The London Library

Last night, we welcomed poet and playwright Inua Ellams for Redacted, his playful live literature event in which ten writers transformed Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World into original blackout poetry.

Thank you to our brilliant line-up of writers and everyone who joined us for an evening of creativity, performance and reinvention.

💡We are delighted to welcome a new cohort to our flagship Emerging Writers Programme.

✍️ The celebrated initiative, now in its eighth year, is geared towards supporting early career writers and lead by Head of Programmes Claire Berliner. It is free of charge to each participant and geared towards supporting writers with a specific writing project, who have not yet published a full-length work of fiction, non-fiction, collection of poems, or had a full-length work professionally produced for stage/screen.

📚 After an epic judging process, 40 writers were selected anonymously from a record-breaking field of almost 2700 applicants, by a stellar panel of judges. Working on a fabulous array of projects, across form, genre and subject matter, the cohort will benefit from a year's membership of the Library, plus an extensive programme of writing development and networking opportunities, peer support, and guidance.

We can't wait to see what this incredibly talented group of writers create!