The TUC Library has taken delivery of an exciting new archive deposit – a collection of publications from the Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers. The FWWCP existed from 1976-2007, comprised of over 60 local groups spread throughout the country. The material has been deposited by Nick Pollard, a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University who had a long-running involvement in the Federation, and Joanna Bornat, Emeritus Professor at the Open University. The Federation was a voluntary, community-run organisation designed to allow ordinary, working class people to share and discuss their creative writing and facilitate community self-publication. The Federation often represented groups of writers on the periphery of society, including ethnic groups, lesbian and gay groups, and members with mental health issues. Read more
Physical Location of the Document
Not all documents in the archive have been digitized. If the download is not available, please inquire about accessing the item, which is housed at the Trades Union Congress Library's Special Collections in London, England.
