We are also pleased to announce that we are receiving sponsorship for the Rochdale branch of Write Out Loud from Bright Books. The photograph show Bright Books managing Director Ken Park handing over a cheque to Write Out Loud's Paul Blackburn at a World Bookday event at the book shop in March.

Bright Books is a rather wonderful independent bookshop that is also a wholesaler to schools, libraries and prisons - check it out http://www.brightbooks.co.uk and give it your support!

As public funding for the Arts becomes ever tighter, the support of organisations like Bright Books becomes more important to our work. We hope to publish details of further sponsorships soon. If you or your organisation want to get involved, please contact Paul@writeoutloud.net.