Writing for Activism – A Masterclass with Toby Litt (MK Literary Festival)

Writing for activism requires commitment, and not just to the cause in question. As the poet Thom Gunn once said: 'Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.'' While stories where something or someone is in jeopardy are usually the most compelling, conveying that urgency in a way that engages and inspires requires an understanding of good writing as well as of noble causes.

​Join us for a masterclass with novelist, educator, poet and Writers Rebel website editor, Toby Litt, where you can explore many of the questions that writing for activism raises. What can writing achieve and what are its limitations? What does activist writing need beyond passion and righteous emotion? What makes storytelling - whatever the form or genre - potent?