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News from New Writing North: 23 August 2024
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Durham Book Festival open for booking
From
10-13 October, a starry literary line-up will descend on Durham. This year’s 35+ events include authors
Helen Fielding, Rebecca F
Kuang, Terry Deary, Pat Barker, Jackie Kay, Andrew McMillan, Lucy Foley,
and many more. Taking place both
in-person and live-streamed, at
Gala Durham, Clayport Library and Collected Books.
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Creative Writing for Teachers
Teachers, develop your creative writing practice and
gain the confidence to bring creative skills into the classroom on our Creative Writing for Teachers programme.
For £150, take part in monthly Zoom workshops, get feedback on your creative work, receive curriculum linked
resources, and more.
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Spend an
evening with Louise Doughty and Charlotte Vassell
Lovers of crime, thrillers and psychological fiction, join Louise
Doughty (Apple Tree
Yard, Platform Seven) and Charlotte
Vassell (The Other
Half) at Waterstones Newcastle on 25
September to delve into the minds of their characters and discuss what drives their stories. Bring your books to get signed or get your hands on a brand-new favourite read!
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One week
left to join The Writers' Space
Connect and learn with
fellow writers in The Writers’ Space. This 12-month online programme offers
you the chance to network with fellow writers at all stages, improve your
craft through guided workshops and seminars, and meet industry experts.
Book your spot on this year’s programme for £50 – deadline Friday 31 August.
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Four
Seasons in One Poem: Climate poetry event
Come to a climate-themed poetry night in
Newcastle on 19 September
to hear about how we can creatively reclaim narratives and explore shared histories through
poetry and storytelling. We’ll be joined by British poet Linda France, alongside First Nations Australia writers Graham Akhurst and Yvette
Henry Holt as part of their visiting scholarship with
Northumbria University.
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Festivals
and Events volunteers
We’re looking for enthusiastic readers to volunteer to help our festivals and literary events run
smoothly. Apply by 13 September for the
chance to get events experience,
join a supportive network, and
see behind
the scenes at Durham Book
Festival and beyond.
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Start
Writing for children or for screen
Try your hand at writing
children's stories through workshops at Shiremoor
Library led by Karon Alderman, or learn how to write for the screen
at Tyneside Cinema with Chess Tomlinson. These six-week
courses begin in September, and are perfect for new writers or those
looking to try out a new genre or form.
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Study with
New Writing North Academy
Kick off the new academic year with a flexible online
writing course that fits around your busy life. Deep dive into Young Adult fiction and
build momentum on your novel,
or learn the essentials of how to go from
random scribbler to serious writer on our brand-new Fiction
Foundations course – both beginning 7 Oct.
Also coming
up are Story for Screenwriting
(9 Sep), Writing Crime Fiction
(30 Sep), Write and Submit a Short Story (7 Oct) and Stories from Life (14 Oct),
all with bursaries available
to residents of Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Northumberland.
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Young
Writers' Groups
As the new term draws
closer, it’s a
great time to think about
joining a Young Writers’ Group.
Taking place across the North East on Saturday mornings, our groups are for anyone aged 11-19 to
get creative, develop their writing talent and try something new. Find details and term dates on our website now – sign-ups will
open from 6 September.
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Support
our research into working-class readers
A Writing Chance Research and Story Associate Dr
Angharad Hampshire is conducting research into the reading habits of
working-class people as part of the AHRC-funded StoryArcs programme. This
research aims to shed light on the importance of
working-class representation in literature.
Please help us by completing a short survey, open to anyone aged 18+ and living in the UK who is from a
working-class background and likes to read.
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People,
publishers, and podcasts
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Kitty Fitzgerald’s 1993 play Grandma
and Mrs Chatterjee is back from the archive
and available to listen to for a limited time on BBC
Sounds. This entertaining and thought-provoking
drama from the author of Pigtopia follows Breda's gran
Kathleen and her friend Mira as they battle to bring back Goddess Culture
via radio sets.
Newcastle writer Marek Bidwell’s first book, Skye
Line: Backpacking the original Skye trail, was published earlier
this month. Discover Skye as you've never seen it before as the author
traverses the island on foot, experiencing a wild landscape of remote
lochs and mountains where few people tread.
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Competitions,
awards, and submission opportunities
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The new Strachey
Trust Grants from The Society of Authors
offer up to £500 to enable authors to access literary manuscripts.
Available to authors wishing to travel to a UK archive or collection to
research manuscript material, for a specific full-length literary
project.
The Poetry
Translation Centre is looking for young poets aged 18-26
with an interest in multilingual creativity to join the UNDERTOW artist development scheme. Participants will
receive one-to-one mentoring from poet Kit Fan and take part in online
workshops and seminars to build up their creative practice. Deadline 8 September.
Darlington-based writing group Stop Write Hear’s
new Write on Track competition is part of the bicentenary celebrations for the Stockton &
Darlington Railway. Anyone who lives along the historic railway is invited to submit
poetry, short stories and memoir pieces related to trains and railways.
Deadline 15 December.
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Freelance
opportunities and jobs
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The Brontë
Parsonage Museum in
Haworth seeks a Deputy
Visitor Experience Manager to join the front-of-house team
(deadline 26 August),
and a Development
Officer to develop and promote the Brontë Society
membership programme (deadline 2
September).
Helix Arts in North Shields is looking for an
experienced Creative
Producer to
deliver a range of participatory arts projects. Candidates should couple
brilliant organisational and people skills with a love of arts and
creativity. Deadline 6 September.
Transform, an international performance festival in Leeds, is
looking for eight Young
Curators aged 18–25. This is a unique
opportunity to develop new skills in festival curation, gain
professional experience in the arts industry, and build connections
across the sector.
Deadline 10 September.
Are you driven to develop creativity and access to
culture? Arts Council
England is
recruiting a Senior
Relationship Manager
based in the North East to help shape, monitor and manage grant investments across the North. Deadline 20 September.
Tees Women Poets seeks an experienced, strategically minded Chair of Trustees to help this dynamic, respected organisation grow into a CIO. Candidates
should be based in Teesside and have a commitment to intersectional
feminism and the social benefit of the arts. Deadline 31 October.
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Workshops, courses, and events
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Culture Club is the place for 13-17-year-olds in
Newcastle to meet new friends, watch theatre, and make content. Attend
shows together at Northern Stage, talk about what you’ve seen and then tell people all about it! Apply
for a place by 30
August.
Join The
Literary Consultancy from 3 September for Conscious
Writing Month. Across four weeks of accessible digital workshops,
seminars, panels and performance, explore how to lead more
conscious creative lives through the themes of mind, body, climate and society.
Explore writing, food, memory and taste at Write
and Shine’s Summer
Festival.
These online sessions, running until the end of August, embrace flavours
and friendship, cooking and the creative process, with two guest
speakers—photographer Sophie Davidson and poet Romalyn Ante.
The Manchester-based Coffee
and Poems Club
is hosting a fundraiser
event for Manchester Central Foodbank on Sunday
8 September, 5pm at Haunt MCR. Hear
from guest writers, get poetry writing tips, write a collaborative poem, and take part in a raffle with coffee and
poetry themed prizes.
Are you
interested in discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment? Reading Round (part
of the Royal Literary Fund) is offering free weekly meetings led by author David Mark at the
Queens Hall in Hexham on Fridays 10-11:30am from 13 September. Email david.mark@rlfeducation.org.uk to reserve
a space.
The annual Inpress Writing Conference returns
to The National Centre for the Written Word in South Shields on Sunday
15 September. Three talks throughout the day will focus on writing a first draft, finding an agent, and routes into
publishing, with keynote
speakers published by Penguin, HarperCollins, DK, Verve, and more.
Have an idea for a book? Dreaming about getting it
published? Want advice from industry experts? Digital
Publishing Uncovered is Bookouture’s new online event on for writers of colour
to find out more about the world of digital publishing and writing
commercial fiction, taking place on Friday
19 September, 2-6pm.
The annual Brontë
Festival of Women’s Writing returns to Haworth from 20-22
September. This year’s theme is Webs of Childhood, with a
focus on literature for children and young adults. Featuring a host of
fantastic speakers and workshop leaders, including headline speaker Dame Jacqueline Wilson, alongside free
events for families.
Some
Dappled Park is a unique poetry writing workshop from
the Philip Larkin
Society, on Saturday
21 September at Artlink Centre, Hull. Beginning with a walk around The Avenues
and Pearson Park, you will explore
the world of Philip Larkin and let
his work inspire you to craft
your own poems.
The very first Withington
Book Festival will take place from 2-5 October in South
Manchester. Featuring a spoken word event, book quiz, launch party, talks
from authors, panel discussions, and creative workshops. The events are
free for the public to attend.
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Writing
talent is everywhere. But opportunities are not. That's why we exist: to identify and nurture
talent. To inspire a love for creative writing and
reading. To create life-changing chances for people
across the North.
But we can’t do it alone. Can you spare the cost of a
coffee to help us?
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If you have news that
you would like to be considered for inclusion in the newsletter please
contact carys@newwritingnorth.com.
The deadline for receipt of information for the next newsletter is 20
September 2024.
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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