london lit lab
We believe writers can learn a huge amount from each other. We set up London Lit
Lab to share our writerly experience, knowledge and inspiration with
up-and-coming writers. Since 2016, we have been designing and teaching our own
London Lit Lab courses, and mentoring writers of both fiction and non-fiction.
We also teach creative writing courses at other organisations including the
British Library, Riba, Mslexia, Arvon Foundation, St Mungo’s, Bath Spa and
Birkbeck universities, Writers & Artists and Google. Lily Dunn Lily Dunn is an
author, mentor and creative writing teacher. Her first novel, Shadowing the Sun,
was published by Portobello Books and her debut nonfiction, Sins of My Father, A
Daughter, A Cult, A Wild Unravelling, a memoir about the legacy of her father’s
addictions, was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in March 2022. You can find
her personal essays in Granta, Hinterland, MIR Online, The Real Story and Litro,
and she is a regular writer for Aeon. She is in her final writing up year of her
doctorate at Birkbeck, University of London, and is interested in how to
integrate the therapeutic power of writing with literature. She is co-editor of
A Wild and Precious Life, Addiction, physical and mental illness and its
aftermath: a collection of stories and poetry from writers in recovery, due to
be published by Unbound in May 2021. She teaches creative writing at Bath Spa
University and co-runs London Lit Lab. She also has experience teaching
marginalised groups, specifically those in recovery from addiction to drugs and
alcohol. ‘Lily’s memoir course was first rate. I’ve attended other courses, but
this has been by far the best!’ Eva ‘Lily has helped me uncover an unstoppable
and undeniable urge to navigate and plot a course through my memories.’ Mia
‘Lily Dunn was exceptional. She knows her material well and delivered it
confidently and in accessible chunks to a diverse group of writers and learners.
I would do a continuation of this course if one were to be made available.’
James ‘I would like to thank Lily for being such a wonderful giving person and
tutor. I really felt that she held the space well for the participants, which is
so important considering the nature of the course. Lily was brilliant.’ Denise
