[7]In 2009, TLC became a resident founding member of the Free Word Centre — an international organisation for literature, literacy and freedom of expression – where events are hosted, including an annual literary conference.
in association with Writers' Centre Norwich, Free Word Centre, Apples & Snakes, English PEN and FMcM, featuring a specially commissioned poem by Lemn Sissay, a symposium chaired by Professor Jon Cook (University of East Anglia), and contributions from guest speakers including Kit de Waal, Giles Duley, Margaret Busby, Elif Shafak, Henny Beaumont, Mark Ball, Raymond Antrobus and Abi Morgan, following a keynote address by TLC founder Becky Swift.
[14] In addition, TLC offers the Chapter and Verse mentoring scheme, both commercially and with places available as bursaries enabled by Arts Council England funding, and also programmes and runs events, classes[15] and a "Literary Adventure" holiday overseas.
[1][16][17] In 2015, with increased Arts Council England funding (TLC is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation) TLC expanded its Free Reads Scheme[18] to deliver the Quality Writing for All Campaign, in partnership with 17 regional literature development organisations, for high quality, low-income writers, with a special focus on supporting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled writers across the UK with manuscript assessment bursaries.
TLC's commercial services are available to writers worldwide, but within the UK it works with 17 regional literature development bodies across England for its Free Read bursary scheme for low-income writers, including Spread the Word, New Writing North and Arvon Foundation, as well as supporting a number of prizes (SI Leeds Literary Prize, Mslexia First Novel Award, Bridport First Novel Award) and other literary ventures.