What’s on

Inkubator

Supporting the next generation of creative practitioners
Start Writing

Creative writing workshops in libraries
New Writing North Creative Associates

Fresh perspectives and new creative projects
Brown Girls Write

Wednesdays during term time 6-7.30pm
Northern Bookshelf

Our quarterly readers' newsletter
Threads in the Ground

A new climate hope organisation
West End Writes

Community programme working in Benwell and Scotswood
Newbiggin Hall Creates

community programme developing in Newbiggin Hall
West End Writes Drop-in

every Tuesday 10am-12pm
World Writes

Mondays during term time 11am-1pm
The Women’s Art Group

Access to this group is via referral
Newbiggin Creative Writing Group

every Thursday 1.30-3pm
Digital Young Writers

Not currently running
North Shields Young Writers

Saturdays during term time 11am-1pm
The Writing Hour

Online, Every 4th Tuesday 1pm - 2pm
North East Novelists

Professional development for published novelists
Young Creative Associates 2023

Supporting the next generation of creatives in North of Tyne
Read Them Your Writes

Every 3rd Thursday 7.30pm-9.30pm
Young Writers’ Summer

July–September 2023
Sounds Good

Helping writers to create work for audio and podcasting
Creative Catch Ups for over 55s

Thursday mornings 10am-12pm
Story for Screenwriting: Advanced Structure

Online course starting 11 September 2023
Start Writing: Creative Writing Workshops at Morpeth Library

Every Monday for six weeks, 11 September–16 October 10.30am–12pm
The Writers’ Space

Become a founding member of a brand new writing network
Start Writing: Creative Writing Workshops at Wooler Library

Every Tuesday for six weeks, 12 September–17 October 10.30am–12.00pm
Write Better at Work

Online course starting 18 September 2023
Sounds Good: From the Page to the Podcast

Starting 19 September
Writing Crime Fiction

Online course starting 25 September 2023
Proud Words

Our LGBTQIA+ reading and creative writing project for young people
Write and Submit a Short Story

Online course starting 2 October 2023
Gateshead Writes

Community programme working in Benwell and Scotswood
Festival Fringe: The Test of Time: The Art of Norman Cornish

Wednesday 11 October 7-8pm
Festival Fringe: The Test of Time: The Art of Norman Cornish

Thursday 12 October 7-8pm
Festival Fringe: Poetry at People’s Bookshop: Tolu’ Akinyemi, Lion of Newcastle

Thursday 12 October 7-8:30pm
Durham Book Festival

13–16 October 2023
Durham University Festival Laureate: Zaffar Kunial

Friday 13 October 5:30-6:15pm
Books and Beats

Friday 13 October 6-10pm
Katherine Heiny: Games and Rituals

Friday 13 October 6:45-7:45pm
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

Friday 13 October 8-9pm
Read Them Your ~~Writes~~ Frights

Friday 13 October 8:15-9:45pm
Cuddy’s Corse: Guided Walk

Saturday 14 October 9:30am-2pm
Festival Book Swap

Saturday 14 October 10am-5pm
Mushroom Sculpt: Craft Time

Saturday 14 October 10-11am
Workshop: Precious Time with Caro Giles

Saturday 14 October 10:30am-12:30pm
The Power of the Classics with Edith Hall and Jennifer Saint

Saturday 14 October 11am-12pm
(Re)Writing Shakespeare’s Women with Natasha Solomons and Isabelle Schuler

Saturday 14 October 11:30am-12:30pm
Little Read Storytime: Moth: An Evolution Story with Isabel Thomas

Saturday 14 October 12-12:30pm
Chris Mullin and Sebastian Payne in Conversation

Saturday 14 October 1-2pm
Little Read Workshop: Creative Science with Isabel Thomas

Saturday 14 October 1:30-2:30pm
Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed

Saturday 14 October 1:30-2:30pm
Workshop: From Fact to Fiction with Laura Fish

Saturday 14 October 3-5pm
Whose Crime is it Anyway?: Ruth Ware, Nasheema Lennon and Trevor Wood

Saturday 14 October 3-4pm
What Does the Future Hold?

Saturday 14 October 4-5pm
Femina, Cuthbert and the Female Saints with Janina Ramirez

Saturday 14 October 5-6pm
Fantastic Fiction: C Pam Zhang and Sheena Patel

Saturday 14 October 6-7pm
Cecile Pin: Wandering Souls

Saturday 14 October 6:30-7:30pm
Jeanette Winterson: Night Side of the River

Saturday 14 October 7-8pm
A Writing Chance

Fresh Stories from Under-represented Voices
Workshop: The First Ten Pages with Kit Fan

Sunday 15 October 10-11:30am
John Murray Press Proof Party

Sunday 15 October 10:30-11:30am
Sensory Storytime with Seven Stories

Sunday 15 October 10:30-11:10am
Helen Rebanks: The Farmer’s Wife

Sunday 15 October 11am-12pm
Sensory Storytime with Seven Stories

Sunday 15 October 11:20am-12pm
Workshop: Poetry and Story with David Spittle

Sunday 15 October 12-1:30pm
Pip Fallow: Dragged Up Proppa

Sunday 15 October 12:30-1:30pm
Melanie Sykes: Autism and all the Things I’ve Left Unsaid

Sunday 15 October 1-2pm
Isabel Hardman: The Twelve Battles that Made Our NHS

Sunday 15 October 2-3pm
Poetry Book Society Showcase: Mary Jean Chan, Kit Fan and Jen Campbell

Sunday 15 October 3:30-4:30pm
Cuddy: A Dramatic Live Reading

Sunday 15 October 5-6pm
Charlotte Van den Broeck: Bold Ventures

Sunday 15 October 5:30-6:30pm
Write a Young Adult Novel

Online course starting 16 October 2023
Francis Spufford in Conversation @ The Biscuit Factory

Monday 23 October 7-8pm
Stories from Life

Online course starting 30 October 2023
Balance the Books

Discover brilliant new books by authors from underrepresented backgrounds
The Announcement of the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2023

Thursday 9 November 7:30pm
An Evening with Mary Beard

Tuesday 14 November 7-8pm
Northern Writers’ Awards 2024 Launch Roadshow

Thursday 23 November 7-8pm
The PEN HG Wells Lecture with Monica Ali

Wednesday 29 November 7-8:15pm
Channel 4 and New Writing North Talent Development Partnership

Supporting new and emerging television writers from the North
Young Northern Writers’ Awards

The 2023 Young Northern Writers' Awards are now closed
Cramlington Young Writers

Saturdays during term time 11am-1pm
First Edition (18-25 Writers’ Group)

Wednesdays during term time 6-8pm
Gateshead Young Writers

Saturdays during term time 11am-1pm
Newbiggin Hall Young Songwriters

Wednesdays during term time 4-5:30pm
Newcastle Young Songwriters

Wednesdays during term time 4:30-6pm
Newcastle Young Writers

Saturdays during term time 11am-1pm
South Shields Young Writers

Saturdays during term time 11am-1pm
Young Writers’ City

Supporting young people to express themselves through creative writing