Launched in 2024 at Toxteth Library, the Writer’s Bloc is a vibrant community of writers and creative thinkers from across the Liverpool City Region. Thanks to funding from the Amazon Regional Creatives Fund, we’re able to bring the Writer’s Bloc to two new venues from April 2026. Along with Toxteth Library on Fridays, we’ll now be at Birkenhead Central Library on Mondays and Bootle Library on Wednesdays.
We’ll be launching the new Writer’s Bloc with workshops from writer’s Helen Jeffery and Marie Basting along with our Time To Write sessions.
Creating Work for Stage with Helen Jeffery
Helen is a Writer, Performer & Creative Facilitator from Merseyside, UK. A graduate of the Playwright’s Programme at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, she has had several plays produced including, ‘The Brink’ and ‘Gun Metal Blue’, which won the Blink.Theatre Award for New Writing in 2017. Her play, ‘Buckled’ was commissioned as part of the ‘UP NEXT’ Festival at Unity Theatre, Liverpool in 2023 and has since toured twice.
10.30am-12.30pm Mon 27th April – Birkenhead Central Library
11am-1pm Wednesday 29th April – Bootle Library
Write For Children with Marie Basting
Marie Basting writes funny, fantastical stories for children inspired by fairytale and myth. Her books have won accolades for curriculum support, inspired educational trails at the Roman Baths and Corinium Museums and helped mark the opening of the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow.
11am-1pm Wednesday 27th May – Bootle Library
10.30am-12.30pm Monday 8th June – Birkenhead Central Library
To register for any of our upcoming Writer’s Bloc sessions, please register here
Writer’s Bloc Registration Form
