With details of the free event and more:
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Join us for an exciting programme of talks,
workshops and networking opportunities
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International
Translation Day 2020
International Translation Day (30
September), the largest coming-together of the UK translation
community, is back!
Join us for an exciting programme of talks,
workshops and networking opportunities, beginning with a free
online event with us on Tuesday 29 September and continuing with
an amazing programme of events from English PEN, Queen's College
Translation Exchange, Goethe-Institut and Birmingham Literature
Festival throughout the week.
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Who is This Mythical English Reader?
Free online event – Tuesday 29
September, 7pm BST, Online
On the eve of International Translation Day we will
bring together four literary translators from around the globe.
Their wide-ranging conversation with chair Daniel Hahn will
encompass who we are translating for – that mythical English
reader – and how that has an impact on translators’ creativity,
as well as translation as activism and the global translation
community.
The event will be followed by a live announcement of
the winners of this year’s NCW Emerging Translators
Mentoring Scheme, including the Harvill Secker Young
Translators' Prize.
In partnership with the British Centre for Literary
Translation.
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International Translation Day 2020
Wednesday 30 September, 9.45am –
8.25pm BST, Online, £5 – 10
Join English PEN for a day-long digital programme of
talks, workshops and networking opportunities for literary
translators. Includes panel discussions on diversifying
translation, translating the Booker Prizes and shifts in the
lives of translators caused by COVID-19.
Programmed by English PEN with support from the
Booker Prize Foundation, ALCS, and the National Centre for
Writing.
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Anthea Bell Prize for Young
Translators
Launching
Wednesday 30 September
A new competition for schools, inspired by
the life and work of the great translator Anthea Bell,
aiming to promote language learning across the UK and to
inspire creativity in the classroom. Providing teachers
with the tools they need to bring translation to life.
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Translators: Robots in
Disguise?
Thursday
1 October, 7pm BST, Online, Free
A glimpse into the future of literary
translation in view of developments in Artificial
Intelligence (AI). With German to English literary
translator Katy Derbyshire; Duncan Large, Academic Director
of the British Centre of Literary Translation at the
University of East Anglia; and Lucia Specia, Chair in
Natural Language Processing at Imperial College London.
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Online Workshop: Poetry in
Translation, Breaking the Language Barrier
Saturday
3 October, 3pm BST, Online, £30
A playful poetry translation workshop, with
no knowledge of Spanish required. As a group, you will look
at a poem by contemporary Colombian poet Tania Ganitsky
and, together with literary translator Rosalind Harvey,
talk about how it works in Spanish (the sounds, images and
ideas it uses, how we respond to it as readers) and then
translate it into English.
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The National Centre for Writing
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Copyright
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Registered
charity number: 1110725
Our
mailing address is:
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Centre for Writing
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Get creative this autumn with the National
Centre for Writing
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Coming up at the
National Centre for Writing
Online workshops and courses for autumn 2020
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Starting
next week: online ten-week fiction writing courses with Ian
Nettleton
Develop your writing in progress and
discover ways to make your novel or short stories stand out
from the crowd with a friendly, supportive, ten-week online
course led by expert tutor and published writer Ian
Nettleton. Through a combination of group discussion and
one-to-one feedback, Ian will equip you with the skills and
knowledge to progress on your writing journey.
Teaching will take place online across Zoom
(video) and an online course portal. Limited places
available.
Intermediate course begins Mon 28 September, 7
– 9pm BST, online (Zoom), £225 / £200 conc – last few places available
Advanced course begins Tue 29 September, 7 –
9pm BST, online (Zoom), £225 / £200 conc
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Read
Like a Writer with Eley Williams (Fiction)
Reconnect with the joy of close reading!
Through examples and exercises, award-winning writer Eley
Williams will share how you can use reading and your
favourite books to strengthen your own writing. Perfect for
anyone who writes fiction or is interested as a reader in
how the process works.
Sat 17 October, 10am – 12.30pm BST, online,
£45 / £35 conc
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Read
Like a Writer with Will Harris (Poetry)
Want to use the power of poetry to tell
stories and explore ideas? Forward Prize-shortlisted poet,
essayist and editor Will Harris will share how you can use
reading and your favourite books to strengthen your own
writing. An ideal session for anyone who is passionate
about poetry and the remarkable power of the poetic form.
Sat 31 October, 10am – 12.30pm BST, online,
£45 / £35 conc
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Exploring
Flash Fiction with Ian Nettleton
Flash fiction can be sharp, pithy, surprising,
emotional, funny – and there is a growing market out there
for this remarkable fictional form. In this half-day online
workshop Ian Nettleton will teach you the basics of flash
fiction writing, provide practical exercises and offer
advice on where you can take the form next.
Sat 14 November, 10am – 1pm BST, Online, £45
/ £35 conc
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Join our free monthly drop-in writing
sessions
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The biggest gift you can give your writing
is time. Join us for a free, friendly drop-in writing
session hosted on our Discord community platform.
Suitable for writers of all levels, these sessions are a
great opportunity to put aside some writing time in the
comfort of your own home while staying connected to our
community of writers.
Each session will begin with a prompt, the
option to take part in a timed free-write to get the words
flowing, and then 50 minutes of writing time.
Tue 27 October, 5 – 6.30pm BST
Tue 10 November, 5 – 6.30pm BST
Thu 3 December, 5 – 6.30pm BST
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Introducing the next NCW Virtual Book Club read!
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Join us and share your passion for reading!
Our next book club read is our first poetry collection: RENDANG
by Will Harris. Sarah Howe, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize
described it as ‘an astonishing debut. These questing poems
rend and render, they tear and they give. […] Many are
heart-stopping: the kind of poem that makes you put down
the book for a while just to breathe.’
There are lots of ways that you can get
involved with the book group: by joining our online
community, signing up to a free digital Zoom discussion,
checking out our discussion prompts and suggested
activities...or just by reading along!
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The National Centre for Writing
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Copyright © 2020 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
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Plus – spaces still remaining on our
ten-week fiction writing courses
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Read Like a Writer – online workshops announced
Creative and sensitive reading is a must-have
addition to any writer’s toolkit. Following our popular 'Read
Like a Writer' sessions earlier in the year, we're delighted to
announce two online workshops for October focusing on the reading
and writing of poetry and fiction.
Discover how to be an attentive reader and how to
use this skill to strengthen your own writing. Hear our
talented tutors discuss the writing that inspires them and try an
exclusive guided exercise, designed to re-energise and improve
your work.
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Read Like a Writer with
Eley Williams (Fiction)
Saturday
17 October, 10am – 12.30pm BST, online, £45 / £35 conc
Learn how Eley Williams, author of the
award-winning Attrib. and Other Stories, uses
creative reading to inform her short story and novel
writing. A great workshop for anyone who loves to play with
words.
'She has in common with George Saunders the
ability to be both playful and profound, and we are lucky
to have her.' – Sarah Perry
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Read Like a Writer with
Will Harris (Poetry)
Saturday
31 October, 10am – 12.30pm BST, online, £45 / £35 conc
Learn how Forward Prize-shortlisted poet,
essayist and editor Will Harris uses creative reading to
inform his own explorations of narrative, form, and the
oddities and surprises of everyday life.
‘Will Harris takes British poetry into new
waters.' – Sarah Howe
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Make progress with your novel or short stories this
autumn
Ten-week online fiction courses begin this month
Develop your writing in progress and discover ways
to make your novel or short stories stand out from the crowd with
a friendly, supportive, ten-week online course led by expert
tutor and published writer Ian Nettleton. Through a combination
of group discussion and one-to-one feedback, Ian will equip you
with the skills and knowledge to progress on your writing
journey.
Teaching will take place online across Zoom
(video) and an online course portal. Limited places available.
Intermediate Fiction Course – begins Monday 28 September for 10 weeks (£225 /
£200 conc)
Advanced Fiction Course – begins Tuesday 29 September for 10 weeks (£225 /
£200 conc)
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Discover the most exciting writers working in the
Netherlands today
Free online book launch
Join us for the launch of VERZET, a collection of
beautifully designed chapbooks published by Strangers Press and
featuring the work of eight of the most exciting writers working
in the Netherlands today. If you haven't heard of them yet, you
will.
Writer, editor and translator Daniel Hahn will be
in conversation with contributing writers Karin Amatmoekrim and
Thomas Heerma van Voss, and translators Alice Tetley-Paul and
Jozef van der Voort. Their discussion will be followed by a live
Q&A where you can submit your questions.
Tuesday 22 September, 7pm BST, online, free
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Catch up with free events from Noirwich Crime
Writing Festival 2020
Featuring Attica Locke, Oyinkan
Braithwaite, Olivier Norek and more
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From a groundbreaking commission on the
abuse of power in the US to in-depth discussions with
genre-busting crime writers from around the world – this
year's Noirwich Crime Writing Festival was one of the best
so far!
If you weren't able to tune in for all of
our events with Attica Locke, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Olivier
Norek, Jill Dawson and more, do not fret – you can catch up over on our YouTube channel now.
You can also read an exclusive extract from Attica's Noirwich Lecture in the
Guardian, and watch the full event and
Q&A via the link below.
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Podcasts from Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2020
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Join us for a free online writing session
Set aside some time to focus on
your writing
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The biggest gift you can give your writing
is time. Join us for a free, friendly drop-in writing
session hosted on our Discord community platform.
Suitable for writers of all levels, these sessions are a
great opportunity to put aside some writing time in the
comfort of your own home while staying connected to our
community of writers.
Each session will begin with a prompt, the
option to take part in a timed free-write to get the words
flowing, and then 50 minutes of writing time. The next one
takes place on Tuesday 22 September at 5 – 6.30pm
BST.
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Last chance to apply – Professional development
programme for developing cultural leaders in Norfolk &
Suffolk
Deadline: 10am, Monday 21
September
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Collaboration: Place: Change Developing
Leaders is a ten-month cultural leadership development
programme open to cultural leaders or senior managers with
5+ years’ experience who are living and/or working in
Norfolk or Suffolk. It is designed to fit around day-to-day
working.
The programme fee is heavily subsidised by
Arts Council England and the LEP Culture Board, and there
is no charge for freelance or sole-trader participants. We
are also able to offer four bursaries of £2000 each to
support freelancers to participate in the programme.
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You may also be interested in...
ODI Writers’ Fund for Black History Month 2020
Deadline: Midnight, Monday 21 September
Open Data Institute are looking for Black writers
who can use data to tell a story or tell a story about data. They
will offer a fund of £500 to two winning writers and your piece
will be published on the ODI website during Black History Month
(October 2020). Find out more >>
Café Writers Open Poetry Competition 2020
Deadline: Monday 30 November
Café Writers are delighted to announce that their
2020 poetry competition is now open for entries. There are £1,850
in prizes to be won and winners will be displayed on the website.
This year's judge is poet and visual artist Helen Ivory. Entry
fee is £4 per poem. Find out more >>
Women's Prize Trust Discoveries writing
development programme
Deadline: Midday, Sunday 17 January 2021
Discoveries invites all unpublished women writers
aged 18 and up, residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in
English, to submit their works of fiction to the Discoveries
Prize. The prize doesn’t require writers to have finished a novel
– only to have started one – and it is free to enter. Find out more >>
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Have you attended an event, workshop or online
course with us since April 2020?
We are carrying out a survey to help us learn more
about our audiences as a requirement of our Arts Council funding.
If you attended an event, workshop or course with the National
Centre for Writing since 1 April 2020, we would be very grateful
for your feedback.
Take the survey
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Donate to the National Centre for Writing
As a UK registered charity, we rely on the
generosity of our supporters to make our work possible. Please
consider making a donation today to ensure that the writers of
tomorrow get the support they need to thrive and tell their
story, whatever their background. Find out more
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Copyright
© 2020 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
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