New Writing North
@newwritingnorth.bsky.social
The writing and reading development agency for the North of England.
Congrats to this year's Booker Prize shortlist!
We will be welcoming the winner to Tyneside on 13 November after the winner has been announced three days earlier. 🙂
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We will be welcoming the winner to Tyneside on 13 November after the winner has been announced three days earlier. 🙂
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September 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Congrats to this year's Booker Prize shortlist!
We will be welcoming the winner to Tyneside on 13 November after the winner has been announced three days earlier. 🙂
Sign up to our newsletter for ticket info confirmsubscription.com/h/j/DCF98EB0...
We will be welcoming the winner to Tyneside on 13 November after the winner has been announced three days earlier. 🙂
Sign up to our newsletter for ticket info confirmsubscription.com/h/j/DCF98EB0...
Mark Gatiss as Gabriel Book in Bookish, the new Netflix series about a bookseller-cum-detective set in post-war Britain.
August 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Mark Gatiss as Gabriel Book in Bookish, the new Netflix series about a bookseller-cum-detective set in post-war Britain.
🎉 Celebrate the power of the written word at Durham Book Festival 2025! 📚
From 10-12 October, delve into an autumn weekend jam packed with books, ideas and talent at Gala Durham, Clayport Library, Collected and online.
Find the full programme at DurhamBookFestival.com
From 10-12 October, delve into an autumn weekend jam packed with books, ideas and talent at Gala Durham, Clayport Library, Collected and online.
Find the full programme at DurhamBookFestival.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🎉 Celebrate the power of the written word at Durham Book Festival 2025! 📚
From 10-12 October, delve into an autumn weekend jam packed with books, ideas and talent at Gala Durham, Clayport Library, Collected and online.
Find the full programme at DurhamBookFestival.com
From 10-12 October, delve into an autumn weekend jam packed with books, ideas and talent at Gala Durham, Clayport Library, Collected and online.
Find the full programme at DurhamBookFestival.com
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Thank you so much @newwritingnorth.bsky.social for my prize of #TheMercyStep to add to my tall and gloriously teetering #NorthernBookshelf TBR pile. I'm thrilled to win and can't wait to read it! The blurb has me totally hooked already ❤️👍
August 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Thank you so much @newwritingnorth.bsky.social for my prize of #TheMercyStep to add to my tall and gloriously teetering #NorthernBookshelf TBR pile. I'm thrilled to win and can't wait to read it! The blurb has me totally hooked already ❤️👍
The season of crunchy leaves and fuzzy scarves – when book lovers rejoice – is on the horizon. We're here to boost your cosiness and creativity this autumn with an exciting slate of opportunities for writers and readers.
How will you get involved?
newwritingnorth.com/autumn-2025/
How will you get involved?
newwritingnorth.com/autumn-2025/
August 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The season of crunchy leaves and fuzzy scarves – when book lovers rejoice – is on the horizon. We're here to boost your cosiness and creativity this autumn with an exciting slate of opportunities for writers and readers.
How will you get involved?
newwritingnorth.com/autumn-2025/
How will you get involved?
newwritingnorth.com/autumn-2025/
It’s almost time for another year of Durham Book Festival, and to tide you over until the full programme is released in August, we’ve got five events open for booking right now!
All happening at Gala Durham and livestreamed. Find out more and book tickets: newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
All happening at Gala Durham and livestreamed. Find out more and book tickets: newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
July 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s almost time for another year of Durham Book Festival, and to tide you over until the full programme is released in August, we’ve got five events open for booking right now!
All happening at Gala Durham and livestreamed. Find out more and book tickets: newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
All happening at Gala Durham and livestreamed. Find out more and book tickets: newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
Another huge milestone for the plans for a centre for writing in Newcastle. 🎉
North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, has announced that her cabinet are preparing to agree £2 million in funding towards the new centre for writing!
North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, has announced that her cabinet are preparing to agree £2 million in funding towards the new centre for writing!
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Another huge milestone for the plans for a centre for writing in Newcastle. 🎉
North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, has announced that her cabinet are preparing to agree £2 million in funding towards the new centre for writing!
North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, has announced that her cabinet are preparing to agree £2 million in funding towards the new centre for writing!
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This was a lot of fun. Thanks to @newwritingnorth.bsky.social, the Tyneside Cinema, an engaged audience, and the inimitable @stuartmaconie.bsky.social for a terrific event on July 15, discussing Stuart’s latest @harpercollins.bsky.social book: With A Little Help From Their Friends.
July 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This was a lot of fun. Thanks to @newwritingnorth.bsky.social, the Tyneside Cinema, an engaged audience, and the inimitable @stuartmaconie.bsky.social for a terrific event on July 15, discussing Stuart’s latest @harpercollins.bsky.social book: With A Little Help From Their Friends.
Don't forget to enter our giveaway for a copy of this stunning novel!
Win a copy of The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson! To enter our giveaway, leave a comment telling us what you're currently reading, using #NorthernBookshelf and #TheMercyStep. We'll draw winners on Friday 11 July 📚
@mhut25.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
@mhut25.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Don't forget to enter our giveaway for a copy of this stunning novel!
Discover new ways to think about displaced voices at Voice Notes – an imaginative sound art presentation showcasing multilingual phone messages from refugees and migrants around the world 📞
John Marley Centre, Newcastle, Mon 14 July. Free tickets at newwritingnorth.com/event/voice-...
John Marley Centre, Newcastle, Mon 14 July. Free tickets at newwritingnorth.com/event/voice-...
Voice Notes - New Writing North
Voice Notes is an international creative writing and sound art project exploring the role of the telephone in experiences of...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Discover new ways to think about displaced voices at Voice Notes – an imaginative sound art presentation showcasing multilingual phone messages from refugees and migrants around the world 📞
John Marley Centre, Newcastle, Mon 14 July. Free tickets at newwritingnorth.com/event/voice-...
John Marley Centre, Newcastle, Mon 14 July. Free tickets at newwritingnorth.com/event/voice-...
Win a copy of The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson! To enter our giveaway, leave a comment telling us what you're currently reading, using #NorthernBookshelf and #TheMercyStep. We'll draw winners on Friday 11 July 📚
@mhut25.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
@mhut25.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Win a copy of The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson! To enter our giveaway, leave a comment telling us what you're currently reading, using #NorthernBookshelf and #TheMercyStep. We'll draw winners on Friday 11 July 📚
@mhut25.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
@mhut25.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
North East readers! Northern Bookshelf Live is taking over Newcastle and County Durham this July, bringing brilliants Northern authors to libraries near you. Come along to discover a new favourite read 📚
newwritingnorth.com/event/northe...
newwritingnorth.com/event/northe...
Northern Bookshelf Live - New Writing North
A new scheme to connect writers with readers across the North. Watch this space for author events happening in 2025 in libraries near you.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
North East readers! Northern Bookshelf Live is taking over Newcastle and County Durham this July, bringing brilliants Northern authors to libraries near you. Come along to discover a new favourite read 📚
newwritingnorth.com/event/northe...
newwritingnorth.com/event/northe...
“New Writing North literally changed my life. They opened doors for me when I was struggling to find an agent and publisher for my debut novel. I wouldn’t be the writer I am today without their help” Mari Hannah
June 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“New Writing North literally changed my life. They opened doors for me when I was struggling to find an agent and publisher for my debut novel. I wouldn’t be the writer I am today without their help” Mari Hannah
We're delighted to be here at @northumbriauni.bsky.social tonight to celebrate the #NorthernWritersAwards 2025. We'll be kicking off the award announcements soon – come and follow along on our livestream!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC2Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC2Q...
June 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We're delighted to be here at @northumbriauni.bsky.social tonight to celebrate the #NorthernWritersAwards 2025. We'll be kicking off the award announcements soon – come and follow along on our livestream!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC2Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC2Q...
The #NorthernWritersAwards 2025 Ceremony is tomorrow! Join our free online livestream to celebrate the region’s most exciting poets, novelists and children’s writers who have won this year's awards.
Kicking off at 8pm on Tuesday 24 June: www.youtube.com/live/MC2QyL1...
Kicking off at 8pm on Tuesday 24 June: www.youtube.com/live/MC2QyL1...
Northern Writers' Awards 2025 | Ceremony Live Stream
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June 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The #NorthernWritersAwards 2025 Ceremony is tomorrow! Join our free online livestream to celebrate the region’s most exciting poets, novelists and children’s writers who have won this year's awards.
Kicking off at 8pm on Tuesday 24 June: www.youtube.com/live/MC2QyL1...
Kicking off at 8pm on Tuesday 24 June: www.youtube.com/live/MC2QyL1...
20 extra tickets have been released for the @englishpen.bsky.social annual lecture with @kshams.bsky.social happening tomorrow evening in Newcastle! Grab one before they sell out 🎟️
newwritingnorth.com/event/the-20...
newwritingnorth.com/event/the-20...
The 2025 PEN Lecture with Kamila Shamsie - New Writing North
English PEN’s annual PEN Lecture invites a leading writer to reflect on the current state of free expression, and to...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
20 extra tickets have been released for the @englishpen.bsky.social annual lecture with @kshams.bsky.social happening tomorrow evening in Newcastle! Grab one before they sell out 🎟️
newwritingnorth.com/event/the-20...
newwritingnorth.com/event/the-20...
We are thrilled to announce the Jerwood Fellowship for Emerging Writers at New Writing North.
Awarded to three early-career writers, currently living in the North of England.
Each writer will receive a bursary of £10,000 and a bespoke package of support.
Awarded to three early-career writers, currently living in the North of England.
Each writer will receive a bursary of £10,000 and a bespoke package of support.
June 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We are thrilled to announce the Jerwood Fellowship for Emerging Writers at New Writing North.
Awarded to three early-career writers, currently living in the North of England.
Each writer will receive a bursary of £10,000 and a bespoke package of support.
Awarded to three early-career writers, currently living in the North of England.
Each writer will receive a bursary of £10,000 and a bespoke package of support.
We are over the moon to be partnering on this new award for aspiring picture book writers and illustrators!
We're thrilled to announce the launch of the CBNN Prize 🎉
In partnership with New Writing North and funded by Arts Council England and Man Met Uni the prize is the first for aspiring picture book writers and illustrators based in the North of England 📚
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In partnership with New Writing North and funded by Arts Council England and Man Met Uni the prize is the first for aspiring picture book writers and illustrators based in the North of England 📚
www.thebookseller.com/news/childre...
Children’s Books North Network and New Writing North launch picture-book prize
The new Children’s Books North Network Prize will be the first prize focused on Northern picture-book creators.
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June 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We are over the moon to be partnering on this new award for aspiring picture book writers and illustrators!
We’re thrilled to announce @valmcdermid.bsky.social is the new chair of the Gordon Burn Prize!
Val will be joined by @beardedgenius.bsky.social , @freyamcc.bsky.social Andrew McMillan + Jude Rogers.
Publishers - deadline for submissions is 1 Aug
newwritingnorth.com/gordon-burn-...
Val will be joined by @beardedgenius.bsky.social , @freyamcc.bsky.social Andrew McMillan + Jude Rogers.
Publishers - deadline for submissions is 1 Aug
newwritingnorth.com/gordon-burn-...
June 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We’re thrilled to announce @valmcdermid.bsky.social is the new chair of the Gordon Burn Prize!
Val will be joined by @beardedgenius.bsky.social , @freyamcc.bsky.social Andrew McMillan + Jude Rogers.
Publishers - deadline for submissions is 1 Aug
newwritingnorth.com/gordon-burn-...
Val will be joined by @beardedgenius.bsky.social , @freyamcc.bsky.social Andrew McMillan + Jude Rogers.
Publishers - deadline for submissions is 1 Aug
newwritingnorth.com/gordon-burn-...
Could a career in publishing beckon? There are so many interesting roles including editorial, design and marketing and you don’t need an English degree…..
An MA in publishing will give you a head start in a competitive (but highly rewarding) industry.
An MA in publishing will give you a head start in a competitive (but highly rewarding) industry.
June 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Could a career in publishing beckon? There are so many interesting roles including editorial, design and marketing and you don’t need an English degree…..
An MA in publishing will give you a head start in a competitive (but highly rewarding) industry.
An MA in publishing will give you a head start in a competitive (but highly rewarding) industry.
Young people of South Shields!
Join us for 3 days this summer at The Word to create your own Snapshots of Summer, combining creative writing, poetry, photography and collage ✉️
Free to come along, and open to anyone aged 11-19. No experience needed!
newwritingnorth.com/event/young-...
Join us for 3 days this summer at The Word to create your own Snapshots of Summer, combining creative writing, poetry, photography and collage ✉️
Free to come along, and open to anyone aged 11-19. No experience needed!
newwritingnorth.com/event/young-...
Young Writers' Summer: Snapshots of Summer (South Shields) - New Writing North
Working with a professional poet, you will combine creative writing, poetry, photography and collage to design and write postcards about...
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June 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Young people of South Shields!
Join us for 3 days this summer at The Word to create your own Snapshots of Summer, combining creative writing, poetry, photography and collage ✉️
Free to come along, and open to anyone aged 11-19. No experience needed!
newwritingnorth.com/event/young-...
Join us for 3 days this summer at The Word to create your own Snapshots of Summer, combining creative writing, poetry, photography and collage ✉️
Free to come along, and open to anyone aged 11-19. No experience needed!
newwritingnorth.com/event/young-...
June is Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month. #GRTHM is an annual event that celebrates the diverse histories, cultures, and contributions of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK. To celebrate ....
June 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
June is Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month. #GRTHM is an annual event that celebrates the diverse histories, cultures, and contributions of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK. To celebrate ....
We're hosting a series of free writing workshops this June for global majority writers in Newcastle.
The Significant Ink workshops cover poetry, screenwriting, fiction and life writing, and are open to all experience levels.
Book your place: newwritingnorth.com/event/signif...
The Significant Ink workshops cover poetry, screenwriting, fiction and life writing, and are open to all experience levels.
Book your place: newwritingnorth.com/event/signif...
May 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We're hosting a series of free writing workshops this June for global majority writers in Newcastle.
The Significant Ink workshops cover poetry, screenwriting, fiction and life writing, and are open to all experience levels.
Book your place: newwritingnorth.com/event/signif...
The Significant Ink workshops cover poetry, screenwriting, fiction and life writing, and are open to all experience levels.
Book your place: newwritingnorth.com/event/signif...
Chuffed that our Sounds Good studio produced The Flower House audiobook. It has the North East running though it like a stick of rock! A richly woven tale of love, secrets and resilience across generations, set in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.
May 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Chuffed that our Sounds Good studio produced The Flower House audiobook. It has the North East running though it like a stick of rock! A richly woven tale of love, secrets and resilience across generations, set in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.