP Critical Writing Prize is inviting new perspectives on contemporary portraiture, and entries are now open.

Whether you're an established writer, an artist, a student or simply someone with a passion for portrait painting, this is an opportunity to put your ideas into words and join the wider conversation around the genre.

Three entrants will be shortlisted to develop their essays, with:

£500 First Prize
Two £250 Special Mentions

All three winning essays will be published in the RP Annual Exhibition Catalogue in May 2027, reaching an audience of artists, collectors and portrait enthusiasts.

No previous writing experience or formal qualifications are required. Entry is free and there is no age limit.
Essays must be written in English and can explore any aspect of contemporary portrait painting.

Deadline: Midnight, 2 December 2026

Find out more and enter at www.therp.co.uk
Image: 'Aime Redding' Tim Benson Art
Corsham Library The Corsham Bookshop