Name: The Future of Publishing in Sunderland
Start: 2025-03-06T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-06T21:30:00+00:00
Location: The Athenaeum

Welcome to The Sunderland Lit & Phil Society!
Since closing its doors in 1873, this resurrected Literary & Philosophical Society will offer a space for residents of Sunderland to engage in vibrant and open discussions about the city's past, present, and future.
Lit & Phil Societies are a cornerstone of culture in our nation's great cities. They are renowned for academic exploration, vibrant and open discussion, socialising, networking, and radical culture building.
So get ready Mackems- we are back!
For this event, Auburn Langley, founder of the New Sunderland Lit & Phil Society, will be in conversation with guests to discuss the future of the Publishing Industry in Sunderland.
On March 6th 2025 6:30 pm, the Sunderland Lit & Phil Society will be joined by
Liz Dean (Author), Gerard Purvis (Harbour Printworks CIC), Helen Wilko (King Ink) and other guests TBC.
We are a city of writers! Poets, authors, historians, storytellers. We are all here and eager to share our words with the world.
As an industrious city, the Lit & Phil are asking, what's next for Sunderland's Publishing Industry?
This event will take place at The Athenaeum on Fawcett Street, the society’s historic home,
on Thursday 6 February between 6:30 pm - 9 pm.
More details coming soon...
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This project is part funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, people and skills. For more information, visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025.
The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, people and skills. For more information, visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)