Hear from a line-up of West Midlands-based writers as they step up to the mic at Digbeth-based new writing night STORIE for a specifically curated evening of EXPERIMENTS IN WORKING CLASS PROSE.

Selected from their first ever open submissions call—& in direct response to the sobering data released by the Sutton Report in 2024 that people from working class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to pursue careers in the creative industries—Birmingham writers & STORIE co-curators TAYLOR BURNS & CLIVE JUDD introduce new working class writers to experiment with the boundaries of prose: expect narrative detour, formal invention, & a proper celebration of West Midlands writing all set under the arch of Digbeth’s KILDER BAR.

This event is hosted as part of the BIRMINGHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2025.

TICKETS: Free

Please reserve your ticket here on our Eventbrite page.

KILDER BAR is located at 5 Shaw’s Passage, Digbeth with step-free access via the entrance on Shaw’s Passage.

For further enquiries about the event, please email storie@vocebooks.com

STORIE: EXPERIMENTS IN WORKING-CLASS PROSE