21 - 30 May
City of Literature 2021
This year's City of Literature strand of Norfolk & Norwich Festival invites you to embrace and experiment with the unknown, the unusual and the unexpected
This year's City of Literature strand of Norfolk & Norwich Festival invites you to embrace and experiment with the unknown, the unusual and the unexpected
In this vivid, emotional and immersive installation, acclaimed novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò tells the compelling story of twins separated by death. Follow the journey of the sacred ibeji artefact from its creation in Benin City, Nigeria, in 1895, to present-day Norwich in a story that spans continents, cultures and lifetimes. Amongst the Yoruba of southwest Nigeria, […]
The annual, 8-month Escalator talent development programme has supported early career writers in the East of England since 2004. Years of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis have made funding through traditional means increasingly difficult. This year we are asking for your help to help underrepresented writers from the region – and you can get a special All Shall Be Well print at the same time!
Discover Elif Shafak, Val McDermid and Jackie Kay’s selections of exciting women, LGBTQI+ and BAME writers working in the UK today
The International Literature Showcase’s guest curators are exploring the breadth of contemporary writing from the UK.
The showcase began with Elif Shafak’s selection of women writers at London Book Fair in March, continued in August with Val McDermid’s selection of LGBTQI+ writers and this month Jackie Kay revealed her selection of BAME writers at Cheltenham and Manchester Literature Festivals.
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