Welcome to The Writer’s Bloc: Community and Creativity, Writing on the Wall’s online writing centre – a virtual centre dedicated to writing in all its forms across the Liverpool City Region.
We’ve had the pleasure of having Yvonne Battle-Felton, Anthony Anaxagorou, Cash Carraway, Ailsa Cox, Lowkey, Ytasha L. Womack, Winnie M Li, Joelle Taylor, Patrice Lawrence, Kevin Dyer, Bidisha, Manon Steffan Ros, Dominic Berry as our previous Writers on the Bloc.
To find out about our writer’s and their upcoming events, click the links below
Current Writer on the Bloc
Ashleigh Nugent
We can’t wait to be joined by our next Writer on the Bloc Ashleigh Nugent. Commonword Memoir Competition winner and Creative Director for Rise Up CiC.
He has written for poetry anthologies, academic journals, magazines, blogs and theatre.
Ash will be leading our Writer’s Bloc from Monday 4th October until Friday 22nd October, Featuring a whole host of incredible workshops, discussions and one-on-one sessions for free
Next Writer on the Bloc
Luke Barnes
We are excited to welcome award-winning writer Luke Barnes to the Writer’s Bloc as our next Writer on the Bloc.
Writing for both screen and stage, Luke has found significant success in his work, winning the Scotsman Emerging Talent award as well as being Runner up in Off West End Awards for Most Promising Playwright and the Off West End Best new play award for his poignant piece Bottleneck.
Luke’s theatre credits include Freedom Project (Leeds Playhouse), The Jumper Factory (The Young Vic Theatre), The Sad Club (National Theatre) and All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (The Bush Theatre/ Paines Plough Roundabout). We can’t wait to see what fascinating discussions he will bring to the bloc.