This is the place where you find news and events around all things 26, from July’s Pecha Kucha, to Wordstock on film to a new project called 26 Letters and the ripple effect of 26 Treasures of Childhood. Pecha Kucha It’s 26… it’s the Betsey Trotwood… it can only mean more of that pecha [...]
There’s no hibernating for 26’s members; the month is brimming with creative projects, conferences and book launches. And after work, comes play with news of sunny Spain. Mudlarking on the Thames foreshore The other day, Andy Hayes gathered together his 26 Milers at the Samuel Pepys to celebrate the project’s online launch. The pub’s [...]
News and announcements from this parish, including revisiting our first project: 26 letters, Throwaway Lines the Second, 26 Miles putting on its slippers and Norwich editors chomping at the bit (cf Black Beauty) 26 presents Tessa Ross Join us at The Free Word Centre, Farringdon, London on Wednesday 5 June at 6:15pm to hear [...]
A warm welcome to new members Grace Akagwu, Jo Boissevain, Colin Bradbury, Rob Briggs, Dan Germain, Sabine Harnau, Tim Hart, Ian Jones, David Mathews, Peter Searle, Tessa Sheridan, Mark Stevens and Ryan Van Winkle. We hope you enjoy the 26 experience and feel free to put forward ideas and suggestions whenever the mood takes you. Drop us a [...]
From Roger Horberry’s words for RNLI to Elise Valmorbida’s Suitcase Stories and Carol McKay on BBC News, 26ers are busy as ever. Writing from life with Suitcase Stories This November, 26ers Elise Valmorbida and Nick Barlay will be teaching at Arvon’s Ted Hughes Centre in Lumb Bank, West Yorkshire. Here’s a word about their brand new course, Suitcase Stories, [...]
News and announcements from this parish, including 26 Miles in the pub, a corporate membership deal, how to update your 26 profile, and – ooh, too exciting – a date for Wordstock 2013. 26 Miles crosses the finish line They’ve made it! The writers who took part in 26 Miles have covered every last inch [...]
Going freelance, getting published, being exhibited, writing, writing, writing. It’s a busy start to 2013 for 26ers. This is what we’re up to and what’s coming up. Poetry by Heart I am part of the team developing the new national poetry recitation competition for 14-to-18-year-olds called ‘Poetry by Heart’. Over 300 schools have signed up [...]
New year is a good time to make a change in your writing and your life, to start something new or give up something that wasn’t working. Here, some 26 writers share their own resolutions. What’s yours? Have a treat My New Year’s resolution is to give myself a treat every time I win a [...]
Here at 26 we’ve been inspired by Pecha Kucha-style presentations since the 26 Wordstock event back in October. On that now-fabled day we heard half-a-dozen stunning six-and-a-half-minute speeches, each illustrated by twenty superb slides. We heard about 26 scents, a quest across Africa, the role of comics in business writing, the design blogger of the [...]
Our writers’ Pecha Kucha at Wordstock was such a success this year that we’re going to run it again. So if you have a current project, a new idea, a mad obsession or anything else you’d like to talk about, mark your diary now! It’ll be at 6.30pm on Thursday 17 January 2013 at the [...]
It was Saturday 13 October. What a wordy day we had, what a wonderful day we had. Here are some of the highlights from our 26 event, Wordstock (in 62 words) with thanks to roving reporters Paul Murphy and Malcolm Blythe, Free the Word for curating 26 tips for healthy writing from the day, and [...]
Throwaway Lines, From Litter to Litterature, is launching very soon, with a private view for 26 members on Tuesday 30 October. Andy Hayes and crew are busy with the final touches. We’ll be spending Friday 26 (that number again) with screws, rawl plugs and rope hanging our 15 framed scraps at the Free Word Centre. [...]
The marvellous stuff the 26 members have been up to this month, from Jacob’s poetry prize to Maddie’s new book and Rob’s evening class… Jacob Sam-La Rose, 26 member and speaker at next month’s Wordstock has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for best first poetry collection with ‘Breaking Silence‘ The winner will be announced on Poetry Day [...]
Christopher Hamilton-Emery and his wife Jen founded Salt, an independent publishing house based in Norfolk, 12 years ago. This month, The Lighthouse, a debut novel by Alison Moore was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In an interview with Elen Lewis, Christopher says debut writers should slow down and work on building their skills, he offers [...]
Elise Valmorbida, one of the trio organising this year’s Wordstock, invites you to an ace Italian caff with quite a nice event attached. I’m writing from the roof of the Free Word Centre. It’s a great view up here. Not as much of London’s skyline as you’d expect, but an intimate glimpse of nature. In [...]
In the second of our series from 26′s project with Designer Breakfasts, Sue Evans interviews Sir John Hegarty, the chairman of BBH and entrepreneur and Design Council member, Bonnie Dean about the importance of telling the truth Every month, we’ll be featuring the response from one of the 10 members of 26 who attended a [...]
Museums often talk of wanting their objects to speak to visitors. Well, 26 waved its magic wand and the 26 Treasures Anthology was launched at the V&A on 18 September. It features the work of over one hundred writers: many of them household names; many of them 26 members and occasionally one and the [...]
Loop-de-loop with Dark Angels Does your writing need an autumn tune-up? Dark Angels has a very special offer for 26 members under the age of 30 – a fully sponsored FREE place on the Full Foundation course (15-20 October 2012). Dark Angels’ John Simmons says: “We’d like to invest in the future of writing, so [...]
The Throwaway Lines exhibition, ‘From Litter to Litterature’, is progressing well. However, we need your help. Can anyone with PR skills help us shout about it? If you have good contacts, or great ideas on how we can raise its profile, they would be appreciated. Please email Andy Hayes Thanks.
The Throwaway Lines launch night for ‘From Litter to Litterature’ has moved to Tuesday, 30th October. It still starts at 5.30pm and ends at 8.30. And, we’ll still be at The Free Word Centre on Farringdon Road. We’re limited on numbers, so book your free place soon by emailing andyinfinity@hotmail.com with Throwaway Art in the [...]
