The Writing Life

Norwich 2016 Brave New Reads Launch: Benjamin Johncock and Colette Snowden

Enjoy a recording from the Norwich launch of Brave New Reads. Featuring authors Benjamin Johncock (The Last Pilot) and Colette Snowden (The Secret to Not Drowning) discuss their writing, the journey to publication, libraries and Brave New Reads. Find out more about Brave New Reads at www.bravenewreads.org.uk Brave New Reads is brought to you by Writers’ Centre Norwich and the library services in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and was created in Norwich, England’s first UNESCO City of Literature.

Launch of 'Lost Evenings Lost Lives' with Lakshmi Holmström

An evening of bilingual poetry in celebration of the launch of 'Lost Evenings Lost Lives', an anthology of Tamil poetry edited and translated by Lakshmi Holmström and Sascha Ebeling, and winner of a PEN Translates Award from English PEN.

An Evening in Celebration of R.F. Langley

R.F. Langley (1938–2011) has been described as ‘one of the secret treasures of modern poetry’. The poetry magazine PN Review was one of Langley’s earliest champions, publishing both his verse and the extraordinary prose of his journals. Listen to an evening of readings by writers who admired his work, organised by WCN and the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at UEA: - Jeremy Noel-Tod: Introduction & ‘You With Your Visions and Dreams’ - R.F. Langley: Reading of ‘Poor Moth’ at UEA, February 2005 - Julia Blackburn: Letter from RFL and ‘Still Life with Wineglass’ - Peter Hughes: ‘Cook Ting’ (RFL) and ‘Cook Ting’ (Chuang Tzu, trans. Burton Watson) - Ruth Langley: ‘The Upshot’ - Fern Richards: Westhall church journal entry, August 1994 - Interval and Drinks - Eric Langley: ‘Mariana’ - J.H. Prynne: ‘Man Jack’ - Matthew Welton: ‘Depending on the Weather’ - Helen Macdonald: Benacre Broad journal entry, January 2005 - Peter Gizzi: ‘To a Nightingale’

The Wisdom of Psychopaths with Prof Kevin Dutton

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.

Translation in the Margins 2015 panel: 'Translation As Activism'

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.

Keynote lecture: Oliver Senior, 'Multilingualism: a New World Perspective'

Olive Senior delivers the keynote lecture of Translation in the Margins 2015 entitled, 'Multilingualism: a New World Perspective'

Translation in the Margins 2015 panel: 'Building New Bridges'

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.

The Bloody Brunch - Paul Johnston and Stav Sherez

The newest, boldest and bloodiest event in the crime-writing calendar. Part two features Paul Johnston and Stav Sherez.

The Bloody Brunch - Elly Griffiths And Elizabeth Haynes

The newest, boldest and bloodiest event in the crime-writing calendar. Part one features Elly Griffiths and Elizabeth Haynes.

Peter Robinson and Nicci French in conversation

The author of the Inspector Banks mystery serious Peter Robinson joins crime-writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French.