The Dubai International Writers' Centre is the first all-inclusive celebration of the written word in all its forms – writing; fiction and non-fiction; poetry; song lyrics; play writing; film scriptwriting; calligraphy – with a year-round programme of events catering to the multicultural and multinational communities living in the region.\\The Centre brings together people of various backgrounds, cultures and interests and is a meeting point for residents and visitors to interact with each other, other cultures and with the Emirati culture of Dubai. The Centre is also an international hub for writers, providing a space for visiting writers and writers-in-residence to impart knowledge and expertise to locally-based writers and users of the Centre.