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Reinventing the Protagonist: Opportunity for Deaf and/or Disabled and/or Neurodiverse Writers to join a virtual creative writing course

Reinventing the Protagonist is a free digital course for Deaf and/or Disabled writers living in Wales. This opportunity is organised by Literature Wales in partnership with Disability Arts Cymru. The course is run as a series of 5 digital workshops and one-on-one sessions, led by internationally acclaimed playwright and writer Kaite O’Reilly. 

The course was held for the first time in 2023 with 10 writers taking part. Literature Wales and Disability Arts Wales are proud to work in partnership again and run the course during winter 2024 and spring 2025. 

From this page, you can find details about the upcoming course and practical information on how to apply, as well as information about the previous round of Reinventing the Protagonist,  

Literature Wales is grateful to Disability Arts Cymru for their support and partnership to run this course.  

Important Dates

Deadline to apply: 12.00 pm,  Thursday 29 August 

Course dates: 6, 13, 20, 27 November 2024, with one-to-one tutorials and final sharing session taking place in January and February 2025 . A mutually convenient time will be decided upon with the selected writers, closer to the course dates.  

Find out more about the programme below.

Find out more about the programme, the eligibility criteria, and how to apply below. The information is available in large print and dyslexia friendly formats via the Downloads page.