Demystifying Dialogue: Workshop with Toby Litt

25th April 2026 11:00am to 1:00pm, Milton Keynes Cenral Library

Does your dialogue seem clunky or embarrassing to you? Do you avoid writing it altogether?

In this workshop, experienced Creative Writing tutor Toby Litt will give you advice, ideas, and even some tricks for writing better dialogue, and writing it with greater ease and confidence.

 

Speaker profiles
Toby Litt

Toby Litt is a writer, academic and environmental activist based in London. He grew up in Ampthill and went to Bedford Modern School. He has published novels, short story collections and poems. His most recent book is A Writer’s Diary (Galley Beggar, 2023) – and his diary continues to run on Substack. His novel Patience was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. He is a member of English Pen and editor of the Writers Rebel website. The recent Netflix series, Dead Boy Detectives, was based on Toby’s run on the Vertigo/DC comic of the same name. Toby is the Head of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton.

Booking & payment

£20 (£15 concessions)

Location

Milton Keynes Cenral Library
555 Silbury Boulevard
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK9 3HL
United Kingdom

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