National Centre for Writing

National Centre for Writing has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in March 2022. The social media accounts linked to from National Centre for Writing are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • Email • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, WritersCentre has populated their site with: • The Writing Life Vol. 2 — sign up now! • Holiday activities at National Centre for Writing • 'Florrie' wins East Anglian Book of the Year 2025 • Big Give: Double your donation to young people's reading & writing • City of Literature Weekend 2026 • East Anglian Book Awards • Listen: Family and Caribbean folklore with Celeste Mohammed • Meet the Escalator Early Career Residents • Residency opportunities • Wedding Open House at Dragon Hall • The Big Give 2026: Double your difference for local young readers and writers | National Centre for Writing | NCW • The Body in the Kitchen Garden: Vintage Cream Tea with Paula Sutton • Go all in: A reading list for young adventurers • Apply now: Artistic Director & Chief Executive Officer • Dragon Hall Retreats • Apply for a stall at the City of Literature Publishing Fair • One of Us: Elizabeth Day • Born & Read inaugural event, Family Activity Day • The Stepmother • Editing a novel • Enter the Young Norfolk Writing Prize • Set Sail! with Robert Starling • Family Activity Days • Visit us • The path to publication: Grace Murray on Blank Canvas • Book: Nation of Strangers with Ece Temelkuran • Apply now: Learning & Participation Programme Manager • Book: Industry Insights for Novelists | Online event • Dragon Egg Trail at Dragon Hall • Translation in Times of Crisis: A Deliberate Gesture Toward Truth • Local Voices in Times of War: Literature, Communities, and Practices of Resilience • Listen: Jenni Fagan on The Writing Life Podcast • A Family Affair: Yvvette Edwards & Ashley Hickson-Lovence • If This Be Magic: Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn • Listen: Storytelling in graphic novels with Anna Trench • Glyph: Ali Smith • ILX Zine: Fragments From a Changing Publishing Landscape • The Writer’s Refresh • 'Norwich, in Slow Sips' by Dieter Rogiers • Writing the self in memoir with Camilla Balshaw • From the Floorboards: Georgia Shackleton • The Given World: The Rural Uncanny with Melissa Harrison • Listen: Experimenting with narrative form with Ashley Hickson-Lovence • Dragon Hall Summertime • Enter NCW's prize draw for the chance to win a pair of tickets for Shared Stories • Shared Stories: A Workshop for Family & Friends with Jarred McGinnis | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Viva the reading revolution! | Page Against the Machine goes global • Madness & magic: Hannah Murray on her memoir The Make Believe • Hot off the press! Browse our new season brochure • The Courage Collection: Stories of sanctuary • Enter the East Anglian Book Awards • Listen: From draft to debut with Anna Goldreich • Inua Ellams: Search Party at First Light Festival • The Writing Life: Reflect (July 2026) • Norfolk Arts Awards Public Vote 2026 Survey • Uju Asika recommends five brilliant books told from lived experience • Uju Asika recommends five brilliant books that tell stories from lived experience | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Join our team! Executive Administrator and Marketing Assistant • South Asian Literature in Translation: Interventions and Futures • Listen: Writing relationships with Jem Calder • Family Imagination Days • Modern Korean Literature: Insights from Different Perspectives | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Residency opportunities | National Centre for Writing • Get feedback on your writing with an online tutored course • Symbolism and imagery: writing the everyday by Helen Ivory • A new flagship horror book festival for the East of England • Apply for an Emerging Translator Mentorship! • The world of self-publishing with Pip Landers-Letts • Free and low-cost self-paced courses • Memoirist Amy Key reflects on the stories that shape us • Apply for a stall at the City of Literature Christmas Market 2026 • How to Write Fiction (12-week course) • Back to basics: Sarah L. Kaufman on Verb Your Enthusiasm • Writing From the Archives evening course • Meet the Escalator mentors • Kickstart Your Poetry (12-week course) • Explore the Between the Lines collection • Writing romantic relationships in fiction with Nicola Dinan • Norwich Book Festival at Dragon Hall • Family Imagination Days at Dragon Hall • Walk Good: An Evening with Kwame Dawes • Read: Top tips for early drafts with Megan Bradbury • Announcing the TLC Free Reads winners 2025/26 • On Tour with Bad Betty Press • Double your donation to children's reading & writing | The Big Give • Call for applications: Visible Communities Residencies • Browse our online tutored courses • Colton Lives: enter now! • Become a writer-in-residence for Norwich Market • Darkest Chapter 2026 (day ticket) • Listen: Writing dystopian fiction with Matt Greene • Apply for the Escalator New Writing Fellowships 2026/27 • Who Wants to Live Forever? Hanna Thomas Uose & Simon Watt • Download our season brochure • No Filters: Communication and Connection with Rowan Egberongbe & Christie Watson • What's on • East Anglian Book Awards 2025 category winners announced • Online tutored courses • Listen: Writing speculative fiction with Choo Yi Feng • Explore the Writing Hub • The Writing Life Vol. 2 (March 2026) | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Browse our website • Sign up for The Writing Life Vol. 2 (March 2026) • How to structure a crime novel plot • NCW Academy • Book your tickets for 'The Stepmother' • The Writing Life 30-day challenge • Exploding Archetypes with Rachel McCrum & Amélie Prévost • Writers' Rooms at National Centre for Writing • Join us for A Celebration of New East Anglian Writing • The Writing Life Podcast • Culture, Climate and Environmental Responsibility: Annual Report 2024-25 • Norwich UNESCO City of Literature • National Centre for Writing: Creating a Living, Breathing, Community Hub | Julie's Bicycle • Support us • Norwich Science Festival at Dragon Hall • Evening courses with Ian Nettleton • Poets in conversation: John Osborne & Lewis Buxton on performance, humour, and place | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Discover the East Anglian Book Awards 2025 shortlist • Webinar: Find out about NCW online tutored courses • Read 'Writing about real people in memoir' • Support their talent this Christmas with an NCW gift voucher • Read 'Poems for Christmas' • Listen: New year, new writing goals with Julia Crouch • Read 'Finding your writing community' • Workshops • Writing festive thrillers: Nicola Upson on The Christmas Clue • Apply now for TLC Free Reads • Read 'Embrace the synopsis' • Download the Savour & Share booklet • Ten Fellows announced for the Escalator 2025–26 • Finding (and keeping) your creative non-fiction voice • Submit your vote for the City of Literature Award 2025 • Norwich Science Festival • Join the team! Communictions & Marketing Assistant • What is experimental fiction?: Clara Chow on travelling, writing about taboo subjects, and having fun | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Burnt TOAST • City of Literature Christmas Market • Browse our evening courses • Living Wage Week 2025: 'Doing the maths' by Ruth Beddow • The Lost Folk with Lally MacBeth • Discover the January writing challenge • Writing horror: explore our new resource pack • East Anglian Book Awards 2025 shortlist announced • Download our new season brochure • Listen: Writing flawed characters with Sarah Moss • Find out more about our City of Literature Christmas Market • Join us for an online tutored course in February 2026 • House of Splinters: Ghost Stories with Laura Purcell | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Lit From the Inside | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Norwich UNESCO City of Literature launches campaign to place reading and writing at the heart of city development | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Family and Folklore: Mysticism in West African and Caribbean Stories with Celeste Mohammed & Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • Listen: The poetry of motherhood with Erica Hesketh and Jenny Pagdin • Meet the Emerging Literary Translators selected for 2025/26! • Book your tickets now: An Evening of Live Poetry • Listen: A writer’s journey with Vanessa Bell • Work with us: International Programmes Manager • Download ‘Writing the Future: Norwich UNESCO City of Literature 2025–30’ • Literature professionals announced for International Literature Exchange programme | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Book your desk in our Writers' Room • Last chance to apply: Lit From the Inside • Last few tickets: The Great Norwich Book Quiz • Book now: Migration Stories with Sulaiman Addonia • Find out more about the Escalator New Writing Fellowships • Apply for the International Literature Exchange 2025 • Listen: Representation in children’s literature with Hayley Wells • Tiny Dragons: Early-Years Explorer Sessions • Book your tickets: Somebody is Walking on Your Grave: Mariana Enríquez • Applications open for Emerging Translator Mentorships 2025–26! • Book your space on a live evening course • Submit your events for International Translation Day 2025 • Listen: Reimagining classics with Pat Barker • Book your tickets for Norwich Book Festival at Dragon Hall • Apply for a stall at the City of Literature Christmas Market • Book now: Bogs and Broads • Listen to Val McDermid on The Writing Life Podcast • Join us for our family activity days • Apply for the Escalator New Writing Fellowships 2025/26 • Apply to Lit From the Inside! • Listen to 'The Plantation Garden' by Piers Harrison-Reid • Escalator Meet the Mentor: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • Lit From the Inside Showcase! • Podcast: Becoming a published author with Wen-yi Lee • Memoir: The Next Chapter (18-week course) • Join us for the Writing Life Challenge • Join us for The Great Norwich Book Quiz • Find out more about our Escalator New Writing Fellowships • Explore our How to Write Fiction course • Listen: Writing between genres with Michael Pedersen • Enter now: East Anglian Book Awards 2025 • NCW staff recommend their favourite LGBTQ+ reads • Find out more about Dragon Hall Retreats • Call for applications: Visible Communities Residencies 2026 • Holiday activities for families • Winners announced for the Young Norfolk Writing Prize 2025 • Book your tickets: An evening with Raymond Antrobus • NCW recommends... five books inspired by gardens • Vote now: Norwich City of Literature Award 2025 • Book your tickets: An Evening with David Nicholls • Listen: World building in horror fiction with Julia Armfield • Join the team: Senior Finance Officer • Join us at the European Poetry Festival 2025 • Listen: The world of Substack with Eleanor Anstruther & Simon K Jones • Book now: Garden-Inspired Writing with Gail Harland • Join us at our Refugee Week Family Activity Day • Register now: Kim Hyesoon at UEA • Book your tickets: Mariana Enríquez at The Octagon Chapel • Volunteer with us • Listen: Writing love stories with André Aciman • Find out more about A Day of Welcome • Enter your work to the Young Norwich Creative Awards • Listen: The power of language with Eimear McBride • Book your tickets to City of Literature Weekend 2025 • Join us at City of Literature Publishing Fair • Book now: What's So Hard About Writing? Hattie Crisell & Emma Jane Unsworth • Read: Emma Jane Unsworth lifts the curtain on Slags • Join us for the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Find out more about our global reading event! • You Are Here: An Evening with David Nicholls • Kate Young: Experienced • The Spectacular Suit with Hayley Wells • Listen: Writing strong female characters with Joanna Miller • How to Get Your Manuscript Noticed with Kerry-Ann Bentley • Develop Your Fiction with Megan Bradbury • Watch: Writing the Monstrous Body • Book your tickets: Seán Hewitt & Monique Roffey • Breaking the Habit: The Allure of Nuns in Storytelling • Join the 30-day writing challenge! • Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark • Watch: Translation as Archive • Workshop: Write What You Feel with Sussie Anie • Jackie Kay at First Light Festival • Ripeness with Sarah Moss • Family Activity Day • Listen to The Writing Life Podcast • NCW recommends... ten reads for City of Literature Weekend 2025 • Do You Remember the First Time? with Seán Hewitt & Monique Roffey • Romantic fiction | National Centre for Writing | NCW • The Write Habit (30 Day Writing Challenge!) • Browse our spring workshops • Join us for The First Frame: Crafting a Graphic Novel • On Climate Change and Live Literary Events • On Collaborative Storytelling • Read Vijay Kumar Tadakamalla's article on 'What is the Point of Making Things Free?' • Read Diana Santiago's article on a new era for literature work • From the UK to the world: ten powerful books on universal themes • Listen to 'Writing sports and masculinity' • Book your tickets for The First Frame: Crafting a Graphic Novel • Why Don't We Pay Our Writers Like We Pay Our Sports Stars? • Find out more about our family activity days • Join us at London Book Fair • Explore the venue adorned in its full splendour at our Wedding Open House • Welcome to The Global Page • Join us for a vibrant, interactive storytelling session • Book your tickets for I Want to Talk to You: Diana Evans • Join Charlotte Van den Broeck and David Colmer for a poetry translation workshop • Meet the NCW Academy tutors • Find out more about our online tutored courses • Find out more about the winners of the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 • Join our 30-day writing challenge! • Join the NCW team: apply to become our Programme Assistant • Discover the category winners for the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 • Listen to 'Writing romantic comedies with PJ Ellis' • Find out more about our 'How to Write Romantic Fiction' course • Find out more about the East Anglian Book of the Year Award winner • Book your tickets to the Harriet Martineau Lecture with Val McDermid • Apply to BOUND/UNBOUND: Creative writing residency for poets • Listen to 'Developing your creative practice with Julia Bird' • Find out more about our Place of Sanctuary status • Book your tickets for our event with Dan Richards and Sarah Perry • Explore our reading list for young minds • Read 'Caribbean Goat Curry' by Gabriel Wu • Step into Dragon Hall: join us for our family activity days • Book your tickets to see Wendy Cope live at NCW • Read about George Harrison and his Escalator experience • Book your desk in our Writers' Room at Dragon Hall • Announcing the category winners for the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 • Browse our programme of live evening courses • Read 'Impacts and Learning: Stepping Into Dragon Hall' • Listen to 'Writing about nature with Chloe Dalton' • Browse our programme of online tutored courses • Go 'Behind the Book' with Emma Healey • Join us for an evening with Emma Healey • Explore our programme of workshops • Explore our free resources for writers • Discover our top ten favourite reads for winter! • Creative writing mentoring • The power of habits for creativity and writing success | National Centre for Writing | NCW • The Write Habit: join the 30-day writing challenge! • Unlocking the art of creative non-fiction: tips for writing compelling narrative stories • Nature writing: exploring the beauty of the natural world through words • Achieve your writing goals in 2025 • Dive into adventure: a reading list for young minds • Shop our literary screen prints • Listen to 'Writing about music with Aniefiok Ekpoudom' • Discover the ten Escalator Fellows 2024–25 • Give the gift of writing confidence with an NCW gift voucher • Join us for festive crafting fun! • Find out more about Dragon Hall and its heritage • Develop a personal memoir in our online tutored course • Find out more about Fiona Gell's success story • Norwich Book Festival • Find out more about the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Find out more about 'Words of Welcome Poetry Exchange' • Listen to 'Researching for crime novels with Peter James' • Explore the 'Make Your Mark!' exhibition • Go 'Behind the Book' with Rosie Andrews • Vote for the Exceptional Contribution Award 2024 • Book your desk in our Writers' Rooms • Tackle creative blocks with mentoring • Listen to 'One Pound and Sixteen Pence Per Hour' by Julia Webb • Book your tickets for Ali Smith: Gliff • Read the full report: A Year In Review 2023-24 • Find out more about our 'A Life Written' programme • Come Write In... Dragon Hall • Listen to 'Routes into writing with S G Bell' • Discover the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 shortlist • Meet the World: Ká-sióng • buff.ly • Step into Dragon Hall: Family Activity Day • Ali Smith: Gliff • Writing dialect in fiction with Ferdia Lennon • Make Your Mark! Norwich’s Merchants’ Marks Past and Present • Read our recommendations of spine-chilling books for the Halloween season • New identity signals new era for Norwich UNESCO City of Literature • Browse the Norwich Book Festival programme • Take a guided heritage tour of Dragon Hall • Explore Norwich City of Literature • Book your space on an online tutored course • Write Captivating Crime Fiction with Elizabeth Haynes • Apply to Free Reads • Writing through place: Heidi Williamson & Rebecca Goss on poetry, memory and healing • Macabre & marvellous: exploring Edith Holler with Edward Carey • Emerging Translator Mentees • Holiday activities • Structuring non-fiction with Nick Acheson • Apply to the Escalator Talent Development Programme • Work with us • About us • Sign up for our mailing list • Writers' Room at Dragon Hall • The Edge of Solitude: Climate in Fiction • Escalator Talent Development Programme • Dragon Hall Social • NCW staff recommend their favourite reads for autumn • Podcast: Advice for emerging writers with Benjamin Johncock & Megan Bradbury • NCW recommends... reads from Norwich based writers • Download our Wandering Words map • Explore A Tapestry of Tales' • How to Write Romantic Fiction (12-week online beginners' course) • A Tapestry of Tales - digital exhibition • Podcast: Writing the 'difficult second novel' with Melissa Fu • Find out more about our NCW Academy tutors • Apply for the Emerging Translator Mentorship programme • Writing romantic comedies with PJ Ellis • Step Into Dragon Hall • Podcast: Researching for fiction with Jon McGregor • Writing soaps with James McDermott & Stephen Keyworth • Join the team: Learning & Participation Producer • Browse our shop • Introducing… the International Literature Exchange 2024 • Become a Gentle Craftivist with Sarah P Corbett • #CultureMakes • Write the Perfect Opening to Your Novel with Okechukwu Nzelu • Podcast: Writing narrative non-fiction with Dan Richards & Edward Parnell • Meet the ILX 10: Rising Stars of UK Writing • Vacancies • Revise and Refine Your Work in Progress with Santanu Bhattacharya • Apply to join our Board of Trustees • Podcast: How to be a craftivist with Sarah P Corbett • Lit From the Inside • Book tickets for Bad Betty Press • New podcast: Writing for performance with HighTide • Book now: City of Literature Weekend 2024 • The Distance Between Us: Carys Davies & Jon McGregor • Enter the book draw: City of Literature weekend 2024 • Writing poetry with Martin Figura • Crime Fiction: The Next Chapter • Daring to Dream: Ferdia Lennon and Clare Pollard • City of Literature Weekend at Norfolk & Norwich Festival • Apply to Lit From the Inside • Grow Where They Fall: Michael Donkor • Podcast: Reintroducing Harriet Martineau with Stuart Hobday & Gaby Weiner • BURNT TOAST: Late Night Open Mic Poetry • Top tips for submitting your writing to publications • NCW Residencies • Stories From the Quarter • Sarah Perry: Enlightenment • Transform Your Writing Through Translation with Kotryna Garanasvili • Apply to exhibit at the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Read 'Writing Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country' by Ed Parnell • Podcast: Writing the grotesque body with Heather Parry • 'The Meaning of Geese' wins East Anglian Book of the Year 2023 • EXILE/ARRIVAL: A weekend of poetry in translation • Young Norfolk Writing Prize 2024 • Stepping Into Dragon Hall • Donate to Escalator • Launch of 'Pity' — Andrew McMillan • Kickstart Your Poetry (12-week online beginners' course) • A Year In Review 2022-23 • Podcast: Writing and chronic illness with Polly Atkin • Tell Your Story Through Memoir (12-week online beginners' course) • Top tips for navigating rejection and success as a literary translator • Book now - Sarah Perry: Enlightenment • Podcast: Writing for younger audiences with Chip Colquhoun • Meet the Escalator writers • Category winners for the 2023 East Anglian Book Awards • Weddings and venue hire • Listen to Ashish K Kundu's story • Discover the Escalator Talent Development Programme • Support our campaign for underrepresented writers • Announcing The Next Chapter: Stepping Into Dragon Hall • Online tutored creative writing courses on sale now • Read three of the best poetry collections based in the East of England • Podcast: Writing modern noir with Margot Douaihy • Discover our new season brochure • Meet the NCW Academy online course tutors