City Lit presents: Late Lines
Late Lines is our regular performance evening for City Lit writers, featuring a fantastic mix of poetry and prose readings from our talented students. All are welcome!
Date: Thursday 16 November 2023
Time: 18:30-20:00
Location: Online
The event will be hosted by author Lou Kuenzler and feature a special reading and Q&A with City Lit alumna Varsha Shah.
The event is free but we kindly ask all attendees to make a donation to the City Lit Student Bursary Fund. Suggested donation: £3
Please be aware that the evening may include pieces which discuss adult themes and subjects.
Join in
If you've recently studied on a City Lit writing course and would like to share your work at Late Lines in November, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact writing@citylit.ac.uk by Wednesday 25 October with a copy of the piece/s you'd like to read on the night. Each reading slot is 3-5 minutes maximum.
All genres, styles, forms and levels of experience are very welcome.
Please note that this event will be recorded and shared afterwards on our website and social media.
Lou Kuenzler
Lou attended a writing for children class at City Lit some years ago. Since then she has written many popular books for newly fluent and middle grade readers as well as picture books. She has also written for Cbeebies television. She is very proud that so many of her past students have achieved publication success of their own.
Varsha Shah
Varsha Shah always dreamt of being a writer. After studying Law at Cambridge University, she worked for several years as a solicitor and has written articles for publications including Legal Week, Legal Week Global, The Times Education Supplement, and the on-line edition of Harper's Bazaar. She has taught English as a foreign language in both Japan and Canada. She loves both travelling - and basketball! Her debut novel Ajay and The Mumbai Sun was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award and nominated for the Yoto- Carnegie Medal for writing.
Late Lines in July 2023
Thank you to our exceptionally talented City Lit writers and special guest Christiana Spens for a brilliant night of spoken word in July.
Watch our recording of Late Lines in March 2023
Catch up with our most recent event. The evening was hosted by Brian Mullin and featured a conversation with Dawn King. Brian and Dawn are both acclaimed playwrights who also teach at the college.
Learn more
- Browse courses and find out more about creative writing at City Lit
- Get in touch at writing@citylit.ac.uk or give us a call on 020 4582 0415.
- Stay in touch with the creative writing department on Facebook and Twitter.