Between the Lines 2025
Between the Lines (BTL) is a facilitated reading program for writers with an active practice. Now in its ninth iteration, BTL returns in 2025, continuing its tradition of rich, writer-focused discussion and exchange.
Across six monthly sessions, running from May to October 2025, participants will take part in in-depth conversations about three works of fiction and three of nonfiction, carefully curated by this year’s facilitators—Alice Grundy and Patrick Mullins
Submissions due: Sunday 27 April 2025
In 2025, BTL offers a combined fiction/nonfiction stream, creating a unique opportunity to explore a broad spectrum of authorial approaches and literary techniques. The focus is on craft, achievement, and literary context, rather than personal preferences about whether a book is ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on how each selected work might influence or inform their own creative practice.