Category: News
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
Are you all about Anarchy in the UK (and ONLY the UK), or are you all aboard the Trans-Europe Express?...
‘Ways of Seeing’: free writing workshop for marginalised writers
New Writing North are pleased to once again be working in partnership with award-winning Brighton-based charity Creative Future to offer...
New board of trustees for New Writing North
We’re thrilled to have recruited several new members to our board of trustees. David Roche, former CEO of Borders and...
Poetry Exchange podcasts
At last year’s Durham Book Festival, we invited people to talk to the Poetry Exchange about the poems that held...
Festival Roundup 2016
Thank you to all who attended events during this year’s Durham Book Festival, we hope you enjoyed your experience. It...
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...
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...
Free Thinking Festival 2015
We are delighted to be working with BBC Radio 3 on two projects, which will be presented at the BBC...
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...
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....
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...
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...
