Resources

To further explore the history of the FWWCP and working-class writing and community publishing see:

The TUC library at London Metropolitan University, which holds an archive of thousands of publications from FWWCP member writing groups, the organisation’s records and bi-annual magazines: https://collections.londonmet.ac.uk/records/TUC/FWWCP

Some of these documents have been digitised by staff and students from Boston College, USA: FWWCP Digital Collection

Worpole, K. and Morley, D., 1982. The Republic of Letters. London: Comedia.

For an examination of the emergence and development of working-class writing and publishing groups from the 1970s to the early 2000s, see Woodin, T., 2018. Working-class writing and publishing in the late twentieth century. Manchester University Press.

For more detail on specific writing and publishing groups see:
Schling, R., 2017. The Lime Green Mystery: An Oral History of the Centerprise Co-operative. On the Record. This text documents how the Centerprise co-operative (1971 – 1993) attempted to put radical ideas about education, culture and community work into practice, drawing on reflections of many of the people involved. See: https://www.ahackneyautobiography.org.uk

A history of the formation and activities of Bristol Broadsides is documented here: Bristol Broadside 1976-1991