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We’re a podcast for anyone who writes. Every week we talk to writers about their writing journeys and techniques, from early career debuts to self-publishers and narrative designers. We’ve featured Margaret Atwood, Jackie Kay, Sara Collins, Antti Tuomainen, Val McDermid, Sarah Perry, Elif Shafak and many more! The Writing Life is produced by the National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall in Norwich.
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Thursday Oct 15, 2015
The Wisdom of Psychopaths with Prof Kevin Dutton
Thursday Oct 15, 2015
Thursday Oct 15, 2015
SIGN UP TO OUR E-NEWSLETTER for timely offers and updates. Go SUPPORT US INFORMATION IF YOU'RE An arts or literary professional A writer A teacher or student Into freedom of expression A reader Looking for arts events POPULAR PAGES What's on News FOLLOW US Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr LATEST FROM TWITTER WritersCentreNorwich @WritersCentre 16m Miss out on #BraveNewReads 2015? Catch up with all the gossip over on @storify: https://t.co/Pkl8dNLvwo WritersCentreNorwich @WritersCentre 18m @MedievalG @SarahGPerry We're currently in discussions with the DH volunteers, and are finalising details atm. Hope to finish soon! WritersCentreNorwich @WritersCentre 2h @MedievalG Well now, funny you should say that...The wonderful @SarahGPerry will be our guest speaker at the event! http://t.co/WTeHrALOME MakeThisMyHomepageBookmark this page Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2015 A Crime Writing Festival in Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature. 17 - 20 September 2015 Norwich's second annual deadly festival of crime writing took place in September 2015 and was an exciting collaboration between the Dead Good Books (Penguin Random House's crime community), the University of East Anglia and Writers' Centre Norwich. Noirwich Crime Writing Festival celebrated the sharpest noir and crime writing over four days of author events, writing masterclasses and a very bloody brunch, in Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature. Highlights included Lee Child, Andy McNab, Anne Cleeves, the Killer Women and Peter Robinson. Missed out? Never fear, you can watch and listen to some of the spine-tingling conversations below... Friday 18th September Creating Light and Dark with James Runcie, S J Bolton and Linwood Barclay Two of England’s most popular crime writers – James Runcie and Sharon Bolton - are joined by bestselling Canadian author Linwood Barclay, to discuss contrasting but interconnected approaches to crime writing. The Wisdom of Psychopaths with Prof Kevin Dutton This event is sponsored by Right Angle Events Renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton combines original scientific research with bold on-the-ground reporting to reveal a shocking truth: beneath the hype and the popular characterisation, psychopaths have something to teach us.
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Translation in the Margins 2015 panel: 'Translation As Activism'
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Chair Carles Torner (International PEN) leads the second panel of the day, entitled' 'Translation as Activism', with Dai Fan, Sunmi Hwang, Hamid Ismailov and Meena Kandasamy.
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Keynote lecture: Oliver Senior, 'Multilingualism: a New World Perspective'
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Olive Senior delivers the keynote lecture of Translation in the Margins 2015 entitled, 'Multilingualism: a New World Perspective'
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Translation in the Margins 2015 panel: 'Building New Bridges'
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Chair Duncan Large (BCLT) leads the first panel of the day, entitled 'Building new Bridges', with James Byrne, Georgina Collins, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Khairani Barokka and Deborah Smith.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The Bloody Brunch - Paul Johnston and Stav Sherez
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The newest, boldest and bloodiest event in the crime-writing calendar. Part two features Paul Johnston and Stav Sherez.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The Bloody Brunch - Elly Griffiths And Elizabeth Haynes
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The newest, boldest and bloodiest event in the crime-writing calendar. Part one features Elly Griffiths and Elizabeth Haynes.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Peter Robinson and Nicci French in conversation
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The author of the Inspector Banks mystery serious Peter Robinson joins crime-writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The Killer Women Discuss 'Killer Twists' with Paul Johnston
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
The London female crime-writing collective Killer Women - Helen Giltrow, Colette McBeth, Kate Rhodes and Laura Wilson - take to the stage with Scottish author Paul Johnston.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Ones to Watch - Fire Blood; with T.R.Richmond, Ruth Ware and Kate Hamer
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Three fantastic debut thriller writers take to the stage to discuss their inspiration, journey to publication and the business of crime writing. T.R. Richmond, Kate Hamer and Ruth Ware have set the crime world on fire with their first novels, all with their own unique twist.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Creating Light and Dark with James Runcie, S J Bolton and Linwood Barclay
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Two of England's most popular crime writers - James Runcie and Sharon Bolton - are joined by bestselling Canadian author Linwood Barclay, to discuss contrasting but interconnected approaches to crime writing.