Learning and Participation initiatives
The London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme has supported 158 previously unpublished writers so far. Success for previous participants of The Emerging Writers’ Programme includes:
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Published novels
The Broken Places by Russell Franklin (Phoenix), The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (PRH), Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth (PRH), Wild Pets by Amber Medland (Faber), Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah (The Borough Press), The Silence Project by Carole Hailey (Corvus Books), and The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings (Harper Collins).
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Poetry collections and pamphlets
One Language (The Poetry Business) by award-winning poet and photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Ripe (Pages of Hackney) by Isabelle Baafi, winner of the 2021 Somerset Maugham award and the PBS Pamphlet Choice award (Spring 2021), The Protection of Ghosts by Natalie Linh Bolderston (V), G&T by Oakley Flanagan (Out-Spoken Press), Into The Same Sound Twice by Zakia Carpenter-Hall (Seren Books), and The Barman by Helen Bowell (Bad Betty Press).
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Radio/screen writing
Daniel Marc Janes (The Crown) and Kate Perry (Ruthless, winner of numerous awards including Best Irish Short Film, The Indie Cork International Film Festival; Best Celtic Short, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival; Best Short Film, The Waterford Film Festival).
