Young Writers
Read, watch or listen to some of the fantastic work our young writers are producing.
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Young Writers Recommend: Winter 2023
08 December 2023 by
As well as being very talented writers, our Newcastle Young Writers’ Group are ferocious readers. We asked them for some...
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Excelsior Rap Trip
The young writers from Excelsior Academy worked with rapper and visual artist Robin Reza to create their own tracks, write lyrics and record their own rap album!
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Larkspur Community Primary School: Songs Inspired by Saltwell Park
Listen to Larkspur Community Primary Schools' songs 'This Park Belongs To You' and 'Nest In The West', inspired by Saltwell Park in Gateshead.
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My experience planning and chairing an event for Turn Up For The Books 2022
15 November 2022 by
Turn Up For The Books participant Nalini Ram-Prasad tells us about her experience chairing an event for Durham Book Festival in 2022.
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My experience taking part in Turn Up For The Books 2022
07 November 2022 by
Turn Up For The Books participant Jemima D’Souza tells us about her experience as a Young Programmer in 2022.
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Summer Songwriting Sessions 2022
Tracks written by our Young Songwriters on the Summer Songwriting Sessions this year. The groups also designed their album covers!
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Stitched: three songs from the student-written hip-opera
Songs from Stitched: a show which was performed at Sage, Gateshead in September 2019, and written by Students from Excelsior Academy
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Write Outside
Write Outside is a video created by young people from the New Writing North Young Writers' Summer in 2020.
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Young Writers’ Zine: 18-25
A collection of work from the New Writing North Young Writers 18-25 Development Group.
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Young Writers City Playlist
Listen to some of the music created by our Young Writers City project in Newcastle.
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Young Songwriters Playlist
Listen to some of the music created by our New Writing North Young Songwriters Group
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Out of Your Head – a new poetry night in Newcastle
20 May 2022 by
Amy Langdown, a dedicated member of our 18-25 writing group in Newcastle, talks about meeting Tod Connor through the scheme...
