Events
From craft masterclasses to publishing industry deep-dives, explore our full slate of worldwide events.
Litopia’s program of events cross borders, genres, and skill levels. Full Members get it all for zero extra cost—and plenty are open to Free Members, too.
Writers’ Huddle March 14th – 5.00pm UK time
Join Litopia’s Weekly Writers’ Huddle this Saturday 7th March at 5.00pm UK (GMT). It’s a friendly, practical space to bring your work-in-progress for discussion and honest feedback from Pete and the collective. But not only WiPs. Query letters, book proposals, synopses and blurbs are all welcome. Also, anything you’ve spotted in the press or online…
Huddle South this Wednesday!
Our weekly Writers’ Huddles are unique to Litopia. Conducted on Zoom, they are relaxed, informal and confidential. Best of all, they are included without further cost in your affordable annual membership subscription. Regular attendance at Huddles will develop your expertise. Experience shows that there’s no shortcut: highly-priced courses or seminars generally over-promise yet under-deliver. The…
“Cat’s Cradle” by Kurt Vonnegut
Book Club is not really an elite cadre. Or, if it is, anyone can join at any time. Litopians who wish to pop in for a meeting should feel very welcome. The difference between other book clubs and ours, we hope, is that we look at the books through the eyes of a writer, not…
The Fabulous February Challenge!
The rules are simple: Each entry must be ONE sentence only, as defined by the basic rules of English grammar. We will notice if you squeeze unrelated clauses together and pretend it’s a sentence, so please don’t do it. Your entry will be disqualified and removed. Don’t comment on other people’s entries – this makes…
An Evening with Annie Summerlee and The Book of Blood and Roses
A couple years back, Litopian Annie Summerlee started workshopping and Huddling a new writing project. If you’ve ever watched Litopia’s Pop-Up Submissions on YouTube, you’ll immediately recognize Annie – her brilliant manuscript crits were incisive, helpful and often very funny! Well, fast forward a couple of years, and publishers have been fighting to get hold…
The Weekly Huddle
Saturday sees our weekly Huddle at its usual time of 5.00pm – UK (GMT). And as ever, you are invited to submit your WiPs for discussion and feedback from Pete and the collective. But not only WiPs. Query letters, book proposals, synopses and blurbs are all welcome. Also, anything you’ve spotted in the press or…
The Great Litopia YuleWrite Huddle Party
It’s time to wrap up a weird sort of year year with something… well, maybe even weirder…! We’re hosting an extended, fully festive Christmas Huddle packed with writer-friendly games, puzzles, brain-twisters and a generous dose of creative mischief. Expect favourites such as The Ant Game, The Consonant Gardener, Rebuses, Ditloids, Mondegreens… and a few surprises…