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: • Podcast: Writing across locations with Dieter Rogiers • NEW The Writing Life: Inspire (January 2027) • Meet our residents • The Big Draw at Family Imagination Days • Walk Good: An Evening with Kwame Dawes • Darkest Chapter • Download our season brochure • What's on • Online tutored courses • Explore the Writing Hub • Browse our website • NCW Academy • The Writing Life 30-day challenge • Writers' Rooms at National Centre for Writing • The Writing Life Podcast • Norwich UNESCO City of Literature • Support us • Browse our shop • Weddings and venue hire • Support our campaign for underrepresented writers • Discover the Escalator Talent Development Programme • NCW Residencies • Discover our new season brochure • Online tutored creative writing courses on sale now • Meet the NCW Academy online course tutors • Apply to Free Reads • Meet the Escalator writers • Stories From the Quarter • Announcing The Next Chapter: Stepping Into Dragon Hall • Read three of the best poetry collections based in the East of England • Podcast: Writing modern noir with Margot Douaihy • A Year In Review 2022-23 • Listen to Ashish K Kundu's story • Volunteer with us • Category winners for the 2023 East Anglian Book Awards • Podcast: Writing for younger audiences with Chip Colquhoun • Book now - Sarah Perry: Enlightenment • Tell Your Story Through Memoir (12-week online beginners' course) • Top tips for navigating rejection and success as a literary translator • Kickstart Your Poetry (12-week online beginners' course) • Podcast: Writing and chronic illness with Polly Atkin • Launch of 'Pity' — Andrew McMillan • Donate to Escalator • Stepping Into Dragon Hall • Young Norfolk Writing Prize 2024 • EXILE/ARRIVAL: A weekend of poetry in translation • 'The Meaning of Geese' wins East Anglian Book of the Year 2023 • Podcast: Writing the grotesque body with Heather Parry • Introducing… the International Literature Exchange 2024 • Apply to exhibit at the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Read 'Writing Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country' by Ed Parnell • Dragon Hall Retreats • Work with us • Sarah Perry: Enlightenment • Transform Your Writing Through Translation with Kotryna Garanasvili • Apply to Lit From the Inside • Top tips for submitting your writing to publications • BURNT TOAST: Late Night Open Mic Poetry • Podcast: Reintroducing Harriet Martineau with Stuart Hobday & Gaby Weiner • Grow Where They Fall: Michael Donkor • About us • Sign up for our mailing list • City of Literature Weekend at Norfolk & Norwich Festival • Daring to Dream: Ferdia Lennon and Clare Pollard • Crime Fiction: The Next Chapter • Writing poetry with Martin Figura • Enter the book draw: City of Literature weekend 2024 • The Distance Between Us: Carys Davies & Jon McGregor • Apply to join our Board of Trustees • Book now: City of Literature Weekend 2024 • New podcast: Writing for performance with HighTide • Book tickets for Bad Betty Press • Podcast: How to be a craftivist with Sarah P Corbett • Lit From the Inside • Meet the ILX 10: Rising Stars of UK Writing • Join the team: Learning & Participation Producer • Write the Perfect Opening to Your Novel with Okechukwu Nzelu • Revise and Refine Your Work in Progress with Santanu Bhattacharya • Podcast: Writing narrative non-fiction with Dan Richards & Edward Parnell • Vacancies • #CultureMakes • Become a Gentle Craftivist with Sarah P Corbett • East Anglian Book Awards • Writing soaps with James McDermott & Stephen Keyworth • Step Into Dragon Hall • Apply to the Escalator Talent Development Programme • Podcast: Researching for fiction with Jon McGregor • Apply for the Emerging Translator Mentorship programme • Writing romantic comedies with PJ Ellis • NCW staff recommend their favourite LGBTQ+ reads • Find out more about our NCW Academy tutors • Podcast: Writing the 'difficult second novel' with Melissa Fu • A Tapestry of Tales - digital exhibition • How to Write Romantic Fiction (12-week online beginners' course) • Explore A Tapestry of Tales' • Download our Wandering Words map • NCW recommends... reads from Norwich based writers • Podcast: Advice for emerging writers with Benjamin Johncock & Megan Bradbury • Ali Smith: Gliff • NCW staff recommend their favourite reads for autumn • Dragon Hall Social • The Edge of Solitude: Climate in Fiction • Writers' Room at Dragon Hall • Escalator Talent Development Programme • Norwich Book Festival • Apply for a stall at the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Structuring non-fiction with Nick Acheson • Holiday activities • Emerging Translator Mentees • Macabre & marvellous: exploring Edith Holler with Edward Carey • Writing through place: Heidi Williamson & Rebecca Goss on poetry, memory and healing • Write Captivating Crime Fiction with Elizabeth Haynes • Book your space on an online tutored course • Take a guided heritage tour of Dragon Hall • Browse the Norwich Book Festival programme • Explore Norwich City of Literature • New identity signals new era for Norwich UNESCO City of Literature • Read our recommendations of spine-chilling books for the Halloween season • Make Your Mark! Norwich’s Merchants’ Marks Past and Present • Writing dialect in fiction with Ferdia Lennon • Step into Dragon Hall: Family Activity Day • Meet the World: Ká-sióng • Go 'Behind the Book' with Rosie Andrews • buff.ly • Discover the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 shortlist • Come Write In... Dragon Hall • Listen to 'Routes into writing with S G Bell' • Book your tickets for Ali Smith: Gliff • Find out more about our 'A Life Written' programme • Read the full report: A Year In Review 2023-24 • Listen to 'One Pound and Sixteen Pence Per Hour' by Julia Webb • Tackle creative blocks with mentoring • Book your desk in our Writers' Rooms • Vote for the Exceptional Contribution Award 2024 • Explore the 'Make Your Mark!' exhibition • Listen to 'Researching for crime novels with Peter James' • Find out more about 'Words of Welcome Poetry Exchange' • Find out more about the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Meet the NCW Academy tutors • Go 'Behind the Book' with Emma Healey • Find out more about Fiona Gell's success story • Develop a personal memoir in our online tutored course • Find out more about Dragon Hall and its heritage • Join us for festive crafting fun! • Give the gift of writing confidence with an NCW gift voucher • Discover the ten Escalator Fellows 2024–25 • Join us for the City of Literature Publishing Fair • Listen to 'Writing about music with Aniefiok Ekpoudom' • Shop our literary screen prints • Dive into adventure: a reading list for young minds • Discover our top ten favourite reads for winter! • Nature writing: exploring the beauty of the natural world through words • The Write Habit: join the 30-day writing challenge! • Explore our free resources for writers • Achieve your writing goals in 2025 • Unlocking the art of creative non-fiction: tips for writing compelling narrative stories • The power of habits for creativity and writing success | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Creative writing mentoring • Explore our programme of workshops • Join us for an evening with Emma Healey • Browse our programme of online tutored courses • Listen to 'Writing about nature with Chloe Dalton' • Read 'Impacts and Learning: Stepping Into Dragon Hall' • Browse our programme of live evening courses • Book your tickets for I Want to Talk to You: Diana Evans • Announcing the category winners for the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 • Book your desk in our Writers' Room at Dragon Hall • Read about George Harrison and his Escalator experience • Book your tickets to see Wendy Cope live at NCW • Join the NCW team: apply to become our Programme Assistant • Step into Dragon Hall: join us for our family activity days • Join our 30-day writing challenge! • Read 'Caribbean Goat Curry' by Gabriel Wu • Explore our reading list for young minds • Book your tickets for our event with Dan Richards and Sarah Perry • Apply to BOUND/UNBOUND: Creative writing residency for poets • Find out more about our Place of Sanctuary status • Listen to 'Developing your creative practice with Julia Bird' • Book your tickets to the Harriet Martineau Lecture with Val McDermid • 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 City of Literature Weekend 2025 • Discover the category winners for the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 • Find out more about the winners of the East Anglian Book Awards 2024 • Find out more about our online tutored courses • Join Charlotte Van den Broeck and David Colmer for a poetry translation workshop • Join us for a vibrant, interactive storytelling session • Welcome to The Global Page • Explore the venue adorned in its full splendour at our Wedding Open House • Join us at London Book Fair • Find out more about our family activity days • Book your tickets for The First Frame: Crafting a Graphic Novel • Why Don't We Pay Our Writers Like We Pay Our Sports Stars? • Listen to 'Writing sports and masculinity' • From the UK to the world: ten powerful books on universal themes • Visit us • Read Diana Santiago's article on a new era for literature work • Read Vijay Kumar Tadakamalla's article on 'What is the Point of Making Things Free?' • Join us for The First Frame: Crafting a Graphic Novel • Browse our spring workshops • On Climate Change and Live Literary Events • On Collaborative Storytelling • 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 • Jackie Kay at First Light Festival • Romantic fiction | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Family Activity Day • The Write Habit (30 Day Writing Challenge!) • Ripeness with Sarah Moss • Workshop: Write What You Feel with Sussie Anie • Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark • Watch: Translation as Archive • Book your tickets: Seán Hewitt & Monique Roffey • How to Get Your Manuscript Noticed with Kerry-Ann Bentley • Breaking the Habit: The Allure of Nuns in Storytelling • Join the 30-day writing challenge! • Develop Your Fiction with Megan Bradbury • Listen: Writing strong female characters with Joanna Miller • Watch: Writing the Monstrous Body • The Spectacular Suit with Hayley Wells • You Are Here: An Evening with David Nicholls • Kate Young: Experienced • Find out more about our global reading event! • Read: Emma Jane Unsworth lifts the curtain on Slags • Book now: What's So Hard About Writing? Hattie Crisell & Emma Jane Unsworth • Listen: The power of language with Eimear McBride • Join us at City of Literature Publishing Fair • Enter your work to the Young Norwich Creative Awards • Find out more about A Day of Welcome • Apply for the International Literature Exchange 2025 • Listen: Writing love stories with André Aciman • Join the team: Senior Finance Officer • Book your tickets: Mariana Enríquez at The Octagon Chapel • Register now: Kim Hyesoon at UEA • Join us at our Refugee Week Family Activity Day • Book now: Garden-Inspired Writing with Gail Harland • Join us at the European Poetry Festival 2025 • Listen: The world of Substack with Eleanor Anstruther & Simon K Jones • Book your tickets: An Evening with David Nicholls • Enter now: East Anglian Book Awards 2025 • Join us for The Great Norwich Book Quiz • Vote now: Norwich City of Literature Award 2025 • Listen: World building in horror fiction with Julia Armfield • NCW recommends... five books inspired by gardens • Book your tickets: An evening with Raymond Antrobus • Winners announced for the Young Norfolk Writing Prize 2025 • Call for applications: Visible Communities Residencies 2026 • Holiday activities for families • Find out more about Dragon Hall Retreats • Listen: Writing between genres with Michael Pedersen • Explore our How to Write Fiction course • Find out more about our Escalator New Writing Fellowships • Enter the East Anglian Book Awards • Join us for the Writing Life Challenge • Residency opportunities • Apply for the Escalator New Writing Fellowships 2025/26 • Memoir: The Next Chapter (18-week course) • Podcast: Becoming a published author with Wen-yi Lee • Applications open for Emerging Translator Mentorships 2025–26! • Lit From the Inside Showcase! • Apply for a stall at the City of Literature Christmas Market • Escalator Meet the Mentor: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • Listen to 'The Plantation Garden' by Piers Harrison-Reid • Apply to Lit From the Inside! • Listen to Val McDermid on The Writing Life Podcast • Join us for our family activity days • Work with us: International Programmes Manager • Find out more about the Escalator New Writing Fellowships • Book now: Bogs and Broads • Book your tickets for Norwich Book Festival at Dragon Hall • Submit your events for International Translation Day 2025 • Listen: Reimagining classics with Pat Barker • Book your space on a live evening course • Book your tickets: Somebody is Walking on Your Grave: Mariana Enríquez • Tiny Dragons: Early-Years Explorer Sessions • Listen: Representation in children’s literature with Hayley Wells • Book now: Migration Stories with Sulaiman Addonia • Last few tickets: The Great Norwich Book Quiz • Last chance to apply: Lit From the Inside • Book your desk in our Writers' Room • Literature professionals announced for International Literature Exchange programme | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Listen: A writer’s journey with Vanessa Bell • Norwich UNESCO City of Literature launches campaign to place reading and writing at the heart of city development | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Download ‘Writing the Future: Norwich UNESCO City of Literature 2025–30’ • Meet the Emerging Literary Translators selected for 2025/26! • Book your tickets now: An Evening of Live Poetry • Listen: The poetry of motherhood with Erica Hesketh and Jenny Pagdin • East Anglian Book Awards 2025 shortlist announced • Family and Folklore: Mysticism in West African and Caribbean Stories with Celeste Mohammed & Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • Lit From the Inside | National Centre for Writing | NCW • House of Splinters: Ghost Stories with Laura Purcell | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Join us for an online tutored course in February 2026 • Writing horror: explore our new resource pack • Find out more about our City of Literature Christmas Market • Download our new season brochure • Listen: Writing flawed characters with Sarah Moss • Discover the January writing challenge • Burnt TOAST • Join the team! Communictions & Marketing Assistant • City of Literature Christmas Market • Living Wage Week 2025: 'Doing the maths' by Ruth Beddow • Browse our evening courses • The Lost Folk with Lally MacBeth • Apply now for TLC Free Reads • What is experimental fiction?: Clara Chow on travelling, writing about taboo subjects, and having fun | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Discover the East Anglian Book Awards 2025 shortlist • Submit your vote for the City of Literature Award 2025 • Norwich Science Festival • Ten Fellows announced for the Escalator 2025–26 • Finding (and keeping) your creative non-fiction voice • Download the Savour & Share booklet • Read 'Embrace the synopsis' • Writing festive thrillers: Nicola Upson on The Christmas Clue • Workshops • Read 'Writing about real people in memoir' • Support their talent this Christmas with an NCW gift voucher • Read 'Finding your writing community' • Read 'Poems for Christmas' • Listen: New year, new writing goals with Julia Crouch • The Writing Life Vol. 2 — sign up now! • Webinar: Find out about NCW online tutored courses • Join us for A Celebration of New East Anglian Writing • Poets in conversation: John Osborne & Lewis Buxton on performance, humour, and place | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Evening courses with Ian Nettleton • Norwich Science Festival at Dragon Hall • East Anglian Book Awards 2025 category winners announced • National Centre for Writing: Creating a Living, Breathing, Community Hub | Julie's Bicycle • Culture, Climate and Environmental Responsibility: Annual Report 2024-25 • Book your tickets for 'The Stepmother' • Exploding Archetypes with Rachel McCrum & Amélie Prévost • How to structure a crime novel plot • Listen: Writing speculative fiction with Choo Yi Feng • No Filters: Communication and Connection with Rowan Egberongbe & Christie Watson • Become a writer-in-residence for Norwich Market • The Writing Life Vol. 2 (March 2026) | National Centre for Writing | NCW • Sign up for The Writing Life Vol. 2 (March 2026) • Who Wants to Live Forever? Hanna Thomas Uose & Simon Watt • Browse our online tutored courses • Listen: Writing dystopian fiction with Matt Greene • 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 • Double your donation to children's reading & writing | The Big Give • City of Literature Weekend 2026 • Listen: Family and Caribbean folklore with Celeste Mohammed • Meet the Escalator Early Career Residents • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Apply for the Escalator New Writing Fellowships 2026/27 • 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 • Darkest Chapter 2026 (day ticket) • Colton Lives: enter now! • Read: Top tips for early drafts with Megan Bradbury • Announcing the TLC Free Reads winners 2025/26 • Call for applications: Visible Communities Residencies • On Tour with Bad Betty Press • Listen: Archaeology, liminality & the body with Ruthy Mason • The Writing Life: Reflect (October 2026) • Bringing Place to Life In Your Narrative with Dan Richards • Preparing for Publication (eight-week course) • Hag: Modern Folklore and Fables at Norwich Book Festival • Meet the 2026/27 ETM Mentees! • Norwich and Taiwan literature partnership begins with new Memorandum of Understanding • The magic of storytelling: Isabel Allende on crafting stories • Escalator New Writing Fellows 2026