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Norwich's first exiled writer in residence

Jiao Guobiao is in exile from China, and is staying in Norwich as our first City of Refuge writer in residence. He's taking part in a preview screening of Independent Mind on Wednesday 7th May at the University of Essex and a journalist's workshop Free Speech and Human Rights in China at the Human Rights Action Centre in London on Thursday 8th May. More on Jiao

Escalator writers' success

Nicola Upson (Escalator 2005) and Aliya Whitely (Escalator 2006) have both had publications in the last month. For the Guardian review of An Expert in Murder by Nicola click here, and for a new Guardian review of Padrika Tarrant's (Escalator 2005) Broken Things, click here.

Details of Norfolk Reads and Writes 08, Human:Nature and an overview of Worlds 08 are available from the Worlds home page. Keep up to date by signing up for our newsletter, or email info@newwritingpartnership.org.uk

Worldwide Ventures Publication

Ventures 05 winner Elizabeth Diamond's Accidental Light will be coming out with Picador this May, and is also to be published by 'Other Press' in the US and Canada and by Berlin Verlag in Germany.

Escalator Writers Glide Ahead

Escalator tutor and judge Katherine McMahon is on the spring/summer Richard and Judy book list, and hitting the top 20 lists. And 2007 Escalator writer Guy Saville is paving the way for innovative marketing by promoting his work on an interesting new website www.africareich.com where you can sign up for all his latest news.

Ventures Success

Lorraine Mariner was commended in the 2007 poetry category of Ventures, and will be bringing out her first full poetry collection with Picador. Ventures 06 non-fiction shortlisted Joanna Guthrie has been awarded a grant from the Society of Authors to go to Florida to research her new book Hurricane Season.

Free Refugee Week Workshop

January 25th: Free workshop and networking event for Refugee Week. Read more.

Read All About It

2006 New Writing Ventures shortlisted Vinita Joseph has had a short story published in the January 2008 issue of Diva. Out now

2007 Escalator Winner Makes $20,000 deal.

Harcourt in New York have offered $20,000 dollars for the US rights to Susan Sellers' Vanessa and Virginia. They have also expressed an interest in her second novel, Minuet in B Sharp.

EDP Short Story Winners Announced.

Well done to all concerned. More.

New Writing Ventures Success Story

Nicolas Hogg, Ventures winner from 2005 is to have a short story broadcast, as part of BBC Radio 4's 'Ones to Watch' series. Tune in to Naked, on Wednesday November 7th, 3.30pm GMT or use the 'listen again' device @ www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ . www.nicholashogg.com.

Escalator 2007 Winners Announced

The 10 writers to have made it through onto Escalator 2007 have been announced. Find out more here.

Read Exclusive New Writing from Worlds 07 Writers in Residence

The five writers in residence from New Writing Worlds 2007 have all written original pieces inspired by the theme of Exile and Imagination and by the salon debates that ensued that week. Read more.

New Writing Ventures Awards, winners announced!

The three winners were all female, and have been awarded £3000 each and a years professional development. The six runners up have been awarded £1000 each. Read more

Publication News

Two new writers who have benefited from New Writing Partnership projects see their work published this month. Billack's Bones , a first collection from Joanna Guthrie, shortlisted for New Writing Ventures 2006, is published by Rialto, and Padrika Tarrant, selected for Escalator Literature 2005 sees her first novel Broken Things published by Salt.

New Writing Season Sept-Nov

We are pleased to annouce that we are accepting bookings for the full programme of autumn events. For full details click here.

New Writing Ventures shortlist and commended writers announced

The writers who have made it to the next stage in our national writing prize, New Writing Ventures have now been announced.  Well done to all.  Click here to find out who got through, and read samples of their work.  Read an article in the Independent about the shortlisted candidates here, and from the Guardian here. And click here to read an account of the importance and effect of Ventures by past winner, Nicholas Hogg, whose novel is being published next year.

New Writing Season

We are planning a series of one and two day workshops and seminars in Norwich from September to November 2007. Details coming soon to this website, or sign up for our regular newsletter. New Writing Season will replace our New Writing Types programme.

New Writing Worlds 2007

Many thanks to all who participated in making New Writing Worlds 2007 such a successful and enjoyable programme of events. Particular thanks to Sheila Hancock and Margeret Drabble for their contributions to the night of readings at Norwich Cathedral. We are now planning New Writing Worlds 2008.

New Writing Worlds 2007 Salon Blog

The literary salon at the heart of New Writing Worlds 2007 was an extremely stimulating and enjoyable event.  A live blog caught the spirit of the occasion, and you can access the blog here.

Refugee Week: Free Screening of Film Poems.

Made by young people as part of The New Writing Partnership’s City of Refuge community programme the films were launched as part of New Writing Worlds 07. For more information click here.

Success for New Writing Ventures winner!

Show me the Sky, the first novel by Nicholas Hogg, winner of the 2005 New Writing Ventures award for fiction, has been accepted for publication by Canongate. It will hit the bookshelves in 2008. To read about Nicholas click here.

New Writing Ventures 2007

New Writing Ventures, the awards offering creative support and help for writers in the tough world of publishing, closed to submissions on 19 April. Read the press release, and click here to read more.

NWP Awarded £250k Investment from Grants for the Arts

The New Writing Partnership has been awarded £250k of investment over the next three years from Arts Council England's lottery funding scheme. Read more . . .

Norfolk's Young Poets

The New Writing Partnership, Creative Arts East and Norwich City Football Club Study Centre kicked off a Young Poets Competition at Carrow Road. Read the press release and see the photo.

Novel Successes for Cambridgeshire Writers

Two Cambridgeshire-based novelists are having their exciting crime novels produced by large publishing houses. Aliya Whiteley’s book, Light Reading, will be published by Macmillan under their New Writing imprint. Nicola Upson’s detective novel, An Expert in Murder, will be published by Faber & Faber in May 2008. Read more ...

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