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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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Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: A Life in Translation
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
In January we had the rare opportunity to bring one of the giants of world literature to speak at Goldsmiths in London as part of our Translation In The Margins event. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is a novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist who has consistently championed the development of African literature. Ngugi delivers an exclusive commissioned lecture, ‘My Life in Translation’, followed by a Q&A on his new memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver, with Jon Morley, Programme Director at WCN. This event was organised by Writers' Centre Norwich in association with The Department of Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths University of London and Dr Deirdre Osborne.
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Ali Smith at Southbank Centre
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
We're launching our literary translation month with a provocation by Ali Smith about the diversity of international literature and how the English language is but one part of the global library. Without literary translation, does fiction and poetry run the risk of stagnation and a lingering decline? Ali first delivered this as part of our National Conversation event at the Southbank Centre in 2014.
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Ali Smith at Cambridge University Library
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
In this episode Ali Smith explores the changing role of libraries in the 21st Century, and how reading and writing are at the heart of communities. This was first delivered as part of our National Conversation at Cambridge Festival of Ideas in 2016, in celebration of Cambridge University Library's 600th Birthday.