The Creative Writing Programme is coming to Hastings. If you’ve always dreamed of writing a novel, or collection of short stories, and live in or near Hastings, then why not sign up for a taster session on 22 June or 10 September to see if it’s for you?

We hear a lot about the term life writing these days, but what does it actually mean? Surely all writing is in some way inspired by life?

Paula Lichtarowicz is the author of three novels and comes to writing after twenty years as a documentary-maker. She teaches at London’s City Lit and the University of the Arts and will be working with Rosie Chard on the new London-based Creative Writing Programme. Here she talks about how her first novel was inspired by a postcard, her journey to publication and offers some top writing tips.

Congratulations to our seven students who shared their work at our spring reading last night at Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton. They read a mixture of novels and memoirs in progress, flash fiction and poetry inspired by everything from loss, motherhood, racism, violence and the current state of the world.

Our Tuesday morning programme in Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton is now full so we’ve introduced a new day-time course on Wednesday mornings at the Jubilee Library in Brighton starting in October.

Last week we turned the tables on our tutors at our final reading for the academic year - they shared their works in progress with our students. Thanks to Laura Wilkinson, Ruth Figgest, Rosie Chard, Hannah Vincent, Sophie Anderson and Roy Mcfarlane for being brave and reading such different and brilliant work. An inspiring and emotional evening.

Congratulations to Carole Aubree-Dumont, alumni of the Creative Writing Programme, who won the Emerging Authors prize at this year’s Brighton Book Festival today with a reading from her memoir Dumb.

If you’re a writer and you’ve got a book and you want to get it published, then you need to come to Publishing Day on Saturday 31st May to find out how.

The Creative Writing Programme is coming to Eastbourne in the autumn.

CWP director Cathy Hayward will be chatting to Xiaolu Gho at the Brighton Festival next Friday 9th May about her latest book Call Me Ishmaelle.

The Creative Writing Programme is coming to Worthing in the autumn. If you’ve always dreamed of writing a novel, or collection of short stories, and live in or near Worthing  then why not sign up for a taster session to see if it’s for you?  

The Creative Writing Programme is coming to Tunbridge Wells in the autumn. If you’ve always dreamed of writing a novel, or collection of short stories, and live in or near Tunbridge Wells, then why not sign up for a taster session on Saturday 5th July or Saturday 6th September to see if it’s for you

A group of writers hear from best-selling author Laura Wilkinson about creating memorable characters

A huge congratulations to our six students and alumni who shared their work at our spring reading last night at Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton.

Congratulations to our seven students and alumni who read their work in progress at our autumn reading last night.

During the Easter 2025 holidays, we’re hosting five one-day creative writing masterclasses to support your writing practice.

Join us on Thursday 28th November at 7pm at Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton to hear work from our students and alumni and to socialise with other writers on the courses.