writing west midlands
The literature development agency for the region, funded by Arts Council
England. We work across the West Midlands with writers aged 8+, and run
Birmingham Literature Festival.Writing West Midlands evolved from the work of
the Birmingham Book Festival, established in 1999. The organisation is now the
literature development agency for the region. We achieved National Portfolio
Organisation status from Arts Council England in 2012; an important step which
confirmed our strategic role in building the sector’s diversity and resilience.
Writing West Midlands now provides a wide range of services for writers and
readers, including our Spark Young Writers programme, our Room 204 Writer
Development scheme, the Birmingham Literature Festival and the West Midlands
Readers’ Network.