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Join us to celebrate ten years of the Emerging Literary Translators Mentorship programme, championing new literary translators into English, and experience fresh work from the finest new literary translators working today. Established in 2010 by Daniel Hahn, the Emerging Literary Translators programme aims to develop successive new cohorts of literary translators into English, particularly for […]

With Lynn Buckle (Dublin, Ireland), Vahni Capildeo (Edinburgh, Scotland), Valur Gunnarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Patrick Barkham (Norwich, England). Join us to hear more about how three of our UNESCO writers have spent their virtual residency exploring waterways and coastlands, creating connections between Norwich and their own UNESCO cities of literature. Lynn Buckle is interested in […]

Cúirt International Festival of Literature. In partnership with the Desmond Elliott Prize and the National Centre for Writing. This event showcases the shortlisted writers for the 2020 Desmond Elliott prize for new fiction, featuring some of the most exciting and challenging writing talent from across the UK and Ireland. Crossing all manner of borders and […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. In this vivid and emotional immersive play, acclaimed novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò tells the compelling story of twins separated by death. Follow the journey of the sacred ibeji artefact […]

Join us and share your passion for reading! Every two months we will meet virtually over tea and biscuits to discuss some of the best works in contemporary literature. We’ll explore short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry, and works in translation, making these informal and friendly sessions the perfect way to meet like-minded readers and to […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Tune in for an immersive and unusual online experience which blurs the boundaries between words, music and place.  At the end of 2020, Sunday Times Award-winning […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Three writers reflect on the atmospheric pressure of the year they’ve just had in Weather With You – a series of written commissions and podcasts that […]

Join us and share your passion for reading! Every two months we will meet virtually over tea and biscuits to discuss some of the best works in contemporary literature. We’ll explore short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry, and works in translation, making these informal and friendly sessions the perfect way to meet like-minded readers and to […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Explore the magic of the natural world, up close, with Looking, Large and Small: an online seasonal pack of observations, illustrations and exercises brought to you by nature […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Abir Mukherjee and Derek Owusu reflect on the atmospheric pressure of the year they’ve just had in Weather With You: a discussion which takes stock of our unique […]

Taking place on Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 Mat at 9pm BST each evening (20-30 mins per act)   Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. What’s real? Who’s there? What do you […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Join us for a special virtual Page Against the Machine, in partnership with The Book Hive! Pick a book, grab a cool drink and turn off your phone for […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Discover the process behind Tombland: a fragmentary digital soundscape which blurs the boundaries between words, music and place.  At the end of 2020, Sunday Times Award-winning […]

Booking will open shortly for NCW Supporters’ Circle members. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Discover the journey behind the making of Provenance: a vivid and immersive play involving live acting, digital screens and the fabulous storytelling skills of acclaimed novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò. Part of Future & Form. Produced by Mutiny […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. Join nature writer and environmental historian Jessica J. Lee and novelist and illustrator Rowan Hisayo Buchanan for a peek behind the hedge at the process of creating Looking, […]

Priority Booking for this event is now open for NCW Supporters’ Circle – click here to find out more. Public and online booking will open on Thursday 15 April. The Harriet Martineau Lecture celebrates the legacy of a remarkable, world-changing woman by inviting globally-renowned radical speakers to respond to her life and work. This year we welcome […]

Delivered by the British Centre for Literary Translation in partnership with the National Centre for Writing The renowned Literary Translation Summer School (19 – 24 July 2021) brings together writers and translators from around the world for a unique and intensive one-week programme of hands-on literary translation and creative writing practice. The programme also includes panel […]