How can you know when to take a step back from your writing, or to keep going? Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with author Katie Hale @katiescribbles.bsky.social about first seeing what is telling you to stop and slow down. Read the interview here🪟 bit.ly/Behind-the-D...

On the look-out for a gift for the writer in your life? Give them professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor, all with a TLC Christmas voucher. Purchase your voucher before noon on Sun 30 Nov, and get a 10% discount 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

Those with Being a Writer membership or a VIP Pass! Your special bonus #ConsciousWritingMonth webinar is tonight, Tue 25 Nov, at 6pm GMT Our Director Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social will guide your vision to help overcome blocks and find confidence and clarity as you aim for agent success.

Where are you on your writing journey? Here at TLC, we have resources & guidance for writers at all stages, whether you're just getting started, finding your way through your first draft or getting ready to pitch your work to agents and editors. Find more on our website 🔽

We’re delighted to share with you the cover for LAMPING WILD RABBITS, the debut collection by @simonmaddrell.bsky.social forthcoming 12 February 2026. PRE-ORDERS are up now / outspokenldn.com/rabbits

It was a pleasure to work on these four beautiful magazines and collaborate with the many diverse individuals and institutions we worked with in 2025. We hope you'll pick up a copy, share with your friends, and support our work nurturing literary communities across the world.

How much impact does your character have on the reader? In short, a lot! In our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates motivation, how this can impact plot, your character's inner world, and in turn, the reader. Take a closer look on the #TLCblog

#ConsciousWritingMonth winds down this week with a special guided meditation tomorrow, Tue 25 Nov Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social guides your vision to help overcome blocks and find confidence and clarity as you aim for agent success. 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members & VIP Pass holders

☕Good morning! Those with Being a Writer membership or a VIP Pass, this is your 1-hour reminder. It's almost time to start your week with some early morning writing. Thank you to everyone who has come along to early morning writing this #ConsciousWritingMonth. We'll see you there at 7am!

Reconnect with our #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses with the wonderful writing, poetry and stories from our speakers. You can find them on our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!

From manuscript assessment to one-to-one mentoring, reward the writer in your life this Christmas with a TLC Christmas voucher. And what's more, with our Christmas voucher offer this month, you can secure a 10% discount on your purchase. 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for our #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses over the last four week. It has been so good to see so many of you. Next week, we start the week with our last early morning retreat at 7am. Start your week off with some writing, together with TLC.

As Conscious Writing Month winds down, let's continue our exploration into contemplative practice with the writing, stories and poetry from our wonderful speakers. You can find them on our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/consci...

What does an emerging writer need to be able to build a successful writing career? Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with Caro Clarke about barriers, persistence and talking about writing to writers. Read the full interview here 🗻 bit.ly/Portobello-L...

Want to catch up on all the #CoosciousWritingMonth Masterclasses? Come join our Being A Writer community and access the series, with permanent watch-back for all recordings. Plus, you're part of a supportive and motivating writing community, cheering you on. You can sign up via our website 🔽

Still to come this #ConsciousWritingMonth for our Being A Writer members & VIP Pass holders 🍂 Bonus webinar with TLC's own Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social 🍂 Journaling Prompts from Elise Valmorbida, author of The Happy Writing Book 🍂 Early Morning Writing Retreat We'll see you there!

How much do you think about character motivation? In our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates forms of motivation, how this can impact plot, your character's inner world, and in turn, the reader. Take a closer look on the #TLCblog

Thank you to everyone who has joined us this over the last four weeks for our #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses. Continue your conscious writing practice with the writing, stories & poetry from our speakers, all on our dedicated Conscious Writing Month bookshelf on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

Looking for gifts for the writer in your life? Give them the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor, all with a TLC Christmas voucher. Purchase your voucher by the end of November for a 10% discount 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

Our final #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclass is tonight, Tuesday 18 Nov at 7pm GMT! Don't miss Just Write It with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social. Come navigate the literary world while staying true to yourself and your writing voice. 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members

Less than 1 week to go until our 2025 Writers' Conference! ⏰ Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...

Have you considering mentoring with TLC? Take a look at #ChapterandVerse! Mentoring can be... 📓 Classic - via email & ideal to fit around a busy lifestyle 📓 Premium - either in person/on Zoom with mentors across the UK Our mentors are committed to supporting writers with serious literary ambitions

Want to join us for our last #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclass? Secure your spot today for Just Write It with a £15 ticket, available until this evening. More here 🍂 bit.ly/CWM-2025 Join our #BeingAWriter community & come along live, plus access all recordings Details here 🍂 bit.ly/Being-A-Writer

Our final #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclass is tomorrow, 18 Nov at 7pm GMT Just Write It with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social navigates the literary world while staying true to yourself, and helping your writing voice hold fast 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members 🍂 £15 tickets available

☕ Good morning! This is your 1-hour reminder for those with Being a Writer membership or a VIP Pass. It's almost time to start your week with some early morning writing. We'll see you there at 7am! #ConsciousWritingMonth

Looking to slow down with some reading? Take a conscious approach with our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth reading list featuring books by our speakers and titles to help you life a more ethically engaged life as a creative artist. Find them all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

Join us next Tuesday for Just Write it, our final #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclass Led by Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, come navigate the literary world while staying true to yourself, and help your writing voice hold fast 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members 🍂 £15 tickets available

Just like that, our final #ConsciousWritingMonth is next week. Time really does fly! It has been wonderful to see so many of you at our Masterclasses! Those who joined us last night for Changing the Canon, thank you. Next week, we start the week with our early morning retreat at 7am.

In a recent interview, author Katie Hale @katiescribbles.bsky.social and our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social discussed struggling with writing, why it is important to keep going - and to understand why you write. Read the full interview here 🪟 bit.ly/Behind-the-D...

Happening tonight for #ConsciousWritingMonth, Changing the Canon. Join Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social, Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung and Natasha Carthew, as they explore sustaining the long work of literary change. 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members

Want to catch up on all the Masterclasses we've had so far? Come join our #BeingAWriter community and access the series, with permanent watch-back for all recordings. Plus, you're part of a supportive and motivating writing community, cheering you on. Find out more 🔽https://bit.ly/Being-A-Writer

How important is character motivation? It's crucial to the success of a story, says TLC Editor Annabelle Sami. In our November blog, Annabelle investigates forms of motivation, how this can impact plot, your character's inner world, and in turn, the reader. Take a closer look on the #TLCblog

Want to join us for #ConsciousWritingMonth? You can secure your spot for our last two Masterclasses with a £15 ticket, available to purchase until the evening before. Take a closer look at what we have yet to come this month 🍂 bit.ly/CWM-2025

Our Christmas voucher offer is back! Reward the writer in your life with the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor, all with a TLC Christmas voucher. Purchase your voucher by the end of November for a 10% discount 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

#ConsciousWritingMonth continues with Changing the Canon, Thu 13 Nov at 7pm GMT Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social, Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung & Natasha Carthew explore the long work of literary change 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members 🍂 £15 tickets available

We've two #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses remaining this month. Do join us, with individual Masterclass tickets available for £15.Still to come... 🍂Changing the Canon, with Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, Natasha Carthew & Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social

David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh

The W&A Working-Class Writer's Prize 2025 is open for entries NOW! Submit your writing within our one-month window to be in with a chance of winning. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4opAzXS

If you missed our annual New Writing Prize ceremony last week, here's what our stellar judges had to say on the winners' work ... The winning pieces will be published in print in our Spring 2026 issue, so watch this space. Congratulations once again to Jo Bardsley, Flora Beagley, and Luke Liu!

#ConsciousWritingMonth continues with our Masterclass panel, Changing the Canon. Thu 13 Nov at 7pm GMT. Take this moment to protect your future health and wellbeing, recognising what you can change to better serve yourself and your creative intentions.

Interested in how to live a more conscious creative life? Take a closer look with our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth reading list featuring books by our speakers and titles to help you life a more ethically engaged life as a creative artist. All on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

And just like that, we're over halfway into #ConsciousWritingMonth. It has been wonderful to see so many of you at events so far! Those who joined us last night with Khairani Barokka, thank you. Next week, we're back with our early morning retreat at 7am. Join TLC & start your week writing!

Happening tonight for #ConsciousWritingMonth, we have Writing with Grief led by Khairani Barokka @mailbykite.bsky.social We invite you to hold grief as a companion, writing alongside it as we seek how to capture and honour what is disappearing and disappeared. 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members

Want to catch up on all the Masterclasses we've had so far? Come join our Being A Writer community and access the series, with permanent watch-back for all recordings. Plus, you're part of a supportive and motivating writing community, cheering you on. Find out more 🔽

Have you considered mentoring with TLC? Last Friday, TLC welcomed writers from Belgium, Singapore, Norfolk, Nottingham, London and beyond to our in-person Industry Day for writers enrolled on our mentoring programme, #ChapterandVerse

Want to join us for #ConsciousWritingMonth? You can secure your spot for any Masterclasses with a £15 ticket, available until the evening before the event. Take a closer look at what we have yet to come this month. 🍂 bit.ly/CWM-2025

#ConsciousWritingMonth continues with Writing with Grief, Thu 6 Nov at 7pm GMT Write alongside grief with Khairani Barokka @mailbykite.bsky.social, as we seek how to capture and honour what is disappearing and disappeared 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members 🍂 £15 tickets available

We're almost half way through #ConsciousWritingMonth. Come join us, with individual Masterclass tickets available for £15! Still to come... 🍂Writing With Grief with Khairani Barokka @mailbykite.bsky.social

#ConsciousWritingMonth continues with Writing with Grief, Thu 6 Nov at 7pm GMT Led by Khairani Barokka @mailbykite.bsky.social, write alongside grief in all its forms as we seek how to capture and honour what is disappearing and disappeared 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members 🍂 £15 tickets available

☕Good morning! This is your 1-hour reminder for those with Being a Writer membership or a VIP Pass. It's almost time to start your week with some early morning writing with the TLC team. We'll see you there at 7am! #ConsciousWritingMonth