Commissioned Work
We regularly commission new writing through our programmes and events, such as the Durham Book Festival. Read, watch or listen to diverse and original pieces here.
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Disability and the Politics of Visibility
It is now widely acknowledged that the voices of disabled people have been missing from our cultural landscape. Disability and...
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Test Signal: Northern Anthology of New Writing
21 June 2021 by
Introduction Open submissions to Test Signal closed on 6 February 2020. On 16 March, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, began...
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New Narratives for the North East | Commissioned Writing
Early in 2020, fifteen writers were commissioned to create new work about the North East in an ambitious project from...
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Home Time – with Helen Shaddock
With a free journal template, Home Time invites you to draw and write your day, and to reflect upon the small details that make each day unique.
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Tony Walsh: The Sum of Us
In 2020, Tony Walsh wrote a powerful and thought-provoking new poem to bring the country back together and show that collectively the sum of us is greater than its parts.
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Rich Seams – with Andrew McMillan
A podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England.
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Rich Seams: Exploring the New Poetry of the North
23 May 2019 by
When I was first invited by Durham University and New Writing North to be the laureate of Durham Book Festival...