From Teacher to Writer

Motoyuki Shibata and Bregje Hofstede share their creative methods

Jenny Offill on how the research takes shape

Author Simon K Jones shares his writing process

Allowing your characters to take the lead

NCW Programme Director Peggy Hughes addresses your bibliotherapy needs with a weekly list of book recommendations

On Weather, catastrophising, coronavirus and what to do about it all

Can you trace your love of poetry back to one poem? Here are the poems that first captured the imaginations of our staff.

Ayobami Adebayo on the podcast

NCW is offering a range of opportunities to UK-based BAME literary translators, and translators working from diaspora and community languages

Leena Norms on the podcast

There was a feeling of voices being heard, finally.

Recommended reading about grief, palliative care and the way we handle loss in society

Meet the artists who are seeking to explore the boundaries of possibility and challenge traditional forms of writing

These events will transport you to places both new and familiar, exploring our histories and making connections on the way

From the daily process of creating art to the practicalities of publishing and the pleasures and pitfalls of prize culture

Ashley Hickson-Lovence joins us on the podcast

Interrogate the role of art as a force of resistance and repair by drawing upon the stories of our past through the writers of our future

Examine the nature of our world through some of the best non-fiction books released this summer

Cara Marks on the vital relationship between food and empathy in your writing

Cat Woodward joins us on the podcast

What can food say about the characters, setting, structure and sensation in your writing?

The country’s largest prize for first novels will be judged by Preti Taneja, Sonia Sodha and Sinéad Gleeson

Nuril Basri’s journey to becoming a writer

Making the most of development opportunities

Agent Ed Wilson shares his top tips for writers

We talk to Ashley Stokes on the podcast

Funded residencies for writers and artists from UNESCO Cities of Literature

Recommended reading about the planet, the economy, our behaviour and the ‘creative landfill’

Tips on writing believable characters, authentic settings and the perfect crime

What to do – and not do

Eliza Robertson shares how to rediscover your inspiration in two stages

‘Make some time to think about your writing, and the things you want to write about.’

Sam Hacking shares her techniques for starting a new story

Try something new

Laura Stimson demystifies that crucial first step

Julia Crouch on the long beginning of her career

Talking to Katri Skala on the podcast

Writer, editor and creative writing tutor Lynne Bryan offers her advice for embarking on your first journey into the short story form

Award-winning author Monique Roffey shares her expert advice

Steph talks with Ed Parnell on the podcast

A poem by Young Norfolk Laureate 2019 Colette Maxwell-Preston

We’re on the hunt for high quality live literature performances to tour in rural pubs across the UK

Travelling through the city’s literary past

We talk to Ekaterina Petrova on this week’s podcast

Talking to writer, columnist and poet Ruthie Collins

Victoria Adukwei Bulley offers five tops tips for thinking about and applying for opportunities

We talk to author-illustrator Mandy Stanley

Top tips from Agustinus Wibowo and Suzanne Joinson

Rejection, inclusivity and getting an agent

Seeking applications from early-career writers to write a contemporary poem about Benedicts Gate

Does highbrow literature really exist?

Unleash your creativity this November

From an upstairs room in a Soho bar to a new £2000 prize for LGBT writers

The inaugural UNESCO City of Literature Writer in Residence joins us on the podcast

Chosen by Val McDermid for the International Literature Showcase

Talking with Eric Ngalle Charles, Zaffar Kunial and Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Can you stomach it? Recommended reading about the mystery of the human gut

The award-winning author, poet and podcaster offers constructive advice to writers battling with self-doubt

Sara Collins joins us on the podcast

The final International Literature Showcase of 2019

Contextualising Jackie Kay’s selections

Debut novelist Richard Lambert discusses getting ready for his book’s publication

Celebrating the very best of publishing, writing and reading in the region.

Exclusive interview from Noirwich 2019

We are very pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Young Norfolk Writing Competition, and the identity of the third Young Norfolk Laureate.

Recorded live at the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2019

In conversation with Kate Griffin

We talk to bookshop owner Leanne Fridd

From writing for television to getting published in the TLC Free Reads anthology

“It’s a little unreal having a successful author discuss my writing.”

NCW leads exciting new art and culture leadership programme across Norfolk and Suffolk

Is burnout real? Recommended reading about exhaustion, fatigue, sleep and restlessness

Advice from author Claire McGowan

We visit two independent bookshops in Edinburgh

Part of the International Literature Showcase

Explore the second International Literature Showcase of 2019

Guardian Books Online Editor comments on Val McDermid’s selection of LGBTQI+ writers

Our selected writer for the A Room of One’s Own opportunity

Live from London Book Fair 2019

Sam Ruddock on meeting Kerry Hudson and turning her vision into a reality

Learn yew Norfolk!

Kate Griffin reports from the RECIT annual meeting in Hungary

Erin Roberts shares her experience of writing for the award-winning exergame

Tickets are available now!

Sheila Cohen shares her experience of NCW’s mentorship scheme

In conversation at Dragon Hall

Open call for early-career writers

“Finding the time or place to write came secondary, if at all.”

Exploring the origins of their silkpunk novellas

by Agustinus Wibowo

When you move around and look properly you start to see that stories are everywhere

In conversation with lead writer Kelsey Beachum

It’s also the 50th episode of the podcast!

The 2019 Harriet Martineau Lecture

Paid writing space for a woman writer in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature

Five seminal books chosen by Hinterland co-editor Freya Dean