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2008Please NoteThe New Writing Partnership is not responsible for the
content of external websites.
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2008Internship Opportunities at Black Dog Publishing, Black Dog Publishing is an innovative and exciting publishing
company that produces titles on art, architecture, design, fashion,
film, music and photography.
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2008Editorial/Publishing Intern, Cultureshock MediaCultureshock Media, a London-based arts publishing and online
development company require an editorial/publishing intern.
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2008NALD Professional Development WorkshopEvaluating One-to-One Continuing Professional Development for
Writers and Literature Professionals. Tuesday 24 June 2008
1.30-4.30pm (with coffee/tea available from 1pm). Conference Room
4, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3
3HQ. This workshop is presented in association with
literaturetraining.
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2008Playwriting Competiton for 14-19 year olds University of Hertfordshire is inviting young writers from the
East of England to submit 15-minute plays for its new Writing
Award. The submission deadline is 18th July 2008.
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2008National Poetry Competition 2008 The Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition allows anyone
who enters the opportunity to discover their own potential. Whether
you are an established poet or someone new to writing, winning
often provides the essential spur to take your writing further.
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2008Africa Beyond presents Word from AfricaA celebration of African literature and languages in
collaboration with SABLE LitMag.Saturday, 31 May 2008, 13.00-20.15.
British Museum, London. Free admission
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2008Photography and Writing Exhibition,Huddersfield Literature Festival Creative Writing Competition and
Exhibition 2008
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2008Reaching Readers: Online Book Promotion EventWriters! Come to Dublin for Saturday June 7th 2008 to
attend Font Literary Agency & Writing Centre’s day of lectures,
workshops, demonstrations and case histories on the topic of online
author and book promotion.
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2008Young Writers Festival '09 Submissions sought, Royal Court Theatre
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2008THE SOUTH SEEKS FREELANCE SPONSORSHIPAre you highly successful in sponsorship, event or advertising
sales but looking for a new challenge? With our new
Director-Designate in place and exciting plans for 2008 and beyond,
THE SOUTH is seeking a very special person to be our Sponsorship,
Advertising and Sales Activist.Closes Fri 23 May 2008 Paid Part
time
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2008A night of Finnish poetry in the Brighton Festival Fringe, THE SOUTHPOETRY SOUTH is delighted to welcome three leading, prize-winning
poets from Finland to read as part of its Spring Series in the
Brighton Festival Fringe.
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2008The Greatest! Brendan Cleary with Rosy Carrick,Launch of Brendan's new collection from tall-lighthouse and The
Poets' Notebook from Pighog Press. Music from Katarina Holmberg.
Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton, Manchester Street. Thursday 5th
June 8pm. Donation of £3 recommended
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2008THE ROD HALL MEMORIAL AWARD 2008The Rod Hall Memorial Award is presented every two years to an
outstanding new playwright.
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2008Islay Book Festival 2008Will take place on the weekend of 6th/7th September 2008. Situated
on the picturesque Scottish island of Islay, visiting
writers include Iain Banks, Ali Smith and Linda Strachan.
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2008Award winning Finnish poets read in Brighton.The Quadrant, Air Street, Brighton (near the clock tower in the
centre of Brighton).Monday 12th May 8pm. Donation of £3 recommended
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2008MA Managing Creative EnterpriseNorwich School of Art and Design. The MA provides a flexible
programme for full or part-time study, supported by tutors and
practitioners with experience in a wide range of creative contexts
and is a superb career development opportunity for those involved
in Arts Management.Open Day between 3pm and 6.30 on Thursday 22nd
May
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2008A Poetry South Workshop with Brendan Cleary, Mondays from 19th May (6 weeks), 7 – 9 pm at Brighton Writers’
Centre. £66/£60 concs, Friends of THE SOUTH £60/£54 concs
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2008Ssshh littlest birds is a secret.May 26th from 8 til 10.30 with the bar open to 11pm.
The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden.
Entrance is £3.50 or £2.50 concessions
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2008All Lady line up at NEW BLOODOn May 21st, at 7.30pm
The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton St.
Covent Garden, London £5/3
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2008APPLECART – Poets in a PoolOver the next five weeks Apples and Snakes poets Aoife Mannix
and Joseph Coelho will be creatively engaging in the rehearsal
process of Oily Cart's new show Pool Piece.
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2008SoundBlast Launch date: Tuesday 13 May 2008The Poetry Book Society and Apples & Snakes are delighted to
announce that SoundBlast goes live today. This lively new section
on the Poetry Bookshop Online is dedicated to CDs from some of the
UK’s best performance poets.
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2008The Asian Writers Project. The May Update is now live.This month we spoke to Sathnam Sanghera about his memoir If You
Don't Know Me By Now.
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2008Afrikan / Caribean storytellers network, Chi Creation GriotsCalling all Afrikan and Caribean storytellers from far and wide to
the launch a new network.
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2008From Me To YouAfrica Beyond and the Bernie Grant Arts Centre are
coming together to hold an event as part of Word from Africa.
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2008Artful Ecologies 2Art, Nature & Environment Conference 2008 ,9 - 12 July,
University College Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
The second Art, Nature & Environment conference
organised and hosted by the RANE research cluster at University
College Falmouth, will take place over four days in July of this
year.
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2008PASTON WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERSPart of a Project exploring the history of Paston, using the
Paston letters
As part of the Paston project, writing and printmaking
workshops (11 May, 31 May, 29 June, 23 July) will explore the
world of the Paston letters and the landscape and buildings of
Paston today.
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2008New MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of LondonGoldsmiths, University of London is delighted to announce the
launch of its new MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship.
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2008New opportunity for emerging writers!Jura Malt Whisky New Writer Retreat October 2008
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2008Phrased and ConfusedAs part of our third Phrased & Confused outing, the hub is
looking to commission four spoken word artists
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2008Comma Press present the launch of The Book of Liverpoola city in short fiction Ed.
by Maria Crossan & Eleanor Rees
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2008AFRICAN WRITERS' EVENING feat. Robyn ScottThursday 22 May 2008, 7.30pm (doors) Poetry Studio, 22 Betterton
Street, London (Covent Garden tube)
4.00 / 3.00 (conc)
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2008Literature Education Officer, Children's Discovery CentreCloses Fri 30 May 2008 Paid Part time.
Contact Peter Jenkins peter.jenkins@childrensdiscovery.org.uk
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2008Celebrating Sanctuary 2008Free festival celebrating the work of refugee artists and
launching Refugee Week, Sunday, 15 June 2008, 2 - 7pm. Bernie Spain
Gardens, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 (adjacent to Oxo
Tower Wharf), nearest train/tube:� Blackfriars, Southwark,
Waterloo.FREE ADMISSION
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2008Special Introductory Offer to Inside Out magazine, Inside OutPart literary publication, part therapeutic expression, Inside Out
is a new breed of literary arts magazine. Our mission is to promote
the use of creativity for personal development through the
publication of work with a focus on self-awareness and self-help
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2008Poetry London seeks Reviews Editor, Poetry LondonPoetry London is one of the UK's best selling poetry magazines
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2008WRITERS..., zeitgeist theatreSeeking short, sharp and witty theatre plays for a popular and
unique event in South London.
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2008Reproof Reading New on The Hyperliterature Exchange for May 2008: a review of
'Le Reprobateur/The Reprover' by Francois Coulon.
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2008Write for the BCSA 2008 prizeFact or fiction – both are welcome in the writing competition
run in 2008 by the British Czech and Slovak Association.
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2008Calling all Writers!!New young, dynamic theatre company looking to stage rehearsed
readings.
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2008writer/editor, romanesqueWriters/editors required for new London Guide. Part-Time /
Freelance.
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2008NALD Scotland Co-ordinatorNALD wishes to appoint a Scotland Co-ordinator to further extend
and develop its activities in Scotland following a successful pilot
phase.
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2008Writers' Rendezvous- networking eventJoin Spread the Word, and writers from all over London at this
busy, writers' networking evening.
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2008Getting to where you want to be: A Script Yorkshire workshop A professional development workshop for dramatists in
association with literaturetraining.
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2008Write in Ink (WInk) is a professional development programme for writers provided by
Ink, established by Beccy Stirrup.
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2008New Commission,Flax is looking to commission a short fiction and a poem for a pair
of limited edition posters to be launched at this year’s litfest in
Lancaster.
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2008Fest – celebrating 7 years of Flipped EyeWednesday, June 4, 2008, 12:00pm - 11:00pm, Poetry Café, 22
Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London
FREE. To mark our 7th anniversary we are putting on a marathon 11
hours of FREE readings, discussions and book signings at the Poetry
Cafe.
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2008Memory Maps: Image, Place and StoryAn interdisciplinary conference at CRASSH, University of
Cambridge convened by Amanda Hopkinson (Director, British Centre
for Literary Translation) and Marina Warner.Tuesday 1 - Thursday 3
July 2008
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2008British Centre for Literary Translation Summer SchoolSunday 20 - Saturday 26 July 2008, University of East Anglia,
Norwich UK.with Giles Foden, José Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn,
Shaun Whiteside,
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2008Writing Workshop Poole,Writing workshop with Mark Leahy at the 2nd geekfest
biennale.27th May 11am-1pm FREE (booking essential as limited to 5
places)
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2008Writers needed: Tether / All Smoke and No Fire,Tether are in London from Thursday 29th May for All Smoke and No
Fire. The exhibition focuses on the process of artistic compromise
and reflects upon the reality of post-graduate life.
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2008East Anglian Book AwardsThe EDP, Jarrold's and the library service are pleased to present
the inaugural East Anglian Book Awards. Open to works of fiction as
well as non-fiction published between August 1 2007 and July 31
2008, the award is for books which have strong content relating to
Norfolk, Suffolk or Fenland. Authors do not have to be resident in
the East of England.
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2008Queer Writers' Anthology Launch in Brighton,Launch of a new anthology of emerging queer writers from the South
East
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