The Coast is Queer
A radical new festival for Brighton featuring some of the best LGBTQ+ literature
The Coast is Queer Read More »
West Dean Residency Programme
A residency programme to challenge under-representation of Black and Asian British writers in the literary world
West Dean Residency Programme Read More »
Working Class Writers Collective
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
Working Class Writers Collective Read More »
Writing Around the Kids
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
Writing Around the Kids Read More »
Working with Agents & Publishers
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
Working with Agents & Publishers Read More »
Self-promotion for Writers
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
Self-promotion for Writers Read More »
FAQ Preparing your work for submission to agents and publishers
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 »
A Place to Start – A Selection of Writing Prompts from New Writing South
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 »
Our work with publishers
Common People With partners: Kit de Waal, New Writing North, National Centre for Writing, Literature Works, Writing West Midlands, Writing East Midlands, Spread the Word https://uk.bookshop.org/books/common-people-an-anthology-of-working-class-writers/9781783527458 Working-class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged and dispossessed. Common People is a collection of essays, poems and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are narratives
Our work with publishers Read More »
Our work in Hastings
With partners Historic England, alongside New Writing North, National Centre for Writing, Literature Works, Writing West Midlands, Writing East Midlands, Spread the Word High Street Tales is part of the cultural programme of the High Street Heritage Action Zones (HAZ) project run by Historic England. Its aim is to create a set of stories to
Our work in Hastings Read More »