London Writers' Week Announces 2017 Programme

London Writers' Week has announced details of its 2017 programme, whose theme will be Digital Media and Cross Platform work. London Writers' Week 2017 will take place from 4th - 9th July 2017.

Following on from the theme of Theatre last year, this year's London Writers' Week will provide access to and showcase some of the best new ideas going on in new writing in terms of digital media and cross platform work in the UK.

Contributors include Oscar and BAFTA nominated writer and President of The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Olivia Hetreed, Chief Executive of the Creative Industries Federation John Kampfner and Australian Academy Award nominee David Evan Giles, whose work includes "Paradise Road", Australia's biggest budget feature film of the 1990s which launched the career of Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett.

Writers will also be able to get access to advice from the BBC, Tamasha Theatre Company, Boundless Theatre, writer Al Smith (whose plays include Harrogate at The Royal Court Theatre), the Pervasive Media Studio, Philip Shelley, who runs Channel 4's screenwriting course and who recently produced the podcast series "Tribute", John Yorke, one of the UK's leading television producers who recently sold Irish soap opera "Red Rock" to the BBC and Amazon, and former Creative Director of New Writing at the BBC Kate Rowland, who will discuss BAFTA nominated 24 hour online drama experiment "The Last Hours of Laura K", amongst other contributors.

London Writers Week's partners include The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, BBC Writersroom, the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, Tamasha Theatre Company, NAWE, Playwrights' Studio, Scotland and the London Playwrights Blog, and London Writers' Week has also announced a new partnership with WhatsOnStage as a media partner, who will offering a session with Royal Court Theatre literary manager Chris Campbell.

Director of London Writers' Week Jennifer Tuckett said: "We hope this year's theme of Digital Media and Cross Platform work will provide access to and showcase some of the best new ideas going on in digital media in the UK. With BBC Three moving online, The Space, and projects like The Royal Court Theatre's collaboration with The Guardian and podcast series and cross-platform work, it is increasingly important writers consider digital media as a possible area to write for and with. However, as a new form, research has shown it can be difficult to get access to advice on how to do this. We hope this year's London Writers' Week addresses this issue by providing access to some of the most exciting work and ideas going on in and using digital media in the UK."

This years' London Writers' Week has sessions for writers for theatre, film, television, radio, digital media and other forms, young writers, teachers, the industry, and anyone interesting in new writing.

For more information and to book tickets, please go to: www.londonwritersweek.com