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Plus – Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
starts today!
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Noirwich Crime Writing Festival starts today!
Register for free online events
now at noirwich.co.uk
Join us for
free online author discussions and newly commissioned writing
which investigate the ways in which crime writing can help us
make sense of today's world.
Speakers include Attica Locke, Oyinkan
Braithwaite, Olivier Norek, Sophie Hannah, Jill Dawson, Trevor
Wood and more!
Festival highlights...
Noirwich Lecture: Attica Locke
Friday 11 September, 7.30pm
BST, online, free
A hard-hitting commission from award-winning US
author and screenwriter Attica Locke, exploring the ways that
crime writing can challenge the distribution of power and
authority at a structural and individual level. Register now
My Sister, the Serial Killer: Oyinkan
Braithwaite
Saturday 12 September, 7.30pm
BST, online, free
We dig deep into the dark psychology of deadly
siblings in Oyinkan Braithwaite’s blackly comic thriller My
Sister, the Serial Killer; described by the Guardian
as a ‘literary sensation’.
Register now
Workshop: Exploring True Crime – four places left!
Saturday 12 September, 10am or
2pm BST, online, £35
Join Guardian journalist Duncan Campbell as
he explores the best of true crime writing, past and present, and
looks at different ways to investigate and write about crime.
Book now
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival is a partnership
between the National Centre for Writing and the University of
East Anglia.
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Top picks from The Writing Life podcast archive
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Ten-week online fiction courses
– on sale now
Intermediate and advanced levels available
Dedicate some time to your writing this autumn and
discover ways to make your novel or short stories stand out 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 /
£220 conc)
Advanced Fiction Course – begins Tuesday 29 September for 10 weeks (£225 /
£220 conc)
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Meet the World – free online events
Perspectives from
writers and translators across the world
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Verzet: New Dutch Writing Chapbooks
Launch
Tuesday
22 September, 7pm BST, online
Join us for the launch of VERZET, a collection
of beautifully designed chapbooks published by Strangers
Press, showcasing the translated work of eight of the most
exciting young writers working in the Netherlands today.
In partnership with Strangers Press and New
Dutch Writing.
Book now
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Who is This Mythical English
Reader?Tuesday 29 September, 7pm
BST, online
On the eve of International Translation Day
we will bring together four literary translators from
around the globe – Jen Wei Ting (Singapore), Anton Hur
(Korea), Somrita Urni Ganguly (India) and Gitanjali Patel
(UK) – for a wide-ranging discussion on what it means to be
a translator today.
In partnership with the British Centre for
Literary Translation.
Book now
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Receive advice and feedback on your writing
project – new mentors added
Online sessions in poetry,
creative non-fiction, drama and fiction
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Writers of all kinds often face common
challenges; from finding the time to write and tackling
creative blockages to preparing manuscripts for
publication.
Our expert mentors are uniquely placed to
help, from the fine detail of your work to the bigger picture
of your life as a writer. Working one-to-one, each online
session is focused on how best to help you, wherever you
are in your writing journey.
Find out more
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Download our free, simple digital storytelling
resource pack
Perfect for parents and carers of
children aged 0 – 5 years
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This week we celebrated UNESCO International
Literacy Day (Tuesday 8 September) – a worldwide
opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of writing
and reading in our everyday lives. To mark the occasion,
NCW shared a free digital resource pack which gives
parents and carers some simple tips for creating fun and
engaging stories with children aged 0 – 5 years.
Inside, you will find ideas for new stories,
simple ways to create the physical space and time to tell
stories together in a busy schedule, plus hints and tips on
how to tell a great story to a child.
Download the Neverending Stories pack
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Apply for the CPC Developing Leadership programme
For cultural leaders in Norfolk
or Suffolk with 5+ years' experience
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Collaboration: Place: Change Developing
Leaders is a 12-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. Applications are welcome from those
working in organisations, in a freelance capacity or who
work with a combination of both employment and
self-employment.
Deadline: 10am, Monday 21 September
Find out more
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You may also be interested in...
Apply for the Young Norfolk Arts Collective
Deadline: Monday 28 September
The YNA Collective is for anyone aged 16-25 in
Norfolk. Through regular online meetings, training sessions
and creative workshops, the Collective develop the skills
and knowledge to enable them to produce and promote creative
events, activities and exhibitions. Find out more >>
International Jazz Poetry Month
Until Thursday 1 October
Tune in for the 16th annual International Jazz
Poetry Month celebration from City of Asylum @ Alphabet City!
This year's virtual programme brings together diverse voices to collaborate,
to exchange ideas, and engage in a conversation about freedom of
expression. Find out more >>
The Imison Award 2020 for best audio drama
Deadline: Sunday 4 October
The Imison Award (£3,000), established in 1994 in
memory of Richard Imison, celebrates the best in new writing for
the medium of audio drama. Submissions will be accepted from any
party (producer, broadcasting organisation, writer, agent etc.). 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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