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National Archives Publishing Opportunity

The National Archives are looking to commission new history titles and would welcome any relevant proposals.

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Call for Entries: KUP Short Biography Competition

Kingston University Press is pleased to announce a competition for manuscripts or proposals to be published in a series of short, innovative biographies.

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Hampshire Writers’ Society invites your membership

The Hampshire Writers' Society welcomes all writers in Hampshire to join this new society, which will interact with a unique and growing sector of aspiring writers, identify new writers and engage young people by encouraging an interest in writing both creatively and critically.

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Call for Entries: Unpublished Fiction - Sci Fi

LAST TEN DAYS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Each month a different genre; each month a winner.
The prize: a contract, paid royalties, and full promotion and marketing strategies.

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The Oxford Editors Writers' Group 2012

The Oxford Editors are delighted to announce the launch of Group 2012, a new literary group for writers of all levels.

The group will welcome new writers as well as the more experienced authors, and will serve as a friendly place to exchange ideas and experiences, to encourage, inform and stimulate members

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Dickens Fans Sought to Celebrate Bicentenary

The University of Leicester is announcing a series of events this year to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens - and members of the public are being asked to participate in the celebrations.

The School’s Dickens experts are hoping to find readers who will be willing to read one of Dickens’ novels serially – as it was first published – and blog about their experience. They also hope to collate readers’ selections of their favourite extracts from Dickens’ work.

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Book Trade Charity (BTBS) Booksale

The Book Trade Charity will be holding a booksale at the Foyle Centre, The Retreat, Kings Langley:

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World Book Day - Volunteers Needed

Headway Bristol is a charity which provides support for the brain injured and their families.

They are looking for local professional or amateur poets, authors and writers to help them celebrate World Book Day on the 1 March 2012. If You are interested or know any writers who may wish to volunteer with us on the day please get in touch.

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City-pick Cambridge -- Call for writing

What is the very best writing on Cambridge?

Oxygen Books are the publishers of the city-pick series - featuring the best writing on favourite world cities - and are now looking for the most exciting writing on Cambridge for a special event at this spring's Cambridge Wordfest book festival.

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Male writer wanted for a LGBT event

Chris Gribble (Writers’ Centre Norwich) is looking for a male gay writer who would be willing to speak at an event in Cambridge for LGBT History Month on Saturday 11th Feb with Pauline Palmer (a gothic expert).

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