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We're looking to bolster our team by establishing an editorial board for The Lit. Are you interested in helping to shape the output of our literary journal? Then read on.

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Want to see your work in Issue 5 of our literary journal, The Lit? We want your short fiction, creative nonfiction and visual responses around the theme of Small Town Stories.

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For this month’s writing resource we’ve put together a guide to writing about climate change, following COP27, seen by some as a cop out...

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We’re building a new cross-Atlantic issue of The Lit! Editors and illustrators, we want to hear from you…

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Want to know how to land a literary agent? Writer and mentee on our Lit:Up 2020 program, April Roach, tells us about her journey to securing representation as a novelist.

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Whether you’re an aspiring publisher or a budding writer, copy editing is an important stage of the publishing process. Here’s a downloadable resource for members of The Lit Salon, with information, tips, and some practical exercises for editing copy.

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Wondering what you can get out of an MA in Publishing? Here are five key insights from Imogen Philips, who graduates this year from the MA Publishing course at University of Exeter.

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Join writer and poet Louisa Adjoa Parker for a creative writing session held in Devon’s Thelma Hulbert Gallery, in collaboration with The Lit Platform

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Months ago, as Russian forces invaded Ukraine, we asked poets, writers and thinkers to share their writing around the crisis. This was our 'Borderline' open call, published in The Lit Issue 4. As the situation in Ukraine battles on, we have chosen to publish further responses to our Borderline open call, to platform voices responding to - and those living on - the front line of war. Four pieces of poetry have been selected, by poets from Canada to Kyiv, writing about the songs of nightingales to theological visions.

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A literary festival celebrating contemporary literature and thought from Africa and the African diaspora

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The world can feel overwhelming in dark times like these, and the individual powerless. At The Literary Platform, we stand with the people of Ukraine. Now, more than ever, we need to hear the voices of those affected by war.

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A boundary, a connector, an edge. The Lit’s open call is live for your short fiction and poetry around the theme of 'lines'.

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Can art save the world? Publisher Anna Kiernan looks behind the facts and finds answers in experiences, thought and emotion.

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Over the next few weeks we will be sharing excerpts from the new book written by publisher of The Lit Platform, Anna Kiernan. This text is the result of her research, which focuses on writing culture and cultural value. The academic title tells a comprehensive story of writing and publishing culture in a post-digital era, and has been described as ‘…A pragmatic and richly informed reflection on what literary writing was, is, and might become.' (Danielle Barrios-O’Neill, Head of Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art, UK)

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"We don’t need to have climbed mountains or hiked trails to be resilient. Writing is a really good way of reminding yourself that.” Explorer and author Gail Muller tells us about the healing power of writing in her new memoir, Unlost.

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Edited excerpt from ‘Are We Hikers Now?’ chapter.

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Two part-time, paid roles:

Assistant Editor
Assistant Art Director

Read on if this sounds like you...

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What is nature writing? What does it do, who is it for, and can it help us think about the climate crisis? These questions were threaded throughout this year’s Wainwright Prize ceremony, an award given to books that celebrate and nurture a respect for the natural world.

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‘This is your book. This is your story. You make the rules. The writing revolution starts now.’ Author and writing workshop facilitator Beverley Ward has released a new anti-rule book for young writers, inspired by her exasperating experience of the curriculum during lockdown home schooling. At all ages, writing without restraint is something we should practice, so she's shared some common writing rules to break - and a writing prompt to start us off...

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We’re heralding the return of book shops with a list of our (and your) favourite indies across the globe.

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