Thursday 25 April
Writing from the Margins of History
Kathleen Vereecken and Rebecca Stott in conversation at Dragon Hall
Kathleen Vereecken and Rebecca Stott in conversation at Dragon Hall
‘I was born with a strange longing for people and times I have never known. Reading and writing about them, creating a whole new world, within the outlines of what we know, is the perfect way of getting closer to them.’ Kathleen Vereecken has had a lifelong fascination with the Ghent Altarpiece, painted by Hubert […]
This month we’re celebrating Granta Magazine’s 40th anniversary. Check back for new articles and extracts every week!
In a turbulent world where news is fake and facts are fiction, books, words and ideas have never been more vital. As portals to new worlds and ways of seeing, they have a special magic that guides, provokes and illuminates us.
Programmed in partnership with the National Centre for Writing, literature events at the Festival celebrate Norwich as a UNESCO-designated home to writers, thinkers, storytellers and readers.
Discover Elif Shafak’s selection of 10 exciting women writers in the UK
The National Centre for Writing is based at Dragon Hall in Norwich. In 2012 we led the successful bid for the city to become England’s first UNESCO City of Literature, joining a prestigious and growing network of creative cities worldwide.
We continually celebrate Norwich’s heritage as a place of ideas, where the power of words has been changing lives for hundreds of years. We nurture the city’s contemporary writers and through our UNESCO Young Ambassador programme support young people to share their love of reading, writing, books and ideas with their schools and wider community.
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