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Free event at the National Library of Scotland Val McDermid presents... Join international bestselling novelist, journalist and Man Booker judge Val McDermid as she reveals her selection of 10 of the most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working in the UK today. Val will be joined in conversation by three of her chosen writers as she explores what makes their work so vital.  This event is part of a major new showcase of UK writing, and is a partnership between the National Centre for Writing and British Council with support from Arts Council England and Creative Scotland. National Library of Scotland Saturday 10 August, 3 - 4pm Free of charge - booking essential Presented by the National Centre for Writing and British Council as part of the International Literature Showcase, with support from Arts Council England and Creative Scotland. The National Centre for Writing is supported by: Copyright © 2019 National Centre for Writing, All rights reserved Registered charity number: 1110725 Our mailing address is: National Centre for Writing Dragon Hall 115 - 123 King Street Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1QE United Kingdom Share with a friend:

Learn how to turn your experiences into captivating travel writing Your travel writing journey starts here... Learn how to turn your experiences, both real and imagined, into captivating travel writing in our series of workshops. Multiple booking offer Book both workshops at the same time to receive a 10% discount on ticket price*. *Discount will be automatically applied when both items are added to your basket Travel Writing: journeys of the imagination Explore the perennially popular genre of travel writing with esteemed writers Suzanne Joinson (UK, author of A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar) and Agustinus Wibowo (Indonesia, author of Ground Zero). Try your hand at weaving reportage, memoir and flights of imagination into stimulating accounts of travelling. Friday 9 August, 2 – 5pm National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall, Norwich £45 / £35 conc Travel Writing: place and memory Take a trip into the depths of your mind and learn how to use the evocative power of both fact and fiction, place and memory, to create spellbinding works of travel writing.   With travel writers Suzanne Joinson (UK, author of A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar) and Agustinus Wibowo (Indonesia, author of Ground Zero) as your guides, explore fascinating locations and reveal forgotten depths of your own experiences and memories Thursday 22 August, 2 – 5pm National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall, Norwich £45 / £35 conc How to get here The National Centre for Writing is based in the beautiful medieval Dragon Hall, a magnificent timbered trading hall and courtyard garden located in the heart of Norwich. It is easily accessible from the city centre and is a five-minute walk from the train station. Parking is available nearby on Rouen Road, NR1 1QU or Rose Lane, NR1 1PY. Blue badge holders can park on site. Why not stay for the weekend and explore Norwich UNESCO City of Literature? See the Visit Norwich website for information on travel, accommodation and things to do! Find out more>> Share with a friend: The National Centre for Writing is supported by: Copyright © 2019 National Centre for Writing, All rights reserved. Registered charity number: 1110725 Our mailing address is: National Centre for Writing Dragon Hall 115 - 123 King Street Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1QE United Kingdom

Plus Val McDermid reveals her selection of the most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working in the UK today... June 2019 What's On Blog & News Support for writers About Headliners announced for Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2019 Limited season passes are on sale now BBC Reporter George Alagiah, Apple Tree Yard author Louise Doughty and 'Iceland's Crime Queen' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir are set to appear at this year's Noirwich Crime Writing Festival. The region's largest annual celebration of crime writing will take place on 12 - 15 September in Norwich. Limited edition season passes are on sale now, with the full programme announcement taking place later this month.  Noirwich Crime Writing Festival is a partnership between the National Centre for Writing and the University of East Anglia.    Save 20% with an all-access Noirwich season pass! Val McDermid presents... Saturday 10 August, 3pm, Scottish Poetry Library Exceptional times call for exceptional writers. International bestselling crime novelist, journalist and Man Booker judge Val McDermid reveals her selection of the most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working in the UK today. Experience incredible writing and find out why Val feels these are the writers who are influencing and shaping the UK literary scene. Val will be joined in conversation with three of her chosen writers as she explores what makes their work so vital.       Presented by the National Centre for Writing and British Council as part of the International Literature Showcase, a nationwide project to showcase the diversity of writers working in the UK today to an international audience.  With support from Arts Council England. Award-winning writers guide you through Norwich UNESCO City of Literature Walking Norwich pamphlet is now available in print and online As featured in Guardian Travel, we invite you to walk with the writers who were born in or drawn to Norwich UNESCO City of Literature, to experience their city and discover the layers of stories embedded within it. You can pick up a free print edition of Walking Norwich: The Real and Imagined City from independent bookshops around Norwich, while stocks last, or read the online version now. Norwich is a city of unexpected paths waiting to be discovered and we want to know your favourite walks. If you have a walk of your own to share, send it to us. Jon McGregor: Cow Tower to Kett’s Heights 'You may think of Norwich as a gentle and uncomplaining sort of a place, but the city has a long history of radicalism and protest. I’d like to introduce you to a gentleman farmer named Robert Kett, a key figure in the city’s history of rebellion...' Sarah Hall: Looping Eaton Park 'To walk is a physical and mental act, to feel place under the feet in the present, to reconstitute it in the memory, and imagine how it might be anon.  Walking and writing are so closely aligned.' Emma Healey: The Lakenham Way 'The Lakenham Way can’t claim any links to famous authors or characters, but I can’t be the only one who finds an abandoned railway line atmospheric and inspiring. And walking this path feels like writing in itself...' Latest from the NCW podcast Ivanka Mogilska on finding time to write as a new parent Carl Gorham on writing about grief – and finding hope Reda Gaudiamo on writing and translating books for children Introducing yeoyu - new voices from Korea Following the sell-out success of the KESHIKI series, we are thrilled to support yeoyu, a chapbook series from Strangers Press celebrating new voices from Korea. Featured writers include two former NCW writers in residence; Man Booker International Prize-winner Han Kang, and author of The Impossible Fairytale, Han Yujoo. You may also be interested in... Georgina Harding in conversation with Lucy Hughes-Hallett Sunday 30 June, 1.30pm, Orwell Hotel, Felixstowe, £9 / £7 conc Join two prize-winning novelists as they discuss their work. Georgina Harding’s Land of the Living was a fiction highlight of 2018 in the Guardian, and Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s Pecular Ground was chosen as ‘one of the best novels of the year’ by The Times. Part of Felixstowe Book Festival.  Find out more >> Call for Applications: Translation Week 2019 with the National Centre for Writing Deadline: Sunday 18 August Cove Park is delighted to continue our Translation Programme, in partnership with the National Centre for Writing, to offer a week-long residency for up to five literary translators this autumn. Translation Week will run from 11 - 18 November 2019. Find out more >> The Hubert Butler Essay Prize Deadline: Monday 2 September 'Where does a citizen of the world belong?' is the subject of this year's Hubert Butler Essay Prize which seeks to encourage the art of essay writing with a European dimension and expand interest in Butler's work. First prize £1,000 / two second prizes £500. Find out more >> Support us As a UK registered charity, we rely on the generosity of our supporters to make our work possible. Please consider making a gift to ensure that the power of creative writing continues to influence and inspire generations to come. Donate now The National Centre for Writing is supported by: Copyright © 2019 National Centre for Writing, All rights reserved. Registered charity number: 1110725 Our mailing address is: National Centre for Writing Dragon Hall 115 - 123 King Street Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1QE United Kingdom Forward to a friend: