Author: Laura Fraine
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New Writing North shortlisted for the Charity Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that we have made the shortlist for this year’s Charity Awards, the longest-running and most...
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Read Regional returns! Digital author events from libraries across the North
Read Regional, the annual reading campaign for the North of England, returns this spring for a series of digital events...
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Multilingual Creators Facilitator Training: Call for Translators and Writers
Multilingual Creators is a new creative learning programme from the Stephen Spender Trust [SST], the UK’s leading charity for multilingual...
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Sky Studios and New Writing North partner to inspire the next generation of television writers
Sky Writes has been created to help diversify the pool of television writers in the UK. The programme offers an...
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Gordon Burn Prize 2021 opens for entry
Denise Mina has been appointed as the new chair of the judges of the Gordon Burn Prize. Along with literary...
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Publishing and mentoring for aspiring writers from under-represented backgrounds
We’re excited to let you know about A Writing Chance, a new opportunity, open to new and aspiring storytellers from under-represented...
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Northern Writers’ Awards 2021: £40,000 to support outstanding unpublished works from the North of England
As the Northern Writers’ Awards 2021 open for entry today (26 November), writers from across the North of England are...
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Peter Pomerantsev wins the Gordon Burn Prize 2020
This Is Not Propaganda by Peter Pomerantsev has won the Gordon Burn Prize 2020. The literary prize is open to books...
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High Street Tales: opportunity for a writer-in-residence in North Shields
We’re looking for a writer-in-residence to tell the stories of the high street in a national project with Historic England...
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We’re recruiting 6 freelance roles
We are excited to be working with Sky Studios on Sky Writes, a new talent development programme which seeks to identify and nurture television...
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Less than 2 weeks until Durham Book Festival begins!
There are less than two weeks to go until our first ever Durham Book Festival. Wherever you live, stay at...
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Durham Book Festival Reviewers in Residence 2020
Apply now for Reviewers in Residence – New Writing North’s journalism programme for young writers aged 15–23. Each year, New...
