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Poetry with Claire Reiderman This two-hour workshop offers young people aged 14 – 17 years the time to explore their writing skills through fun, engaging prompts and activities – whether it’s poetry, prose or any other kind of writing they wish to develop! They will then have some uninterrupted time to get words onto the […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life […]

Celebrate September as Norwich’s ‘month of crime’ and the impending launch of Noirwich Crime Writing Festival with this exclusive event. James Ellroy, aka the ‘Demon Dog of American Literature’, is best-known for books such as The Black Dahlia, LA Confidential and American Tabloid. His new novel, This Storm, is set in the wake of the […]

Join Norwich’s writing community for a free evening of conversation, ideas and support Open to anyone who makes, reads and works with words, the Dragon Hall Salon is an opportunity to grab a drink from the bar, meet people, cook up plans and compare notes, to talk books, and to hear what’s happening in Norwich. […]

The Noirwich Season Pass is the best way to experience the festival, giving you access to every panel, reading and discussion across the four days of the festival and saving you 20% off the ticket price. Your Season Pass Includes: Thursday launch event Friday evening triple-bill All weekend events Complimentary Bloody Mary as part of […]

Join us for the 2019 Festival launch with James Runcie, the acclaimed writer and director whose much-loved Grantchester Mysteries series has captured the nation’s imagination. The Road to Grantchester is the enthralling prequel to the crime series, revealing how a young Sidney Chambers, living in post-war London, came to be a full-time priest and part-time detective. The […]

Launch of the UEA Creative Writing MA Crime Fiction Anthology 2019 Come and meet future stars of the genre at the launch of Postmortem, a gripping anthology of crime fiction from this year’s UEA Creative Writing MA graduates, with a foreword by Mick Herron. The launch will be attended by agents and publishers, with short readings […]

with Corinne Le Quéré CBE and Ben Smith Focusing on the facts behind the threat of climate change and how they have been used to inspire fascinating crime fiction, our expert panel features Corinne Le Quéré CBE, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science , and Dr Ben Smith, lecturer in Creative Writing at the […]

with Steve Burrows and James Henry Bird watching and detective work share a similar set of skills: methodical planning, close observation, and an acceptance that you may always be on the outside looking in. Our fascinating evening of ‘eco crime’ continues with Steve Burrows and James Henry, two acclaimed crime writers with a passion for […]

We are delighted to welcome George Alagiah for the annual Noirwich Lecture, in which he will explore violence, greed and corruption in relation to his highly anticipated crime novel The Burning Land. Reflecting on the urgent, real-life impact of environmental change on some of the world’s poorest countries and the fight for resources, he will […]

with Sara Collins, Nicola Rayner and Kate Weinberg A Gothic murder mystery set in Georgian London, a charming TV personality with a suspicious past and a shocking tragedy at a university campus…discover your next favourite book from our selection of the best debut novels in crime writing. Emerging crime superstars Sara Collins, Nicola Rayner and […]

with Julia Crouch, Lisa Jewell and Erin Kelly Limited availability Family secrets, illicit passions and dark psychological torment…where is the suspense novel heading next? Three pioneers of Domestic Noir – Julia Crouch (Cuckoo, Her Husband’s Lover), Lisa Jewell (The Girls, Then She Was Gone) and Erin Kelly (He Said/She Said) – take us on a […]

Limited availability! Louise Doughty is the author of the smash-hit Apple Tree Yard, a Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling novel and flagship BBC One four-part series starring Emily Watson. The multi award-winning writer and UEA alumna returns to Norwich for the launch of her latest book Platform Seven; a gripping, brilliant, original and eerily-timely story set at night in […]

with Leye Adenle, Sarah Hilary and Vaseem Khan Beneath the sparkling facades of the world’s greatest cities there lies a web of secrecy, duality and social tension fit for any fictional crime scene. Join Leye Adenle (Easy Motion Tourist, When Trouble Sleeps), Sarah Hilary (Someone’s Else’s Skin) and Vaseem Khan (Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series) […]

with Simone Buchholz and Antti Tuomainen Simone Buchholz and Antti Tuomainen are two pillars of the Euro Noir community, penning some of the darkest, grittiest and most riveting crime thrillers of recent years. We are delighted to welcome Simone from Germany and Antti from Finland to dissect their latest novels in translation, their use of grisly […]

Denise Mina has been described as ‘one of the most talented, most daring, most humane writers of the past 20 years’. Twice the winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, she is best known for her popular Detective Alex Morrow series and The Long Drop, a true crime story about Glaswegian […]

Join us after hours at Dragon Hall for some drinks, micro readings, and crime fiction-flavoured chat. An ideal chance to meet and mingle with the writers, readers and fans who all make Noirwich such a special festival. Entry is free – please book in advance. Part of Noirwich Crime Writing Festival  

Presented by the Times and Sunday Times Crime Club The Bloody Brunch returns! Celebrate the weekend in style with a ticket to both Sunday morning events at the Festival, and a complimentary Bloody Mary from Big Tom and Ghost Vodka. A combo ticket will give you access to: Dark Pasts: Historical crime fiction with E […]

with E C Fremantle, Alex Reeve and Laura Shepherd-Robinson Why do some historical periods attract particularly high body counts? If time is said to heal all wounds, what draws so many writers towards novels set in the past? Join E C Fremantle, Alex Reeve and Laura Shepherd-Robinson for a discussion on what drew them to […]

with MJ Carter and Martin Walker From Agatha Christie’s deadly champagne cyanide to the grotesque culinary proclivities of Hannibal Lecter, food and crime have always been a popular pairing in fiction. Take a seat at the chef’s table as M. J. Carter and Martin Walker embark on a palatable journey through crime fiction with a […]

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is an international writing sensation and ‘Iceland’s crime queen’ (The Scotsman). Author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand-alone thrillers, she is a master of atmosphere who suffuses addictive procedural stories with the isolation and desolateness of her native country. We are delighted to welcome Yrsa to Norwich for the […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life […]

Are we working too hard? Is burnout a phenomenon just for millennials, or have we always been pushed to our limits? There’s no doubt that we’re all feeling exhausted, but what is that lack of sleep actually doing to our bodies? In this debate, writer and journalist Dawn Foster will critique the notion of millennial […]

The biggest gift you can give your writing is time. Join us after work each month for a free drop-in writing session! We’ll start off with a prompted 10-minute free-write, before 50 minutes uninterrupted writing time, followed by a final half hour of mingling. Bring your favourite notebook or your laptop, and we’ll bring the […]

As part of Banned Books Week, this event will explore the restrictions facing authors in Indonesia. Nuril Basri and John Waromi write on the fringe of society about subjects deemed controversial in their country. Although neither author has had their books banned, it is difficult to get controversial work published and authors often find themselves […]

Cat Woodward is a feminist modern lyric poet. Cat studied at the University of East Anglia; her PhD is in robot and lyric voice, her doctoral research was funded through a CHASE studentship. Her first collection, Sphinx, was published by Norwich-based Salò, Press in 2017. In 2018 she won the Ivan Juritz Prize for creative […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

An evening in the company of Dutch writers Eva Meijer and Bregje Hofstede, in conversation with Daniel Hahn. Eva Meijer is an artist, writer, philosopher and singer-songwriter. She is the prize-winning author of three novels, which have been translated around the world. Bregje Hofstede is a novelist, journalist and art historian from Amsterdam. She is chair […]

A selection of the Nordic region’s most innovative and dynamic poets present brand new collaborations with local and other British poets. Expect a series of new literary and experimental performances celebrating the best of 21st-century Nordic and British poetry. Featuring: Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl & Doug Jones Morten Søndergaard & SJ Fowler Endre Ruset & George […]

Exceptional times call for exceptional writers. Scottish Makar, poet, and novelist Jackie Kay introduces her selection of ten of the most exciting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers working in the UK today. Experience incredible writing and find out why Jackie feels these are the writers who are influencing and shaping the UK’s poetry […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

Presented as part of the Norwich Science Festival ‘Can you stomach it?’ ‘Do you have the guts?’ Our digestive organs are inserted into colloquial phrases to explain a variety of cultural symptoms – but what is really churning in our bellies, and how does it affect us? In this debate, journalist and broadcaster Tim Hayward […]

In celebration of Black History Month Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a poet and writer from Hackney, London. While working as a secondary school English teacher, he completed his MA in Creative Writing and Publishing from City, University of London and is currently in his second year at the University of East Anglia completing his PhD in […]

The biggest gift you can give your writing is time. Join us after work each month for a free drop-in writing session! We’ll start off with a prompted 10-minute free-write, before 50 minutes uninterrupted writing time, followed by a final half hour of mingling. Bring your favourite notebook or your laptop, and we’ll bring the […]

Want to write more, better and be happier while you do it? Tim Clare’s podcast for writers, Death Of 1000 Cuts, will help you do just that. In this live special, Tim will be taking the first pages of audience members’ novels, breaking them down line by line and looking for ways to make them […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

Celebrating the launch of the Writing Places anthology and chapbook Join us for the launch of two very special publications exploring the connections between writing and place in Kolkata and Norwich: Writing Places, edited by Arunava Sinha and published by Seagull Books; and the Writing Places chapbook, published by the UEA Publishing Project. Writing Places […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as […]

Are we being watched? From Facebook, to China, to the FBI and MI5, the ways in which we’re watched – and the question of who is watching us – seem to be omnipresent in the news cycle. What problems – and what benefits – can be found in this world of constant surveillance? In this […]

Join us in welcoming our two Korean writers in residence, Kang Youngsook and Kim Haeyeon, as they discuss their books and life as a writer in Korea today. Kang Youngsook is an important feminist South Korean author. She often writes about the female grotesque, delving into varying genres as urban noir, fantasy, and climate fiction. Since her debut in 1998, […]

The biggest gift you can give your writing is time. Join us after work each month for a free drop-in writing session! We’ll start off with a prompted 10-minute free-write, before 50 minutes uninterrupted writing time, followed by a final half hour of mingling. Bring your favourite notebook or your laptop, and we’ll bring the […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life […]

Edward Parnell lives near Norwich and has an MA in Creative Writing from UEA. He has been the recipient of an Escalator Award from the National Centre for Writing and a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. The Listeners (2014) was his first novel, and was the winner of the Rethink New Novels Prize. His new book […]

Come and explore the historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building from an experienced volunteer guide. Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life […]