LGBTQ+

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Call-out for Hear Us Out 2021 activities

Hear Us Out is a participatory arts project run by New Writing South celebrating older LGBTQ+ people’s stories. Since its inception in 2018, Hear Us Out has worked with a community collective of LGBTQ+ volunteers to collect the funny, touching and celebratory real-life stories of older LGBTQ+ people across the South East of England. Working with a company of local …

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Open space for BME, Working Class, LGBTQ+ and other marglinalised writers and groups

New Writing South is led by people who know what it is to be marginalised and how this limits opportunities. We are proactively seeking ways to ensure writers of all backgrounds (including BME, working-class and LGBTQ+) are supported to develop their voices and share their stories. As part of this, we are launching Open Space, …

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The Coast is Queer

Our first ever LGBTQ+ literature festival, The Coast Is Queer is now on sale Over three days (12-15 September) the Coast is Queer will present talks, performances, panel discussions, literary cabaret, a beach walk, and a literary History Club. There will be opportunities to meet other writers, to participate in writing workshop activities, and to buy and browse at our bookfair. …

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New Writing South International Writer in Residence: Izabela Morska

We are delighted to announce Izabela Morska, one of Poland’s leading literary voices, as New Writing South’s first International Writer in Residence, supported by the British Council and in partnership with West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. Izabela is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and has been one of the …

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NWS to welcome International Writer in Residence supported by The British Council

New Writing South is delighted to announce that it is one of four UK literature organisations to be awarded a British Council International Development Fund grant for 2019. We will use these funds to host a Polish LGBTQ+ writer in residence in the Autumn of 2019. We are working on a programme of regional events and activity to support this …

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