Creative Future Writers' Day
Writers, publishers and literary professionals share hints, tips and initiatives in a day of talks and panel events designed to help you find your feet.
Whether you’re just starting out as a writer, or have been writing for years, this event is the perfect opportunity to gain inside insight from literary professionals that could help advance your writing career.
The day includes short talks from Creative Future and other leading writing development agencies, followed by panel events with Q&As, including with poetry publishers, literary agents and more, in the Purcell Room.
The event also sees a literary fair take over the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, with leading literary organisations and publishers exhibiting their work and welcoming chats with all attending, including Creative Future, Bad Betty Press, Curtis Brown Creative, Faber Academy, Out-Spoken Press, Poetry School, Spread The Word, Poetry Society, Verve Press, Writers & Artists and The Writing Coach.
Schedule
For more detail, see the free downloadable programme in the event information section.
10.30am – 10.45am: Intro and the Creative Future Writers’ Award
10.45am – 11.45am: Meet The Writing Organisations
12 noon – 1pm: Page to Publication
1.30pm – 2.30pm: Getting Your Poetry Published
2.45pm – 3.45pm: Meet the Agents
Presented in partnership with Creative Future
Need to know
This event is also available to watch via live stream.
Talks take place in the Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the literary fair takes place in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer.
Find out more about the event and speakers with our free programme.
View the programme
Access
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For your visit
This event is held at the Purcell Room Southbank Centre
The Purcell Room is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Purcell Room is an auditorium located within our Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.