Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Jemima Foxtrot: Kiss Me, Help! I Hate You
An evening of love, laughter, community and boozing! Three women at different stages of their lives. They’re in the same pub on the same night. What are they thinking? Kiss me, Help! I Hate You tells three women’s stories using audience interaction, poetry, story-telling and song. This is a funny and raucous show, specially made […]
An evening of love, laughter, community and boozing! Three women at different stages of their lives. They’re in the same pub on the same night. What are they thinking? Kiss me, Help! I Hate You tells three women’s stories using audience interaction, poetry, story-telling and song. This is a funny and raucous show, specially made […]
The Burston Crown, Diss Writers Centre Norwich
8.15pm
Free
Beginners’ Fiction with Ian Nettleton (ten-week course)
Take those exciting first steps into fiction writing with this friendly, supportive ten-week course led by expert tutor and published writer, Ian Nettleton. Ian has been leading sold-out ‘beginners fiction’ courses at NCW for a number of years. Through a combination of group discussion and one-to-one feedback, he will equip you with the necessary tools […]
Take those exciting first steps into fiction writing with this friendly, supportive ten-week course led by expert tutor and published writer, Ian Nettleton. Ian has been leading sold-out ‘beginners fiction’ courses at NCW for a number of years. Through a combination of group discussion and one-to-one feedback, he will equip you with the necessary tools […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Ten weeks
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
£225 / conc £200
Dragon Hall Salon
Join Norwich’s writing community for a free evening of conversation, ideas and support each month. 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 […]
Join Norwich’s writing community for a free evening of conversation, ideas and support each month. 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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
6.30 - 8.30pm
Free
Intermediate Fiction with Ian Nettleton (ten-week course)
Take your writing to the next level and discover ways to make your novel or short stories stand out with this friendly, supportive, ten-week intermediate course led by expert tutor and published writer Ian Nettleton. Ian has been leading sold-out fiction courses at NCW for a number of years. Through a combination of group discussion […]
Take your writing to the next level and discover ways to make your novel or short stories stand out with this friendly, supportive, ten-week intermediate course led by expert tutor and published writer Ian Nettleton. Ian has been leading sold-out fiction courses at NCW for a number of years. Through a combination of group discussion […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Ten weeks
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
£225 / conc £200
Start Writing Crime Fiction with Julia Crouch
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Crime fiction is the biggest-selling genre in the UK and this course will help you to incorporate its building blocks into your own writing. You will explore the genre’s themes and appeal, looking at creating credible worlds and characters, developing and structuring story and building page-turning, tension-filled scenes. […]
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Crime fiction is the biggest-selling genre in the UK and this course will help you to incorporate its building blocks into your own writing. You will explore the genre’s themes and appeal, looking at creating credible worlds and characters, developing and structuring story and building page-turning, tension-filled scenes. […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
Start Writing Fiction with Eliza Robertson
Fully booked! Email info@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk or call 01603 877177 to join the waiting list. Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. You will learn the components of strong short fiction with the guidance and feedback of a published author. Together, we will explore how to build credible characters, develop a narrative and plot, read like a […]
Fully booked! Email info@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk or call 01603 877177 to join the waiting list. Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. You will learn the components of strong short fiction with the guidance and feedback of a published author. Together, we will explore how to build credible characters, develop a narrative and plot, read like a […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
Start Writing Poetry with Helen Ivory
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Where do poems begin? How can we make language sing? Whether you’re new to writing poems or have dabbled in the past, join Helen Ivory on a journey into the transformative world of poetry. You’ll read inspiring poets, explore how poems take shape, and begin to create […]
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Where do poems begin? How can we make language sing? Whether you’re new to writing poems or have dabbled in the past, join Helen Ivory on a journey into the transformative world of poetry. You’ll read inspiring poets, explore how poems take shape, and begin to create […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
Amazing Tales: An Introduction to Writing Science Fiction with Ian Nettleton
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. If you’ve always loved the ideas, excitement and endless potential of science fiction, this course will help you write your own SF and deepen your understanding of the genre. This course is for people interested in writing short science fiction tales, whether newcomers to the genre or […]
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. If you’ve always loved the ideas, excitement and endless potential of science fiction, this course will help you write your own SF and deepen your understanding of the genre. This course is for people interested in writing short science fiction tales, whether newcomers to the genre or […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
Start Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Keiron Pim
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Limited availability This course will help aspiring authors develop the skills and techniques required to write a non-fiction book, be it a biography, a memoir, reportage or another of the many flourishing forms within this exciting field of writing. Whether you have started to write and would […]
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Limited availability This course will help aspiring authors develop the skills and techniques required to write a non-fiction book, be it a biography, a memoir, reportage or another of the many flourishing forms within this exciting field of writing. Whether you have started to write and would […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
Start Writing Young Adult Fiction with Chelsey Flood
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Find out how to write fiction for the Young Adult audience and learn about the building blocks of the YA genre: how to create fascinating, unforgettable characters, and develop a plot by following your interests and passions. The course is designed for writers who have not yet explored […]
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Find out how to write fiction for the Young Adult audience and learn about the building blocks of the YA genre: how to create fascinating, unforgettable characters, and develop a plot by following your interests and passions. The course is designed for writers who have not yet explored […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
An Introduction to Scriptwriting with Molly Naylor
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Limited availability This course is an introduction to scriptwriting and is designed for writers who are just starting to explore scripts. You will learn the mechanisms of working across a variety of script forms: TV, film, theatre and radio. You’ll discover ways to generate ideas and turn […]
Commences on Monday 21 January for 12 weeks. Limited availability This course is an introduction to scriptwriting and is designed for writers who are just starting to explore scripts. You will learn the mechanisms of working across a variety of script forms: TV, film, theatre and radio. You’ll discover ways to generate ideas and turn […]
Online Writers Centre Norwich
12 weeks
Online
£450
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Dragon Hall Debate: How should we eat?
Are we really what we eat? What can our relationship with food tell us about society? In this debate, writer and cook Rebecca May Johnson will explore the pleasures and creativity of food; Ailsa Welch, Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology at UEA, will discuss her research into how diet improves health during aging; and Tim O’Riordan, […]
Are we really what we eat? What can our relationship with food tell us about society? In this debate, writer and cook Rebecca May Johnson will explore the pleasures and creativity of food; Ailsa Welch, Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology at UEA, will discuss her research into how diet improves health during aging; and Tim O’Riordan, […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
7pm (doors 6.30pm)
Free - booking required
From Page to Stage with Hannah Jane Walker
Explore the connection between writing, devising and adapting for the stage with expert guidance from acclaimed poet and performer Hannah Jane Walker. About Hannah Jane Walker Hannah Jane Walker is a writer and producer from Cambridge. She studied literature at the University of East Anglia and poetry at Newcastle University. With Chris Thorpe she had […]
Explore the connection between writing, devising and adapting for the stage with expert guidance from acclaimed poet and performer Hannah Jane Walker. About Hannah Jane Walker Hannah Jane Walker is a writer and producer from Cambridge. She studied literature at the University of East Anglia and poetry at Newcastle University. With Chris Thorpe she had […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
10am - 3pm
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
£55 / £45 conc
Agent Insights with Eve White
After a 20-year acting career, Eve White set up her literary agency in 2003. She represents writers across fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature, including bestsellers Andy Stanton (Mr. Gum), Ruth Ware (In A Dark, Dark Wood), and Damien Le Bas (The Stopping Places). Join Eve in this Agent Insights session and hear her inspirational stories […]
After a 20-year acting career, Eve White set up her literary agency in 2003. She represents writers across fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature, including bestsellers Andy Stanton (Mr. Gum), Ruth Ware (In A Dark, Dark Wood), and Damien Le Bas (The Stopping Places). Join Eve in this Agent Insights session and hear her inspirational stories […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
2 - 4pm
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
£45 / £35 conc
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Andrew James Brown: The Moon Under Water
History, philosophy, musings, poems, and tales of booze, horse brasses and Morris dancers. Join Andrew James Brown for a warm lager or two. Taking Orwell’s 1946 essay as a starting point, this show travels through pubs great and small, through country inns and city gin-palaces, across parquet and sticky carpet alike. A must for anyone […]
History, philosophy, musings, poems, and tales of booze, horse brasses and Morris dancers. Join Andrew James Brown for a warm lager or two. Taking Orwell’s 1946 essay as a starting point, this show travels through pubs great and small, through country inns and city gin-palaces, across parquet and sticky carpet alike. A must for anyone […]
The Burston Crown, Diss Writers Centre Norwich
8.15pm
Free
Kyoko Nakajima with Ginny Tapley Takemori
Join us at Japan Now 2019, as Kyōko Nakajima launches her first novel in English translation, The Little House, alongside her translator. Set in the early years of the Shōwa era (1926–89), and combining the nostalgic memories of a maidservant Taki, with the nation confronting the brutal realities of the era to come, the novel […]
Join us at Japan Now 2019, as Kyōko Nakajima launches her first novel in English translation, The Little House, alongside her translator. Set in the early years of the Shōwa era (1926–89), and combining the nostalgic memories of a maidservant Taki, with the nation confronting the brutal realities of the era to come, the novel […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
6.30pm
£5 - includes glass of wine
Dragon Hall Debate: Mobile phones – tyranny or liberation?
Mobile technology has taken over the world. We use it to communicate privately with loved ones and to publicly display edited highlights of our lives. In this debate, Gerard Parr MBE, Professor of Computing Sciences at UEA, and writer Olivia Sudjic will address whether our increasing reliance on mobile technology is a vehicle for liberation […]
Mobile technology has taken over the world. We use it to communicate privately with loved ones and to publicly display edited highlights of our lives. In this debate, Gerard Parr MBE, Professor of Computing Sciences at UEA, and writer Olivia Sudjic will address whether our increasing reliance on mobile technology is a vehicle for liberation […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
7pm (doors 6.30pm)
Free - booking required
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Laurie Bolger: Talking to Strangers
Stand-up poet Laurie Bolger brings you stories and chats about comfort food, supermarket meltdowns, tea and pub love. Her warm and witty poems ask the big questions: how does that annoying passenger on the bus turn out to be the stranger that saves the day? Sometimes, when life is lonely, strangers give us the answers […]
Stand-up poet Laurie Bolger brings you stories and chats about comfort food, supermarket meltdowns, tea and pub love. Her warm and witty poems ask the big questions: how does that annoying passenger on the bus turn out to be the stranger that saves the day? Sometimes, when life is lonely, strangers give us the answers […]
The Burston Crown, Diss Writers Centre Norwich
8.15pm
Free
Adventures in Fiction with Eley Williams
Join Eley Williams, author of short story collection Attrib. & Other Stories, and strike out into bold new territory in your fiction writing. With Eley’s expert guidance you’ll explore the creative potential of play and develop new strategies for taking liberties with language to supercharge your short fiction. About Eley Eley Williams is a writer […]
Join Eley Williams, author of short story collection Attrib. & Other Stories, and strike out into bold new territory in your fiction writing. With Eley’s expert guidance you’ll explore the creative potential of play and develop new strategies for taking liberties with language to supercharge your short fiction. About Eley Eley Williams is a writer […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
10am - 3pm
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
£55 / £45 conc
Dragon Hall Debate: Drawing the line – do we need borders?
As Brexit pushes the UK to redefine its relationships with neighbouring nations, we ask what borders do for us, and whether we need them at all. Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of Lights in the Distance, draws on years of reporting to build a portrait of refuge in a fractured Europe; Prof Sarah Barrow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor […]
As Brexit pushes the UK to redefine its relationships with neighbouring nations, we ask what borders do for us, and whether we need them at all. Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of Lights in the Distance, draws on years of reporting to build a portrait of refuge in a fractured Europe; Prof Sarah Barrow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
7pm (doors 6.30pm)
Free - booking required
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
Guided Tour of Dragon Hall
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 […]
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 […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
Starts 2pm - approx. 1.5 hrs
Free
The Writer’s Roadmap with Jen Campbell, Michael Donkor and Ben Johncock
This inspiration day is designed to help writers at all stages of their careers and will give you the skills and insider knowledge to help you set your own unique course for a life in literature. Michael Donkor, author of Hold, shares his route to publication and how he has balanced his creative work and […]
This inspiration day is designed to help writers at all stages of their careers and will give you the skills and insider knowledge to help you set your own unique course for a life in literature. Michael Donkor, author of Hold, shares his route to publication and how he has balanced his creative work and […]
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall Writers Centre Norwich
10am - 4pm
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
£55 / £45 conc