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Japanese culture

Exploring Japan's literature museums

Kate Griffin goes on tour

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Nicci French on writing collaboratively

Live from the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2018

Alan Moore and John Dee

From the Norfolk & Norwich Festival archives

How to develop a consistent writing habit

We talk to Creative Writing Cop Tim Clare

Constructing a series with Roz Watkins

Interviewed by Elspeth Latimer

Exploring Japan’s literature museums

Bringing books to people

Digital technology and storytelling with Tom Abba

Tom Abba talks Ambient Literature

Where to begin with Young Adult Fiction

Our pick of five YA Fiction titles that everyone should read

Fear, originality and the writer

by CJ Flood

Case study: Amelia Platt

One of our 2018 Young Ambassadors shares her experience

Behind-the-scenes of Death in Paradise

with series creator Robert Thorogood

Case study: Alison McCullough

‘Being selected for the Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme has completely transformed my career’

The importance of arts funding

Tamsin Flower discusses The Lives of F and how arts funding has helped her career

Finishing your first novel

Talking with author Amer Anwar

Nottwich branding revealed

Norwich University of the Arts student wins national branding design competition

Margaret Atwood’s top five writing tips

The full, extended interview with Young Ambassadors Emily Webb and Grace Murray

Case study: Jo Thompson

From NCW placement to London literary agency

Writing dual narratives with Winnie M Li

Author of Dark Chapter

The East Country wins East Anglian Book of the Year Award 2018

‘A compelling praise song for the natural world.’

The value of editing

with Georgia de Chamberet

Five tips for keeping your readers gripped

By the queen of domestic suspense, Julia Crouch

NaNoWriMo progress report

We talk to the writers

What is hybrid writing?

with Matt Wesolowski

Case study: Somrita Urni Ganguly

From Emerging Translator Mentorships to a busy career in literary translation

NaNoWriMo primer with Elizabeth Haynes

Get ready for November

Autumn term

A poem by Young Norfolk Laureate Ciera Drury

Note to Norwich

‘For me, Norwich is the perfect place for story hunters.’

National Centre for Writing announces first Associate Artists

Plus a new international residency programme

Writing historical crime fiction

Talking with Nicola Upson

Case study: Claire Wade

From TLC:ACE Free Reads to national competition winner

Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown publishes her debut novel

Former Escalator winner

Translation and censorship

with Sara Khalili

East Anglian Book Awards Shortlist 2018

Celebrating the regional potential of writing talent in the East of England

Translation in action

In conversation with Gerbrand Bakker, David Colmer and Andrew Burton

Ellen Renton reflects on her internship at NCW

‘It taught me a great deal about the value of effective teamwork and paying attention to detail’

Found in translation

Talking with Susan Harris and Samantha Schnee from Words Without Borders

From Norwich to New York

Writer Megan Bradbury on her journey through Escalator

The 2018 Noirwich Lecture: Val McDermid

“What we really talk about when we talk about crime fiction”

Ben Okri on citizenship and making a difference

By Ben Okri

Exploring live literature with Story Machine Productions

Talking with Sam Ruddock

A World of Imagination

The Voewood Summer Salon 2018

Anthony Horowitz on his career

Recorded at the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2017

28 Tales for 28 Days

Supporting Refugee Tales

Stuart MacBride, Christopher Brookmyre and Mark Billingham talk crime

from the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival

Poetry Isn’t Lost In Translation, It Is Translation

Somrita Ganguly and Arunava Sinha share their experience of working together on the Emerging Translator Mentorship programme

Edinburgh dispatches: A feast of stories and joyful encounters

Final round-up of the festival from Peggy Hughes

Val McDermid and Elodie Harper talk crime fiction

Plus a sneak peek at Noirwich 2018

Take the poetry challenge!

Because all creative endeavours must have play at their heart

On the edge of knowledge

How fairy tales, folklore and the ‘unknowable’ have influenced Roz Watkins’ writing

Did I ever imagine that I would co-write a musical?

Poirot novelist Sophie Hannah on devising the story, writing a libretto, and working with a composer

Summer reading…sorted!

Top summer books for tots and teens, recommended by teachers, librarians and NCW staff

Reclaiming histories

‘Writers can produce literature about difficult and traumatic aspects of history, whereas historians may be constrained by the ideology of their times’

World building in science fiction

In conversation with Ian Nettleton

Edinburgh dispatches: Discovering the festival

by Florence Reynolds

Edinburgh dispatches: Week 1 round-up

By roving reporter Peggy Hughes

Five tips for writing your first novel

Amer Anwar’s writing tips

Ben Okri urges active citizenship

Discussing leadership, responsibility and insurmountable challenges

Erasing histories

How writers and artists combat attempts to erase histories that don’t fit in mainstream narratives

14 summer reads from the NCW team

We reveal the books we can’t put down

Edinburgh dispatches: Opening weekend

By roving reporter Peggy Hughes

Case study: Michael Donkor

From Escalator/Inspires to accomplished debut novel

Joanna Penn on empowered writers

The indie author on being an early adopter of self-publishing and how the landscape has changed in the last decade.

Uncovering the fascinating facts that inspire the best crime fiction

Fiona Barton, bestselling author of ‘The Widow’

Sprite Magic

Sheridan Winn on getting her Sprite Sister books to the big screen

Five top tips for writing historical crime fiction

From Nicola Upson, author of ‘An Expert in Murder’

The power of comics

Talking with translator Canan Marasligil

Kumkum Malhotra: A Live Story

Open air performance of Preti Taneja’s award-winning story

Writing a bestseller with Mark Stay

The Bestseller Experiment plus Man Booker longlist discussion

Women on Writing

Sarah Perry, Fiona Sampson and Peggy Hughes on Mary Shelley, Daphne du Maurier and Muriel Spark

A Midsummer Evening with Ali Smith

Young Ambassador Amelia Platt reports from Ali Smith’s special event to mark the opening of the National Centre for Writing

Writers’ Residency in Brussels with Passa Porta

Devote time to writing in Spring 2019

First residencies in newly renovated Dragon Hall

Introducing Choi Jeongrye and Jun Sung Hyun from Korea

2018 Young Norfolk Laureate announced

Plus, six winners of the Young Norfolk Writing Competition 2018 take to the stage at Dragon Hall

Sophie Hannah’s six-step plan for writing a novel

Creating firm foundations for your story

Mark Dawson on self-publishing

Self-publishing on a grand scale

Crime writing workshops announced for Noirwich Crime Writing Festival

Led by acclaimed crime writers Nicola Upson and Louise Welsh

Kickstarting feminisms with Deborah Smith

Crowdfunding translation

Win a Noirwich book group starter pack!

In partnership with Dead Good Books, we have an exciting giveaway of 40 individual starter packs for book groups

Competition: What Norfolk means to me

The National Centre for Writing celebrates Norfolk Day 2018 with the launch of a creative writing competition

Patron Margaret Atwood in conversation

On adapting The Handmaid’s Tale for screen and writing in Norwich

Introducing the National Centre for Writing

Talking with Chris Gribble and Peggy Hughes

Can we, as citizens, make a difference?

Sam Ruddock reports on our community takeover of Norwich City Hall, with special guest speaker Ben Okri

‘A welcoming and a homecoming to the literary world’

Young Ambassador Alice Wollocombe attends the civic launch of the National Centre for Writing

‘The National Centre for Writing is not merely desirable, it is essential’

NCW Patron Sarah Perry speaks at the launch of the National Centre for Writing

The story behind ‘Here’

Discover the story behind ‘Here’, Luke Wright’s poem commissioned for the National Centre for Writing

National Centre for Writing launches in Norwich

New centre to champion literary translation, artistic experimentation and collaboration.

Margaret Atwood on hope, Trump and season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale

Exclusive Margaret Atwood interview

100% of target achieved for National Centre for Writing

Final £250K grant from FCC Environment through WREN

Live lit double-bill at Norwich Arts Centre

Rosy Carrick and Hannah Silva open the City of Literature programme at Norfolk & Norwich Festival

Bringing The Walls Down

Kumkum Malhotra, silence and the #MeToo age

Literary Norwich on BBC Front Row

Kirsty Lang visits Dragon Hall

Rosy Carrick Q&A

On Vladimir Mayakovsky, time travel and Cyndi Lauper

Nottwich 2019

Norwich and Nottingham to host global Cities of Literature gathering in 2019

NCW at London Book Fair

Looking ahead to the opening of the National Centre for Writing

Great stories for young readers

Celebrating International Children’s Book Day 2018

Discover Norfolk’s independent bookshops

Do the walking tour of Norwich!

My Norfolk & Norwich Festival wishlist

Young Ambassador Victoria Hornagold selects her top five events from the 2018 programme

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