Editing Lewes (section)

===Literature and history===

The Lewes Literary Society (until 2015 the Monday Literary Society)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mondayliterarysociety.co.uk/ |title=Monday Literary Society |access-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204121015/http://www.mondayliterarysociety.co.uk/ |archive-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was founded in Lewes in 1948 by authors [[Barbara Willard]] and Frances Howell, chaired by [[Leonard Woolf]] from 1954 to 1969, and currently by the poets [[John Agard]] and [[Grace Nichols]], who live in the town. The Needlewriters is a co-operative of poets and writers which hosts a quarterly evening of poetry and prose at the Needlemakers Cafe, showcasing writers from across Sussex and Kent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://needlewriters.co.uk/ |title=Needlewriters |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331133703/https://needlewriters.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The poetry imprint Frogmore Press, founded in Folkestone in 1983, moved to Lewes in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frogmorepress.co.uk/ |title=Frogmore Press |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608224941/http://www.frogmorepress.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Lewes Live Literature (LLL) was founded 1995 as a promoter of art and literature events, with an autumn festival which ran 2001–2007 bringing together spoken word with performance, music, film and visual art. Since 2007, LLL has concentrated on live literature production work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leweslivelit.co.uk/?location_id=31 |title=Lewes Live Literature |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725134114/http://www.leweslivelit.co.uk/?location_id=31 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Lewes History Group was founded in 2009 and supports an active programme of talks, information and research into the history of the town and surrounding areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://leweshistory.org.uk/ |title=Lewes History Group |access-date=30 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227011746/https://leweshistory.org.uk/ |archive-date=27 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Lewes Speakers Festival was created in the mid-2010s and brings a range of national speakers to the town each year, on a range of political, literary and historical topics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speakersfestivals.com/lewes-speakers-festival |title=Lewes Speakers Festival |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509183730/https://www.speakersfestivals.com/lewes-speakers-festival |url-status=live}}</ref>