When turning life into art, where’s the line between truth & fiction? How do we navigate the tensions btwn telling a good story & being faithful to the facts?

Excited to teach a session on truth in memoir National Centre for Writing in June - more info & booking here: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/truth-i…

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Join our friendly, dynamic team in the new role of Digital Marketing & Content Coordinator.

🕰️ Full-time, fixed term post until July 2027.
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Next month! 🚨

Join Elizabeth Lewis Williams for a relaxed poetry workshop where you will experiment with giving place a voice in your poetry. @nnfest

Fri 24 May, 11am, NCW: buff.ly/4aUZiMa

Applications for Lit from the Inside are now OPEN! 💡📢

Led by Dr Katie Cooper, writer, academic and broadcaster.

14- 17 year olds are invited to look deep into the literary world...📚

Kindly supported by Norwich Charitable Trusts

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This spring, UEA Live welcomes Lyndsey Stonebridge. Stonebridge will be in conversation with Rachel Potter about her latest work 'We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience'.

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📢 New for summer 2024!

We're excited to announce THREE brand new eight-week courses for writers with a work in progress who are looking to refine their skills and gain personalised feedback on their manuscript.

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Incredible dragon Easter egg scenes this week at National Centre for Writing! Delighted to welcome so many families and visitors to explore Dragon Hall over the past few weeks, creating fabulous new stories & art 🐉

🎪 Appearing at @nnfest! Join Marchelle Farrell and Jessica J. Lee on Sunday 26 May, 10.30am at the Adnams Spiegeltent, discussing how they found a sense of home through plants and reconnecting to the land.

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📢 Free webinar!

Join course tutor Rebecca Goss and NCW programme lead Vicki for a live webinar and Q&A session where they will explain how our courses work and why they might be the perfect next step in your writing journey.

Fri 12 Apr, 12.30pm, online: buff.ly/43YRKWD

2022 - 2023 Danish Emerging Translator Hazel Evans' Hazel Evans debut translation of 'Into a Star by Puk Qvortrup' is soon to be released on the 27th June!

Read more about the book described as 'unflinching autofiction' in the link below.

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Congratulation to 22-23 Emerging Translator Antonella Lettieri Antonella Lettieri for being awarded the Pen/Heim translation grant for Italian!

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📣 New podcast!

In this episode of The Writing Life, NCW Head of Programmes & Creative Engagement Holly speaks with novelist Michael Donkor Michael Donkor about crafting identity in fiction.

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Award-winning poet Joelle Taylor reads from her 'relentlessly inventive' (The Guardian) debut novel 'The Night Alphabet' 📚

Don't miss her at Norwich Arts Centre on Wed 17 April.

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How can translating make you a better writer? 🖊️

At this dynamic translation workshop with Kotryna Garanasvili you will discover that you don’t need to know multiple languages to perform acts of translation!

Sat 27 April, 10am–12.30pm, NCW: buff.ly/43LNZUk

Have you checked out this year's City of Literature events? This strand of the Festival is programmed by the brilliant National Centre for Writing, and offers a mix of talks, workshops, group reading events and more! 📚️

Explore the full City of Literature programme: bit.ly/2HnXulo

I'm really thrilled to be judging the Polari Prize for First Book this year. Many of my favourite writers are past winners of these, the UK's first & largest LGBTQ+ book awards.

The prize is open for entries! Deadline May 6. Please help spread the word. tinyurl.com/bdd9wx8u

Absolute dreamboats Galley Beggar Press on National Centre for Writing visit bearing the incredible gift of Mary and the Rabbit Dream by Noémi Kiss-Deáki which I have wanted to read since clapping eyes on this extract galleybeggar.co.uk/extract-mary-a… some months ago

📢 THE #BCLT2024 SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED to 14 April 2024 for the following workshop strands - #Italian , Multilingual Prose, Multilingual Poetry, Multilingual #Theatre , #Portuguese and Training the Trainer.

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This month, join internationally bestselling author Sarah Perry in the beautiful surroundings of Norwich Cathedral for the launch of her highly anticipated new novel, 'Enlightenment'! 🌠

Tue 30 April, 7.30pm, Norwich Cathedral: buff.ly/3HyDR7g

Apply now for the #BCLT2024 Summer School! Join British Centre for Literary Translation in July for online workshops led by expert literary translators, plus events & networking.

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