by Administrator | Aug 12, 2022 | Opportunities
Slamovision is the global spoken word community’s Eurovision, hosted by the UNESCO Cities of Literature. Last year’s slam was hosted jointly by Manchester and Quebec Cities of Literature, after their wins in 2020. Our 2021 candidate, and now champion, Cara...
by Administrator | Apr 28, 2022 | Opportunities
Every day, a different exhilaration. I climbed mountains around Seoul and across on the east coast near Sokcho, poked around temples and museums, walked an average of eight miles a day, interviewed people, visited memorials. Most mornings, I’d pad across my supremely...
by Administrator | Apr 7, 2021 | Opportunities
Manchester City of Literature and Manchester Literature Festival are offering two virtual writer residencies to take place this June during the Festival of Libraries. During the three week residency, writers will be hosted by one of Manchester’s historic libraries...
by Administrator | Jan 8, 2020 | Opportunities
Who inspired you to write stories? All the wonderful books I read as a child by authors such as Enid Blyton, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Clive King. In my twenties I graduated to Stephen King among others! What was your route into getting published? I tried for...
by Administrator | Dec 9, 2019 | Opportunities
Georgina Wilding is a poet and publisher. She’s written for radio and TV, has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and tours the country performing poetry. Georgina was also Nottingham’s first Nottingham Poetry Festival and is Creative Director of Nottingham...
by Administrator | Nov 13, 2019 | Opportunities
Becky Cullen is a poet, educator, and researcher. She has taught across Nottingham in local secondary schools, at an international college, and now at Nottingham Trent University where she teaches and researches contemporary writing. She is also a poet, and her first...