Outreach programmes and 'making art accessible' are not about belittling it, relying on 'amateur' work, or squeezing it into strange places.

Literature isn't always the first art form that comes to mind for many. But wow is that a mistake. I personally enjoy reading a good book - it's just finding the time. It can certainly be more fulfilling than watching the film equivalent.

Nightingale Class from Cambridge School went to the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith to see Bugsy Malone.

Arts Award Voice's deputy editor Tom interviews Laura Dockrill about how she decided to get into writing, and the authors that inspired her to follow her dream career. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.

Tom also talks to Emma Jones from the Ministry of Stories about the ways in which they support young people taking their Arts Award to find their own inspiration.

Getting involved in festivals can be a great way of getting experience in the industry and getting access to events, as I found out reviewing and volunteering at this year's Durham Book Festival.

Starting today, primary, secondary and sixth form students are being given the chance to enter reviews of Shakespeare School Festival (SSF) performances to a special competition on Voice!

Diana has been around since the first shoots of Arts Award grew in the West Midlands in 2000 and has helped the award to flourish over the years

We're teaming up with Bath Festivals for March's literature month. Bath Literature Festival - running until March 8th - is just a part of this. We caught up with learning and participation leader, Hazel Plowman to find out more...

This weekend, I headed to How To Win a Novel Award, a talk at Bath Literature Festival. Here are the key highlights from the discussion to help any aspiring writers pitch their work just right...

A fun and enlightening end to a weekend at Bath Festivals, Scott Peck and Ann Morgan picked their top ten books from around the world.

At Bath Literature Festival's Young Writers Lab, students created alternate realities for the city of Bath, imagining new landscapes and futures at 'The Chancery of the Lost and Found'. Here, Yves Morris shares a section of his creative writing...

Danny Wallace is a natural fit as a children's author, achieving that nigh on impossible adult trait of speaking to children as equals.