London Writers' Week Announces 2018 Programme

London Writers' Week, the annual week providing access to and showcasing the best new ideas going on in new writing in the UK and the new writing version of London Fashion Week, has announced its programme for 2018.

Having successfully raised money for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, supported by the Tabernacle Theatre and Bush Theatre, London Writers' Week 2018 is dedicated to supporting organizations promoting diversity in the arts.

Taking place from 18th July - 21st July, the week's 2018 theme is film and will include sessions on playwriting and film, digital media and film, television and film, film and other areas such as how to get and keep an agent.

The week is also announcing new partner The London Screenwriters' Festival, who is joining the organisation's group of partners who support the week's aim to provide access to and showcase the best new ideas going on in new writing in the UK.

Highlights of this year's London Writers' Week include:

· A session with BAFTA nominated writer and co-Chair of Film at The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Andrea Gibb on The Writers' Guild's new campaign "Equality Writes" and advice for women who write for or would like to write for film

· Advice on writing for film from the Raindance Film Festival, the UK's largest independent film festival, which has staged the UK premieres of films including "The Blair Witch Project", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "Memento".

· Advice on getting and keeping an agent and how having an agent works from Kat Buckle, agent at Curtis Brown, one of the UK's leading and most innovative literary agencies

· Advice on writing for film from the London Screenwriters' Festival, the world's largest professional screenwriting event

· A pitching workshop with Bob Shultz, founder of the Great American Pitchfest who works with the London Screenwriters' Festival

· Advice on teaching and working with young people in terms of film from Into Film, who are leading the way in terms of film and young people

· A writing workshop and writers networking session run by the London Playwrights Blog on playwriting and film

· The Diversity School Initiative and Actor Awareness on increasing diversity in the arts

Jennifer Tuckett, Director of London Writers' Week said: "We are excited our fourth London Writers' Week's theme is film and that we are donating 100% of our profits to organisations promoting diversity in the arts. There has been a lot of discussion this year about diversity in the arts and we hope this year's week will provide a useful programme of access to some of the best work and new ideas going on in terms of new writing and film in the UK, as well as raising money for an important cause."

The organisations which will be supported by this year's London Writers' Week are The Diversity School Initiative, which campaigns for greater diversity in drama schools and whose board members include Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of The Royal Court Theatre, Actor Awareness, which campaigns for working class actors and writers and who recently made "The Acting Class" documentary with Maxine Peake, Christopher Eccleston and others, the London Playwrights Blog, an invaluable resource providing access to opportunities and advice, and University Women in the Arts, which aims to improve the transition from women studying the arts to working in the arts.

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

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