What we mean by literature

We work with professional and aspiring writers, novelists, poets, playwrights, editors, agents, translators, critics and the literature development sector.

Literature Blueprint – consultation now open!

Creative & Cultural Skills is inviting writers, literature development workers and others across the literature sector to contribute to a new plan to develop the skills needs of the industry. The Literature Blueprint will be a UK-wide workforce development plan for literature. It will analyse the skills needs of the literature sector and propose key actions in response.

Tom Bewick, Group Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills, said: “The UK is rightly proud of its literature sector, which encompasses a range of working practices and business models. To ensure the continued success of the sector in a time of intense technological and economic change, we need to focus now on developing those skills that will be needed in the future.”

Antonia Byatt, Director, Literature Strategy at Arts Council England, said: “We are delighted to have been partners with Creative & Cultural Skills in developing the Literature Blueprint. To ensure that everybody can access high-quality literature experiences, both now and in the future, is at the heart of our work, and the development of skills is vital in this aim.”

Please download the Literature Blueprint  (PDF) – there is a list of questions on the first page to help you consider the document, but feedback can be as brief or detailed as you wish. Please submit any comments to engagement@ccskills.org.uk by Friday 19 March 2010.

Where to find literature research statistics

Literature research has taken place across the UK during the past decade including through our Creative Blueprint.

Getting into literature

Creative Choices° is the first online service to provide the tools, knowledge and networks to support every individual and business to get in, and get on, in the creative industries and cultural sector.

More information can be obtained from the Useful Links section on the right.