Events

Brown Girls Write

Wednesdays during term time 6-7.30pm
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
Read Them Your Writes

Every 3rd Thursday 7.30pm-9.30pm
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
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
Write and Submit a Short Story

Online course starting 2 October 2023
Festival Fringe: The Test of Time: The Art of Norman Cornish

Wednesday 11 October 7-8pm
Festival Fringe: Poetry at People’s Bookshop: Tolu’ Akinyemi, Lion of Newcastle

Thursday 12 October 7-8:30pm
Festival Fringe: The Test of Time: The Art of Norman Cornish

Thursday 12 October 7-8pm
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
Whose Crime is it Anyway?: Ruth Ware, Nasheema Lennon and Trevor Wood

Saturday 14 October 3-4pm
Workshop: From Fact to Fiction with Laura Fish

Saturday 14 October 3-5pm
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
Workshop: The First Ten Pages with Kit Fan

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

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

Sunday 15 October 10:30-11:30am
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
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
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