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Featuring
Caleb Azumah Nelson, Amy Key, Don Paterson and many more
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The City of Literature weekend at Norfolk
& Norwich Festival begins next Friday 26 May! Have
you booked your tickets yet?
Expect a jam-packed programme of panel discussions,
interactive workshops and the return of our popular Publishing
Fair. This year's programme invites you to join the conversation
and consider love, class, grief, family ties, cultural
differences and identity.
Grab your tickets and help us celebrate the stories
and creativity that make Norwich and Norfolk an inspiring place
to write, think and dream.
Book 3+ events and get 10% off!*
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Intricate Worlds: Caleb Azumah Nelson &
Jyoti Patel
Fri 26 May, 10.30am, National Centre for
Writing, £10 (£9 conc)
The weekend kicks off with two of the most
hotly anticipated books of 2023: Small Worlds by
Sunday Times bestselling author Caleb Azumah Nelson and The
Things That We Lost by #Merky Books debut novelist Jyoti
Patel. Hear them discuss how they went about crafting
intricate, intimate love stories. Book
here →
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Handle with Care: Roopa Farooki & Fiona
Mason
Fri 26 May, 2pm, National Centre for
Writing, £10 (£9 conc)
How can books help to address difficult
conversations around life, death and grief?
Dr Roopa Farooki and Fiona Mason will be
joined by Dr Caroline Elton for an open and honest
conversation about how storytelling through fiction and
memoir can reframe delicate discussions and help others to
find a voice. Book
here →
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‘It’s courageous, tender, exasperated, angry,
lyrical and occasionally even funny, but never voyeuristic. The
simplicity of the prose and the honesty of observation are
compelling.’ — Blake Morrison on Fiona
Mason's memoir 36 Hours
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Loving & Living Alone: Amy Key and Sarah
Perry
Sat 27 May, 10am, Adnams Spiegeltent, £10
(£9 conc)
With profound candour and intimacy, Amy Key’s Arrangements
in Blue explores the realities of a life lived in the
absence of romantic love. Amy will be joined by Sarah Perry
for an open and honest conversation about painful feelings
we are usually too ashamed to discuss, and the power of
building a life on your own terms. Book
here →
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Harriet Martineau Lecture: Charlotte Higgins
Sat 27 May, 12noon, Adnams Spiegeltent, £10
(£9 conc)
A headline event at the City of Literature
weekend each year, the 2023 Harriet Martineau Lecture will
be delivered by award-winning author and Guardian
chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins on the power of
culture as a lens through which to understand current
conflicts. Book
here →
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From Toy Fights to Poetic Heights: Don
Paterson
Sat 27 May, 2.30pm, National Centre for
Writing, £10 (£9 conc)
Join legendary Scottish poet Don
Paterson OBE in conversation about his new memoir Toy
Fights: A Boyhood — an uproarious, tenderhearted memoir
of family, music, profanity and growing up in working-class
Dundee in the 1970s and 1980s. Book
here →
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City of Literature Publishing Fair
Sun 28 May, 10am-4pm, National Centre for
Writing, free entry
Drop in and explore the vibrant independent
publishing culture of the East of England. Meet the
publishers, browse and purchase their work, and take part
in a series of lightning talks throughout the day. The
perfect Sunday event for writers, readers, editors and
creators of all kinds. Read
more here →
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Book your
tickets
nnfestival.org.uk
01603 531800
Norwich Guildhall,
Gaol Hill, Norwich, NR2 1JS
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*Applies
to events only, not workshops. Discount automatically applied
during checkout.
City of Literature Weekend is a Norfolk &
Norwich Festival and National Centre for Writing presentation,
programmed by the National Centre for Writing.
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The National Centre
for Writing is supported by:
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Copyright © 2023 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
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