Penned in the Margins selected to join the Arts Council’s National Portfolio

We received some thrilling news this morning. Arts Council England has announced its latest three-year funding decisions, and Penned in the Margins has been selected to join its National Portfolio. We will receive a total of £135,000 over three years to support our ambitious, cutting-edge programmes of books, literary events and cross-artform productions. Our model [...]

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Claire Trévien to tour stage version of her Guardian First Book Award longlisted poetry collection

Photograph by Bristi Chowdhury

Rising literary star Claire Trévien was longlisted for the 2013 Guardian First Book Award with her poetry collection The Shipwrecked House after winning the public vote. Now the twenty-eight year-old writer and performer is working with Penned in the Margins to transform her spellbinding poems for the stage. Inspired by maritime tales, Trévien’s poems have [...]

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Tour dates for Caroline Bergvall: Drift announced

A remarkable new performance work is hitting the UK in 2014

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Ten things you didn’t know about death rituals

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Total Man by Hannah Silva on shortlist for prestigious Ted Hughes Award

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