Our patrons, funders, founders and advisors

The Readers & Writers programme is delighted to have been endorsed at the highest level by our patrons - writers Alberto Manguel, Rachel Billington, Jung Chang, Antonia Fraser, Andrew Motion, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson.

We are currently funded by - and extremely grateful to - the Monument Trust, LankellyChase, John Lyons Charity, the Allen and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust, the Pack Foundation and Arts Council England.

The Readers & Writers programme was first set up by Rachel Billington and Siobhan Dowd.

The Readers & Writers Advisory Committee is chaired by Lindsay Mackie and its members are: Jake Arnott, Lennie Goodings, Miriam Halahmy, Anthony Horowitz, Clare Paterson, John Podmore and Shazea Quraishi.