Writers need business skills and opportunities to make their career a success. To this end, Litfest runs a professional development programme to help writers develop their careers.

The programme operates on a variety of levels:

• writing workshops, that cover aspects of prose and poetry writing. Our workshops are led by experienced faciliatators who have been published by Flax and elsewhere. Our next Writing from Art series begins on Thursday 23rd September.

• a bespoke development programme, specifically for writers published by Flax. It may involve professional development planning, skills exchange between writers, marketing strategies, coaching and one to one mentoring schemes. What the writers want and need will determine what we will attempt to provide.

• coaching, focusing on the practical the aim of supporting writers to get where they want to go in their career.

• from time to time we also off one-off opportunities as pilot schemes.

• All our previous seminars, focusing on the business of being a writer, which cover topics from micro-business, administration, earning multiple incomes and legal troubleshooting are available as information sheets, free to download. See the list below for what you may be interested in.

There's more information on how to submit work to Flax elsewhere on the site. And if you have any ideas on what else we might cover in the future, then contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it who can't make any promises but is always interested.

If you live in Lancashire, you might also be interestered what the Lancashire Writing Hub are up to.