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Is our relationship with the natural world past the point of no
return, or can we write a new ending to the story?
Featuring the Nobel Laureate novelist J.M.
Coetzee, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K.
Williams, acclaimed nature writers Mark Cocker and
Richard Mabey, US wilderness writer Gretel Ehrlich, the first Welsh
National poet Gwyneth Lewis, and many more, Human:Nature brings
together Norfolk's two areas of expertise - Creative Writing and
Environmental Studies - to see what they have to offer at a time
when the world's environmental questions have never been more
urgent.
Comprising of a week of events from 15-20 June, and Norfolk
Reads and Writes over May and June, we are working in partnership
with the RSPB, the EDP, The Foyle Foundation and Norfolk Library
and Information Service, and are sure that you will find something
in the programme to set your mind racing and to show you the world
in a new light.
Human:Nature
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To keep up with the latest on New Writing Worlds 08, stay
in touch with our blog.
Norfolk Reads and Writes, May-June 2008
Meet poet Mimi Khalvati (The Meanest Flower), nature
writer Mark Cocker (Crow Country) and novelist Susan
Fletcher (Oystercatchers) in free Meet the Author
sessions at libraries across Norfolk, or take part in one of
their Creative Writing sessions at RSPB nature reserves.
BookCrossing
Be part of a great reading experience. We are launching the
Reads and Writes programme by releasing a flock of books into the
wild. One hundred books about Norfolk, nature and the East of
England will be set free for you to pick up, read and pass on to
someone else.
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Human:Nature Events, 15-20 June
Sun 15: An Afternoon at the Bishop's
Garden with the RSPB
Mon 16: Future Imperfect? The Debate @
The Playhouse, Norwich
Tues 17: Turning up the Temperature: Live
Lit and music @ Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
Weds 18: Connecting Worlds: Readings and
celebration of Refugee Week @ The Sainsbury Centre,
Norwich
Thurs 19: JM Coetzee @ UEA Lecture
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Worlds' Readings, 16-19 June @ Norfolk
and Norwich Millennium Library
A series of free readings from some exceptional writers.
Starting at 5pm every weekday with Adam Thorpe, Mimi Khalvati,
CK Williams, Adam Zagajewski, Gwyneth Lewis, Tishani Doshi, Tijs
Goldschmidt and Jonty Driver.
Human:Nature, The Salon
Find out more about the writer's salon taking place at the UEA
throughout 15-20 June. This event is not open to the public,
however we will be putting up extracts of the proceedings which
will cover Nature & Nation, Nature, Panic and Science and
whether we can be 'With Nature'.
Writers and Contributers
Find out more about the writers, scientists, activists and
musicians involved in this year's New Writing Worlds.
RSPB Partnership Events
We are working closely with the RSPB on Norfolk Reads and Writes
and on some key events during June 15-20 including An Afternoon
at the Bishop's Garden and Future:Imperfect? The
Debate at the Playhouse. Find out more about RSPB staff and
volunteer discounts and about RSPB writer in residence Mark
Cocker's work with schools and RSPB staff and volunteers.
The programme is only possible with the support of Arts
Council England, East, the University of East Anglia, Norwich
City Council and Norfolk County Council.
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