Young Writers’ Talent Fund

“Before joining the programme I was really struggling to find time and opportunities to focus on my own writing, or gain experience in the arts sector. The programme has allowed me to gain invaluable experience as a facilitator, and the rare opportunity to meet up with a professional writer, and gain feedback on my work. The programme has also allowed me to drop a day at my day job, in order to spend more time on my writing. I want to work with the programme to hopefully put together a collection of shorts in the future, and continue to grow my facilitation skills, and see where the experience I have gained can take me.”

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“The funding which I received from the Young Writers’ Talent Fund enabled me to print the second issue of Maybe Later Press’ zine, Tell It Slant, and showcase the work of writers both locally and nationally. By alleviating the costs of printing, I have been able to set aside the money made from selling the zine to print the next issue, meaning printing costs are now self-sustaining. New Writing North’s assistance was also valuable when recording Maybe Later’s first (forthcoming) podcast, both through enabling me to purchase equipment, and through providing a physical space in which to record. I am incredibly grateful to have been a recipient of this funding and excited about continuing to build upon Maybe Later Press into 2018.”

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Lauren Vevers

“It was a brilliant project to be involved in. We created a zine inspired by the work of Lydia Davies and had over 40 people attend our zine launch event and 7 at our participatory workshop. We commissioned 3 artists to perform at the launch and it was great to bring people into new spaces as part of Durham Book Festival. We’re thinking about doing something similar with a Newcastle venue and have been contacted by the ‘Women’s Artists of the North East Library’ to run a workshop there.”

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