Its ethos of being writer-driven, cross industry, personal and passionate means it needs to connect and be relevant to these incredible storytellers of our time.
We regularly run festivals and events across the UK and (following the Covid-19 pandemic) via online webinars. We also attend and speak at events run by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and other organisations. For further details and to sign up for tickets visit our Opportunities page.
We run an online webinar each term for students of screenwriting Find out more and register your interest
Our writers' festivals began with the TV Writers' Festival in 2010, which has since taken place in Leeds and London. We have also run free writers' festivals, open to the general public, in Glasgow and Cardiff.
We also run events specifically for writers who have entered our opportunities and reached the longlist. Find out more below.
In autumn 2023 we ran a live event at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House London with the writer Jesse Armstrong (Succession, Peep Show) quizzed about his career by John Yorke. The invited audience comprised members of our development groups and writers who had applied to our opportunities and reached the longlist stage.
Watch an interview that we recorded with Jesse Armstrong for our website
The TV Writers' Festival
Starting in 2010 our TV Writers' Festival is curated by writers for writers. The festival is a mix of masterclasses, conversation and debate aimed at - and created for - working television writers.
For its first four years the festival was held at the Leeds College of Music while in 2014 and 2016 it moved to Central St Martins new campus in London's Kings Cross, with the support of Drama Centre London and Central Saint Martins' new MA Dramatic Writing.
In 2017 and 2018 the festival moved to in East London. In 2017 the day kicked off with writer Danny Brocklehurst interviewing Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Director of Content Charlotte Moore and culminated in a keynote Q&A with Hans Rosenfeldt, the writer of The Bridge and ITV's Marcella.
For 2018 the festival was renamed 'The TV Writers' Festival', including Comedy for the first time. It began with Charlotte Moore being interviewed by Bodyguard and Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio (including audience questions) and the day ended with a keynote Q&A with Steven Moffat.
Festival chairs have included Tony Marchant, Paula Milne, Peter Bowker, Jack Thorne, Emma Frost, Tony Jordan and Kay Mellor.
Other Writers' Festivals across the UK
The first Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Writers’ Festival took place in the heart of Glasgow on 19th March 2016. We returned to Glasgow for our second Scottish Writers' Festival on 13th May 2017 and our third on 31st May 2019.
Our first Welsh Writers' Festival took place on 24th March 2017 and the second on 9th December 2019.
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Wales Writers' Festival 2019
Our second Wales Writers' Festival took place in the National Museum Cardiff with speakers including Russell T Davies. Rhiannon Boyle gives a run down of the day. -
Scottish Writers' Festival 2019 - Watch Interviews
Catch up with video interviews from our third Scottish festival in May 2019, packed with advice and inspiration. -
Celebrating Scotland at our Second Scottish Writers' Festival
In May 2017 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom celebrated Scottish script-writing and some of the great writers that have come from Scotland in our second Scottish Writers' Festival. -
The Welsh Writers Festival 2017
Bi-lingual blogger and tweeter Dai Lingual came along to our inaugural Welsh Writers Festival in March 2017, which launched Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom in Wales. He gives us the lowdown on what happened and what he took away from the day. -
Scottish Writers' Festival 2016
Presented by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland, the one day event brought together some of Scotland’s most respected writers, executives and producers from TV Drama, Radio Drama, Comedy and Children’s to offer practical insights into the development and production process.