We're reading Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Welcoming writer and filmmaker Jay Bernard and poet and artist Khairani Barokka
Attica Locke’s powerful, award-winning crime novel is our current NCW Virtual Book Club pick
Talking with Chris Gribble
The region’s largest annual celebration of crime writing returns in an online format with a host of free events for everyone to enjoy!
Inua Ellams on plot and style
Okechukwu Nzelu explains his approach
Nicola returns to the pod!
Simon K Jones on his approach to narrative structure
Translator Sarah Ardizzone is on the podcast
If you could choose any character from a book to spend lockdown with, who would it be?
A great opportunity to put aside some writing time in the comfort of your own home
Kate Griffin talks to our former writer in residence
Recognising the books and writers who have been shaped by, and have helped to shape, the culture of the East of England
Join us for a special live showcase event this event at 6pm GMT
The debut novel-in-verse is praised by judges as a ‘transcendent work of literature’
Flo Reynolds launches the new Book Club book!
Happy birthday to us! Simon and Steph celebrate by looking back on some of their favourite episodes
A conversation with the award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, The Lesser Bohemians and Strange Hotel
A look at how Lewis started putting on his own literature events, and what it means to write poetry in lockdown
Plus, how you can support Black bookshops and a diverse range of voices in literature
An introduction to the shortlist and a behind-the-scenes look at running the prize
The three novels in the running to win £10,000 and be named the year’s best debut novel from across the UK and Ireland
If you enjoyed ‘A Line Made By Walking’, we think you’ll love these books too
Bregje Hofstede is on the podcast
Patrick Barkham pays tribute to one of the bright spots of life in lockdown: the spirit of the natural world
A list of must-read books by Owen Sheers’ International Literature Showcase selected writers
Chitra Ramaswamy examines Owen Sheers’ showcase writers
Owen Sheers introduces his 10 writers for the International Literature Showcase
Introducing the first International Literature Showcase of 2020
Joe Hedinger on the way that books have followed him throughout his life – and how this haunting has increased during the lockdown period
A poem celebrating refuse and waste management key workers by award-winning performance-poet Luke Wright
How physical restrictions on movement can open up new freedoms in what, where, how and why you read
Fiona Bennett reflects on the power of poetry to provide companionship, beauty and escape in times of isolation
Featuring Sara Baume and Elizabeth Mcneal, chaired by Jen McDerra
While exploring South London’s Sydenham Hill Wood, Ellah P. Wakatama remembers the past and imagines the unknowable near future
Max Porter and Sam Winston discuss their experience of creating art in the dark
Sara Baume’s Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel is this month’s NCW Virtual Book Club read
Michael’s tips and techniques on the podcast
Joe Dunthorne shares his techniques
Backstory, description and personality aids
We make our selections!
We’re reading: A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
Our first virtual book club will discuss Sara Baume’s remarkable Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel, ‘A Line Made By Walking’.
From the familiar to the surreal, our hand pick of essential books from writers across the world
Thinking about a career in literary translation? International Booker Prize-longlisted translator Sophie Hughes offers some early advice
Motoyuki Shibata is on the podcast
Peggy Hughes gives her weekly book recommendations. This week features Latin American fiction and books to give you hope
INN CROWD is seeking new writing projects (digital or offline) that engage with rural pubs and their communities
11 truly useful tips from writers, hand-picked by the Hinterland editors
What is the role of the artist in society? Tips and techniques for writing poetry that packs a punch
Tips for researching difficult subjects, finding agents and working through a large project
Award-winning author Edward Parnell shares the benefits of joining an online writing course during the lockdown
This week, it’s a children’s and young person’s special with Vicki Maitland!
The very nature of writing is communal, says Amelia Platt. So how do you approach the creative process during a lockdown?
Peggy Hughes gives her weekly book recommendations. This week features theatre, cooking, sports and dystopian adventures
Peggy Hughes gives her weekly book recommendations. This week features mythology, the sea and travel writing
Vahur Afanasjev joins us on the podcast
The longlist of 10 debut novels signals extraordinary strength and breadth of UK and Irish debut fiction
Peggy Hughes gives her weekly book recommendations – including short stories, nature writing and historical fiction
Join us for a cultural tour of Norwich…
Mark Stay returns to the podcast
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
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