Young Writers
Read, watch or listen to some of the fantastic work our young writers are producing.
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New Writing North and Me
31 January 2025 by
Tessy Idemudia describes the impact that attending Young Writers' City creative writing sessions at school had on her later education and success.
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Young Writers Recommend: Winter 2023
08 December 2023 by
As well as being very talented writers, our Newcastle Young Writers’ Group are ferocious readers. We asked them for some...
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Excelsior Rap Trip
The young writers from Excelsior Academy worked with rapper and visual artist Robin Reza to create their own tracks, write lyrics and record their own rap album!
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Larkspur Community Primary School: Songs Inspired by Saltwell Park
Listen to Larkspur Community Primary Schools' songs 'This Park Belongs To You' and 'Nest In The West', inspired by Saltwell Park in Gateshead.
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My experience planning and chairing an event for Turn Up For The Books 2022
15 November 2022 by
Turn Up For The Books participant Nalini Ram-Prasad tells us about her experience chairing an event for Durham Book Festival in 2022.
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My experience taking part in Turn Up For The Books 2022
07 November 2022 by
Turn Up For The Books participant Jemima D’Souza tells us about her experience as a Young Programmer in 2022.
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Summer Songwriting Sessions 2022
Tracks written by our Young Songwriters on the Summer Songwriting Sessions this year. The groups also designed their album covers!
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Stitched: three songs from the student-written hip-opera
Songs from Stitched: a show which was performed at Sage, Gateshead in September 2019, and written by Students from Excelsior Academy
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Write Outside
Write Outside is a video created by young people from the New Writing North Young Writers' Summer in 2020.
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Young Writers’ Zine: 18-25
A collection of work from the New Writing North Young Writers 18-25 Development Group.
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Young Writers City Playlist
Listen to some of the music created by our Young Writers City project in Newcastle.
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Young Songwriters Playlist
Listen to some of the music created by our New Writing North Young Songwriters Group
