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Two events at Lewes All Saints 

Tues 29 Aug: 'Bliss'

Rehearsed reading of a new play by Louise Monaghan. Performed by Irene Marot & Sam Cox.

Weds 30 Aug: 'Flat Things'

Julian Bell in conversation. Lives of the Artists #3. An LLL series in which artists talk about how and why they ended up doing what they do in the way that they do it. With projected images. 

Sun 24 September, 4pm

Lewes All Saints Centre

An event as part of LewesOctoberFeast featuring a first ever performance by John Agard (above) of his specially composed calypso for Mrs Beeton; directed extracts from Isabel Allende's Aphrodite performed by actress Leann O'Kasi; ukulele interludes from Pam Hewitt and (v importantly) Guyanese cuisine cooked up by local chef and writer, Nathalie Mulvan. 

Poetry Submissions Without Tears

Sat 21 Oct, 11am - 1.30pm

A hands-on workshop for beginning and more experienced poets alike on submitting to poetry magazines and anthologies - with tutors Janet Sutherland and Maria Jastrzębska. Places can be booked online through this website.

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Poetry Small Group Seminars

Mimi Khalvati's much-loved poetry sessions focused on developing work in progress will be returning again in the autumn. Dates are: Saturdays 14th October, 18th November and 16th December. These sessions are aimed at experienced writers and are frequently oversubscribed. Oct - Dec is mostly booked a few spaces remain. Poets interested should contact LLL direct.

Penned Up at Erlestoke

6th - 16th March 2017

LLL recently ran a second festival in a prison, at HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire. Aiming to support rehabilitation and offer inspiration, the festival's visiting artists included Billy Bragg, Kit de Waal, Erwin James, Noel "Razor" Smith, Dreda Say Mitchell, Mr Gee, Geese Theatre and a performance of Diving into the Wreck, a multimedia production developed by poet Maggie Sawkins and LLL's Artistic Director Mark C. Hewitt, in which addicts in recovery tell their own story. Prisoners were involved in a management committee that oversaw all aspects of the festival.