The latest news from New Writing
North
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Best Creative Company
Award
Earlier this month we were thrilled to win the Best
Creative Company Award at the North East Business Awards!
The awards themselves are quite a fancy affair and
the winners don’t find out until their category is announced, so we had our
own ‘Oscars moment’ of trying to pull the right kind of
relaxed-yet-gracious face while standing on rather a large stage.
Of course, we were delighted to find out we had won.
As a small team we work really hard year-round to create opportunities and
support writers at all stages of their careers, and it meant a lot to
receive this recognition from the region’s business community. You
can find out more about the awards here
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Gordon Burn Prize
longlist revealed
The longlist has been announced for the Gordon Burn
Prize 2019 and it’s a corker. This prize consistently finds the most
exciting, boldest new books across fiction and non-fiction, and we are so
pleased with the titles that have been selected this year. If you’re
looking for reading list inspiration, look
no further.
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People’s Landscape on
the Durham Coast: Writing Residency
This summer we are working with National Trust on a
an exciting project on Durham’s ‘radical’ coast, and we’re looking for a
writer to undertake a residency in the area, producing work that will be
presented at Durham Book Festival 2019. This opportunity is open to
published writers based in the North of England. Find
out more and apply by 7
June.
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Summer Schools
Aged 12-19 and based in the North East? Come and
spend the summer with us! We’re running free 3-day creative writing summer
schools across the region – but sign up soon, some schools are already
fully booked. Find out more and book
your place here.
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Words First: spoken word
at Alphabetti
We're working with BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Asian Network
and Contains Strong Language to find the best emerging spoken word talent
in the UK. Join us at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle on Tuesday 11 June
(7.30pm) for a dynamic spoken word showcase that will premiere new work by
selected artists aged 18-30. This is a free event, reserve
your tickets here
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The
Emma Press have published Dragons of the Prime,
a new anthology of dinosaur poems for children featuring work from 38 poets
including Northern writers Jane Burn, Harry Man and Cheryl Pearson.
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Streetcake
Magazine’s experimental writing prize for 18 to 26
year olds is open for submissions of flash fiction, short stories and
poetry. Deadline Friday
14 June. Enter
here.
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The HarperCollins BAME Traineeship
is now open for applicants who want to take part in a twelve-month
rotational traineeship in their offices in London. Deadline Sunday 2 June.
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David
Higham Associates are hosting an open day for
under-represented scriptwriters on Tuesday 19 September at their offices
in London. Eight scriptwriters will get the opportunity to attend a
series of talks from DHA agents, development professionals and writers.
Deadline Monday 10
June.
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Micro publishing
company ૧૦:૧૦ Press
is accepting submissions for a series of three new anthologies – The Brown (South Asian
community), The Black
(the Black British community) and The
British White Working Class with the theme of language. Find
out more and submit here.
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Slice of the Moon Books is a new indie
press open to submissions of fiction (particularly literary, magical
realism, horror, and eco-fiction), non-fiction (natural history,
alternative culture and essays), poetry collections and children’s books.
Find out more and submit your work here.
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Former detective James Ellson has
secured a book deal with crowd-funding publisher Unbound for his crime
thriller The Trail. To hit
his fundraising target James (who has previously advised acclaimed
author Paula Hawkins) is offering police & crime writing advice
for writers to help improve the veracity of their fiction.
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Join historical
fiction writer Jennifer C. Wilson
at North Shields
Library on Saturday
8 June, 10:00am-12:30pm for a novel-writing
workshop focusing on the importance of setting. There
will be writing exercises and discussion, and the chance for feedback,
both within the workshop itself, and written feedback on a short piece
afterwards.
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Join the North
Pennines AONB Partnership and award-winning crime novelist David Mark for
a series of six creative writing
workshops at Killhope
Museum, exploring key themes of storytelling such as
setting, character and plot. Workshops will run every Saturday from 22 June to 10 August at
10am-12:30pm.
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TLC has launched the TLC Press Mini Guides,
a series of low-cost practical guides for writers on aspects of craft and
creativity, written by their expert professional readers. Find out more
about their first of their guides and buy your Mini Guides here.
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Changing Relations is hosting a panel talk and creative workshop
at Killhope Museum on Saturday 1 June
to discuss industrial heritage as part of the exhibition Men’s Voices:
Stepping Out of The Box.
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York Festival of Ideas
will take place 4-16
June throughout venues in York. On Friday 14 June Claire
Malcolm will be chairing Changing
the Narrative, a talk discussing the issues of our
current narratives on poverty. Book your free place here.
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Manchester’s Victoria Baths
hosts its first Weekend
of Words over the 7-9 June for a
bumper weekend of readings, writing workshops and panels. Find out more
and book
your tickets here.
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Methuen Publishers will be releasing a commemorative
edition of Helena Fox’s D-Day play Bomb Happy on 6 June to mark the
75th anniversary of D-Day and to tie with a new
commissioned production of the play. There will be five
performances from 14-16
June at York
Army Museum and including post-shows for audiences
to meet veterans whose memories are explored in the script.
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Greenfield Arts are
hosting two creative writing workshops led by writer Dani Watson focusing
on writing techniques through creative games and practical tips. The
sessions will run on Friday
14 and Friday 21 June from 1:00pm-3:00pm at Greenfield Arts, Newton Aycliffe.
Places cost £25 for the two sessions – contact 01325 379048 or email at info@greenfield-arts.co.uk to find
out more.
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Jack Drum Arts are hosting a summer school for children
aged 8+ to create a play with the Incredible Edible Bishop Auckland crew.
Join them at Auckland
Castle from Tuesday
30 July to Friday 2 August (10:30am-4:30pm every day) by
booking your place via info@jackdrum.co.uk
or 01388 765002. Tickets cost £25, with a small number of free places for
low-income families.
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Manchester City of
Literature is looking for an Executive Director to help lead and
shape their organisation. Based in Manchester. Deadline Friday 14 June.
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The Reader needs a Head of People to
lead the development of their People practice. Based in Liverpool.
Deadline Friday 14
June.
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Storyhouse is recruiting a Sales Administrator for to support
their box office. Based in Chester. Deadline Sunday 16 June.
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If you have news that you would like to be
considered for inclusion in the newsletter please contact victoria@newwritingnorth.com. The deadline
for receipt of information for the next newsletter is 21 June 2019.
While
every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this
newsletter is correct at the time of going to press, things do change,
frequently at the last minute and very often without our knowledge.
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