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Exceptional times call for exceptional writers. Scottish Makar, poet, and novelist Jackie Kay introduces her selection of ten of the most exciting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers working in the UK today. Experience incredible writing and find out why Jackie feels these are the writers who are influencing and shaping the UK’s poetry […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

Presented as part of the Norwich Science Festival ‘Can you stomach it?’ ‘Do you have the guts?’ Our digestive organs are inserted into colloquial phrases to explain a variety of cultural symptoms – but what is really churning in our bellies, and how does it affect us? In this debate, journalist and broadcaster Tim Hayward […]

Practice your writing skills and discover what it takes to stand out from the crowd in this workshop for young people.  Through a series of fun and interactive prompts, Hannah Jane walker will help you to explore how you can channel your individuality and create your own unique style of writing. This workshop is suitable for […]

The perfect opportunity to practise your writing skills and explore ways to minimise, or utilise, your inner self-doubts. Under the guidance of workshop leader Hannah Jane Walker, discover how writing can help transform negative feelings into intriguing writing and start to build your confidence. This workshop is suitable for young people aged 14-17. Hannah will […]

Celebrating Black History Month with Ashley Hickson-Lovence, supported by Muli Amaye Faculty guest reader: Tessa McWatt Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a poet and writer from Hackney, London. While working as a secondary school English teacher, he completed his MA in Creative Writing and Publishing from City, University of London and is currently in his second year […]

The biggest gift you can give your writing is time. Join us after work each month for a free drop-in writing session! We’ll start off with a prompted 10-minute free-write, before 50 minutes uninterrupted writing time, followed by a final half hour of mingling. Bring your favourite notebook or your laptop, and we’ll bring the […]

Want to write more, better and be happier while you do it? Tim Clare’s podcast for writers, Death Of 1000 Cuts, will help you do just that. In this live special, Tim will be taking the first pages of audience members’ novels, breaking them down line by line and looking for ways to make them […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

Postponed Celebrating the launch of the Writing Places anthology and chapbook Join us for the launch of two very special publications exploring the connections between writing and place in Kolkata and Norwich: Writing Places, edited by Arunava Sinha and published by Seagull Books; and the Writing Places chapbook, published by the UEA Publishing Project. Writing […]

The judges have made their decisions. The shortlist has been decided. Join us for a celebration of regional writing as we announce the winners of the East Anglian Book Awards 2019 at the Jarrold’s Literary Lunch. Hear from authors Edward Parnell, Rachel Hore and Sarah Passingham as they talk about their experiences as East Anglian authors […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

Faculty guest reader: Andrew Cowan Tash Aw was born in Taipei to Malaysian parents. He grew up in Kuala Lumpur before moving to Britain to attend university. He is the author of three critically acclaimed novels – The Harmony Silk Factory (2005), which won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; […]

Presented by Renaissance One ‘I’m Naked because I strive to be open in my writing, to show what needs to be shown….Accept yourself, accept a new story.’ Writer, punk, pioneer and disability rights activist Penny Pepper, aka The Naked Punk, will perform her signature mash-up of poems of anger, self-worth, nudity and activism, all delivered […]

Are we being watched? From Facebook, to China, to the FBI and MI5, the ways in which we’re watched – and the question of who is watching us – seem to be omnipresent in the news cycle. What problems – and what benefits – can be found in this world of constant surveillance? In this […]

Join us in welcoming our two Korean writers in residence, Kang Youngsook and Kim Haeyeon, as they discuss their books and life as a writer in Korea today. Kang Youngsook is an important feminist South Korean author. She often writes about the female grotesque, delving into varying genres as urban noir, fantasy, and climate fiction. Since her debut in 1998, […]

The biggest gift you can give your writing is time. Join us after work each month for a free drop-in writing session! We’ll start off with a prompted 10-minute free-write, before 50 minutes uninterrupted writing time, followed by a final half hour of mingling. Bring your favourite notebook or your laptop, and we’ll bring the […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life […]

Faculty guest readers: James Wood and Ema Vyroubalova on behalf of Jermyn Pratt Edward Parnell lives near Norwich and has an MA in Creative Writing from UEA. He has been the recipient of an Escalator Award from the National Centre for Writing and a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. The Listeners (2014) was his first novel, […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life […]