We See You Now: Alinah Azadeh
Supporting Alinah Azadeh, Writer-in-Residence at Seven Sisters Country Park
Supporting Alinah Azadeh, Writer-in-Residence at Seven Sisters Country Park
The Working Class Writers Collective brings together writers from working-class backgrounds based across the south-east region. The collective was established as a call to arms, to create events and activities to bring working class writing out of the margins and on to the centre of the page NWS helped establish the collective and continues its …
Writing Around the Kids are free creative writing workshops for mothers of young children. The sessions are for writers of all abilities. Whether you’ve never written creatively before or have an idea of something you’d like to develop, come along and give it a go. It’s a great opportunity for mothers to forge some space …
By Clare Christian You’ve written your book. You’ve redrafted it once, twice, probably more. You’ve polished it; maybe you’ve worked with an editor to get it in the best shape it can possibly be in. Now you’re ready to put it out there into the big wide world. But how? If you’re at this stage …
By Anna Burtt At some point over the years, ‘self-promotion’ has been given a bad name. We associate it with narcissism and arrogance. You do not need to be narcissistic or arrogant to be a good self promoter, and it is an essential part of being a writer. You are a creative person. You have …
By Beth Miller Please note, the following applies to fiction submissions only. Non-fiction submissions have very different requirements. There are excellent guidelines on writing non-fiction proposals in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, or online at www.writersandartists.co.uk. Before you send your work out• Don’t submit your work until the novel is finished and edited. If an …
FAQ Preparing your work for submission to agents and publishers Read More »
We asked some of our most experienced tutors to share their favourite writing prompts. Something to get you started if you’re staring at a blank page, something to help shape your characters or get your descriptive language flowing. Pick and choose the one that’s right for you or for your writing project – or just …
A Place to Start – A Selection of Writing Prompts from New Writing South Read More »
New Writing South, in partnership with Creative Future, delivered a series of writing workshops at The Book Makers (16-17 Cranbourne Street, Brighton BN1) throughout Autumn 2021. Led by local crime-writer William Shaw, The Book Makers was a volunteer-run, community, pop-up bookshop in Brighton.
In partnership with Brighton & Hove Libraries, New Writing South presents a series of filmed conversations between librarians and Sussex-based writers. Featuring writers Sharon Duggal, Craig Jordan-Baker, Anna Jefferson, Katy Massey, William Shaw and Zara Slattery, the whole series of Writers in Conversation @ The Library is available to view online via the Brighton & …
Since 2018, New Writing South has been working to support the women involved in the Hangleton & Knoll Multicultural Women’s Group to tell their rich and diverse stories. The Telling our Stories project is a wonderful partnership between The Hangleton & Knoll Project RISE and New Writing South which enables women from the group to …
Telling Our Stories: Hangleton & Knoll Multicultural Women’s Group Read More »