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CANEX Creative Writing Workshop 2026

Fully funded four-day residential creative-writing programme for emerging prose writers of African and Caribbean heritage, held alongside CANEX Book Factory/CANEX WKND.

Date
Nov 1 – 4, 2026
Place
Lagos, Nigeria · Lagos · Nigeria
Price
Free
Verified
2026-09-17
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Fully funded four-day residential creative-writing programme for emerging prose writers of African and Caribbean heritage, held alongside CANEX Book Factory/CANEX WKND.

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For authors
  • intensive craft training
  • publishing and rights education
  • peer critique
  • access to authors, editors and publishing professionals
  • fully funded for selected writers

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