Category: News
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Speaking out about the closure of libraries
Last week brought a wave of bad news for literature in the North East. Newcastle City Council announced that they...
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Blue Boy tour opens at Northern Stage
Don’t miss Margaret Wilkinson’s new play Blue Boy, which opened at Northern Stage last Wednesday. Influenced by recent high profile...
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Harry Pearson carries Olympic flame to Northumberland
After a whirlwind of launch events in libraries from Haltwhistle to Bedlington to Wooler last week, we’re delighted that Harry...
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Michael puts Tyne View on the map
We teamed up with Port of Tyne on Tuesday evening and took over BALTIC to launch Tyne View by Michael...
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Autumn/winter events
Welcome to our autumn programme where you can see the wide range of projects we are producing this season and...
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Kevan Ogden wins People’s Play Award
Many congratulations to Kevan Ogden, who this week was announced as the winner of the biennial People’s Play Award for his play, Ersatz....
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Waterhouse winner Sophie scoops Eric Gregory Award
Congratulations to North East poet Sophie F Baker, who won an Eric Gregory Award at the Authors’ Awards 2012 ceremony...
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Flow writing commission
Flow, a floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal waterwheel, is working with...
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Writers in communities: the dementia project
New Writing North has been working in partnership with the Changing Age team at Newcastle University, Alzheimer’s Society and Age...
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New Writing North secures £235,000 Catalyst Award
We were delighted to learn today (17 May) that we, along with 11 other arts organisations in the North East...
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Spring season gets underway with Murder Wall launch
Our spring season got off to a great start last weekend with the launch of Mari Hannah’s novel, The Murder Wall,...
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NWN launches spring/summer programme
We’re full of the joys of spring this week, and have just launched our new season programme, which heralds the...
