Welcome to this time-limited ning, a space for responses to Arts Council England's invitation to contribute to the "the directions we should take and the ways of working we should adopt" as they set out their vision for the next ten years.

As the National Association for Literature Development, we encourage you to respond directly to the papers which can be found at http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/consultation/  

However, we are also interested in your views and wanted to create the space where,  as literature professionals and activists, we can share them. Please feel free to add to the discussion strands we have started on the paper's various sections or to start new ones. 

Steve Dearden, Director
National Association for Literature Development
director@nald.org   www.nald.org