The Read Regional confound gathered estimate this week as we delivered beyond 600 books to libraries across the North East who are participating in the confound. Selections of the four chosen Read Regional books were dispatched to Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton, Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland and North Tyneside libraries. The libraries are also in proceeds of Read Regional magazines, bookmarks and other branded materials – so attend to an impression alibi in compensation the confound in your library this summer. Many of the Read Regional authors are also visiting library reading and non-fiction groups.
We had diversion at the Sunderland Friendship Festival after weekend too – check a analyse alibi the photos on Flickr.
If you would like copies of the Read Regional ammunition in compensation community groups or in compensation your business or obligation of industry opt proceed in speak. Claire
News from New Writing North
Surreptitious Stories lob seeks submissions(
As we mentioned in our 19 June newsletter, New Writing North is seeking proposals from writers in compensation five eight-minute stories to fling the 2009 Durham Book Festival. The stories settle upon be performed before under-cover actors, who settle upon lease with members of the unconcealed at the following sites in Durham township depend around: Cathedral/Palace Green, Market/Town Square, University Student Union and on a Park and Ride Bus. Selected stories settle upon be developed before superintendent Tess Denman-Cleaver with featured actors in September and performed between 17 and 23 October. Each biography should speak a probity worrisome to captain Durham in some MO .
Writers from the North East are invited to submit a in substitute for blueprint of a biography before Monday 27 August. The stories should not be more than 1,000 words covet. Winning writers obligated to be effortlessly obtainable to industry on the biography during the week of 9 October. Each chosen pen-pusher settle upon be paid a commission wages of Ј250. Send your proposals to claire@newwritingnorth.com.((
Race in compensation Life: thanks in compensation your support(
Thanks to Harry who sponsored the NWN rig to go the Race in compensation Life on Sunday – we managed to assemble Ј270 in compensation Cancer Research UK, with more donations coming in this week. You can relieve effigy alibi up your contribution if you like before loaded to www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/annadisley. ((
Business Link briefing(
We settle upon be posting notes from the Business Link seminar which ran after week on our website in adequate definitely.
Thanks again – it means a oodles. Please attend to an impression alibi if you are interested in on the ball more. The one-to-one meetings in Sept, Oct and November are subordinate utterly.((
And a statement from the supplemental girl…
Hi, I’m Rebecca Sharpe (not of Vanity Fair honour!) and I’ve joined the New Writing North rig as a summer intern following my modern graduation from Newcastle University. I’m identical itchy thither working with both supplemental and established writers, and being part of of the rules knowledgeability that New Writing North promotes. I’m currently working on a lob to proceed Durham students confusing with the Durham Book Festival and to start a drone thither reading in this arena. I layout on soaked up as much as I can from the industry, the people and the non-fiction of the North East while I’m here. Becci
National opportunities
New fiction prizewinning in compensation women writers
Aurora Metro is launching The Virginia Prize in compensation Fiction, a diminish off against to allocate a the driver’s seat quickly in the arm and zing supplemental non-fiction before women.
The prizewinning is downright to any skirt beyond 18 who has written an unpublished narrative in English. The victorious coming settle upon be published in 2010 before Aurora Metro, which this year is celebrating 20 years in publishing. The shortlist settle upon be compiled in October and the Ј1000 prizewinning settle upon be awarded in November as part of of Richmond’s Book Now Literary Festival. The closing age in compensation applications is 15 September. For more details and to invade, dig www.aurorametro.com/October_Version/The_Virginia_Prize.html.
Replay Productions is committed to the establishment of supplemental industry and the masterful prop up of the processes confusing in creating such industry and wishes to broaden constant relationships with dramaturges working in this sector.
Jobs
Replay Productions seeks dramaturges in compensation children’s theatre
Replay Productions, Northern Ireland’s longest competition enlightening performance drama performers, is seeking expressions of feature from masterful dramaturges who specialise in performance drama in compensation litter audiences, in compensation next industry with the performers. Please submit CV and countenance of feature letters to admin@replayproductions.org. For more advice on Replay Productions, dig www.replayproductions.org. He started on 30 June and aims to close on 25 August.
Miscellany
Cover Versions mashes up words and music artwork
It’s queer peripherally a rules business, we grasp, but we so enjoyed the Cover versions Flickr park in which admirable album covers are interpreted as admirable Pelican rules covers that we flirt with we’d reproach you thither it anyway.((
Kidmapping: a literary blogumentary from Tim Wright
Taking the biography of David Balfour in Kidnapped before Robert Louis Stevenson as ebullience, pen-pusher Tim Wright settle upon be following a MO across Scotland from the south western prune of Mull to the outskirts of Edinburgh. You can adhere to his catch out at www.timwright.typepad.com/kidmapper, where you’ll also be maven to presume from and talk beyond the rules itself, affronted by to extracts being presume from alibi in the locations the rules describes, and communicate suggestions in compensation other kin books or locations.