Category: News
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Festival Roundup 2016
Thank you to all who attended events during this year’s Durham Book Festival, we hope you enjoyed your experience. It...
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Words for Wellbeing at Washington Mind
In the New Year, New Writing North is launching a new kind of Cuckoo Young Writers group for 15-19 year...
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Manifestos brought to life
On Friday 30 October, Cuckoo Young Writers performed Manifestos at Northern Stage, as part of this year’s Juice Festival. Since...
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Free Thinking Festival 2015
We are delighted to be working with BBC Radio 3 on two projects, which will be presented at the BBC...
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LGBT reading/writing group facilitator
New Writing North is looking at setting up LGBT book groups in schools in Newcastle and County Durham. We are...
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The Fighting Bradfords: Scriptwriting Commission at Gala Theatre, Durham
New Writing North is supporting Durham County Council to find a writer for a brand new play they are commissioning....
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Man on the Moon takes off!
Man on the Moon, New Writing North’s theatre production aimed at children under 7 and their families, blasts off off...
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Speaking up for the arts
New Writing North and many other arts and cultural organisations across the country are thinking about the forthcoming government spending...
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Durham Book Festival programme on sale
We are thrilled to let you know that the Durham Book Festival programme is now on sale. The festival will...
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Polar Bear on Palace Green
Philip Pullman’s event will mark the culmination of a pretty enormous Big Read project in which we are giving away...
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Philip Pullman and Bill Bryson confirmed for Durham Book Festival
On Wednesday 12 August, we will be launching the programme for Durham Book Festival 2015, revealing more than 50 literary...
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Durham Moot: Sunday 12 July 2015
Palace Green Library, Durham This July, tens of thousands of people again will gather behind bands and banners at the...