New Writing Partnership : New Writing Partnership

New Writing Partnership : New Writing Partnership: " New Writing Types event, which runs from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 November in central Norwich. The general theme is ‘Thriving and Surviving as a Writer’.
There will be workshops in the New Writing Lab, panel discussions in the New Writing Forum and some exciting Live events in the evening including An Evening with Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate. New Writing Types event, which runs from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 November in central Norwich. The general theme is ‘Thriving and Surviving as a Writer’.
There will be workshops in the New Writing Lab, panel discussions in the New Writing Forum and some exciting Live events in the evening including An Evening with Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate. "

Orhan Pamuk, the new Nobel laureate, on the mysterious art of writing novels.

Orhan Pamuk, the new Nobel laureate, on the mysterious art of writing novels | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books: "For 30 years, Orhan Pamuk has spent 10 hours a day alone, sitting at his desk. Literature, for him, is medicine, and he feels half dead until he's had his dose. Here, the new Nobel laureate reveals what his recent brush with Turkish law taught him about the mysterious art of writing novels "

EADT - Film theatre's future is secure

EADT - Film theatre's future is secure: "The future of the Ipswich Film Theatre is secure - that's the message from Ipswich Borough Council's arts and leisure chief Judy Terry after a meeting of the authority executive.

After a second consultation exercise, lasting three months and focussed solely on the use of the film theatre, the council has agreed that there is still a strong demand for specialist film in Suffolk. "

Wired: Very Short Stories

Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories: "We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ('For sale: baby shoes, never worn.') and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves."

Making Light: Conventional unwisdom on publishing

An interesting article on Publishing from Teresa Nielsen Hayden.

Making Light: Conventional unwisdom on publishing: "Bestsellers aren’t the whole of publishing. Every year, we publish a great many okaysellers. You guys buy them because they look interesting, or because a friend has recommended them, or because you liked another book by that author. Marketing push only goes so far. "

Louis De Bernières draws art raffle for local charities.

This is the text of a press release from the Medical Foundation....

Revered author draws art raffle

Vivid landscapes and striking figure paintings are among 100 art works to be raffled off with the help of author Louis De Bernières. The event offers art enthusiasts the chance to add an original piece to their collection for just £45.

The event has been organised by the Medical Foundation’s Suffolk Local Group and Amnesty International Ipswich Group. It will take place on Saturday November 11 at Haughley Barn near Wetherden where all the pieces will be on view prior to the raffle.

Tickets cost £45 and entitle entrants to an artwork and a glass of wine at the raffle. The first name out of the hat will be first to select their piece from the range of work donated by East Anglian artists such as Richard Bawden, Lillias August and Deborah Ardizzone.

Tickets are available by calling either Clare Evans on 01359 242643 or Lydia Vulliamy on 01473 726037.

Editor’s Notes:


1. The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, a registered charity established in 1985, is the only organisation in the UK dedicated solely to the treatment of torture survivors. The main treatment centre is in London, with branches in Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow. Two more are planned for the West Midlands and Yorkshire.

2. The MF offers medical consultation, examination and forensic documentation of injuries, psychological treatment and support, and practical help. Since its inception, more than 40,000 people have been referred for help. In 2005, the London centre received 2,455 new referrals.Clients came from nearly 100 countries, foremost amongst which were Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Afghanistan.

3. More information about the MF’s work and recent campaigns from:

www.torturecare.org.uk


For further information call Aliya Frostick in the Press Office on 020 7697 7783

Registered Address 111 Isledon Road, London N7 7JW
Telephone 020 7697 7777 Fax 020 769 7799 Web: www.torturecare.org.uk
Registered charity no.1000340 Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales no. 2398586

Guardian Unlimited Film: British writers strike gold at box office

Movies based on the work of British authors have earned nearly £7b at the international box office since 2001, according to figures released by the UK Film Council. It states that six of the top 10 films in this period were adaptations of British books. Inevitably the top of the list is dominated by The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter franchises.
Other British-based success stories include The Chronicles of Narnia, The War of the Worlds, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the James Bond outing Die Another Day, based on the character created by Ian Fleming.

Guardian Unlimited Film | News | British writers strike gold at box office

Poetry Ipswich: Wednesday 18th October

Poetry Ipswich
Wednesday 18th October
Matthew Sweeney

County Library Lecture Hall
Old Foundry Road, Ipswich

DOORS OPEN 7.30
READING STARTS 8.00
£6.00 (£4.00 concessions)

POETS FROM THE FLOOR:
Members of the audience are invited to read their own poetry before the main
event.

Matthew Sweeney was born in County Donegal, Ireland in 1952 and lived for many
years in London. Recently has been spending time abroad, in Germany and Romania,
frequently returning to the UK and Ireland for readings and workshops. His work
is increasingly appearing in translation - across Europe and from Mexico to
Japan. Poetry Ipswich is pleased to welcome back Matthew for what promises to be
a great evening.

"Twenty five years' work finds Sweeney at fifty with a rich trove of memorable,
funny, alarming poems whose very readability at times disguises their
complexity. Here is a poet who has never allowed himself to be distracted - a
poet, too, whose work all those of us who think we know it well had better read
afresh." - Sean O'Brien, reviewing Sweeney's Selected Poems for Poetry London

"Funny, surreal, tender, fantastic, earthy..." - Helen Dunmore

"He is the true master of secret narratives... one of the best poets around." -
John Lucas

Bookslut : a differernt approach to websites about books and literature.

Bookslut : a differernt approach to websites about books and literature.

Bookslut | Issue 52 | September 2006

Irvine Welsh: podcast of an interesting interview where he discusses his take on the novel.

ITV - Irvine Welsh: "This South Bank Show about the controversial writer Irvine Welsh will surprise many people who see him soley as 'the Poet Laureate of the Chemical Generation'.

In a powerful interview with Melvyn Bragg, Irvine Welsh reveals that he takes a 'hard line on addiction' which he views as 'a disease of stupidity'.

Filmed at the Docker's Club in Leith (a hair's breadth away from where Irvine wrote Trainspotting), and walking with Melvyn around the local area, this film focuses substantially on his new novel, The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs.

In a very relaxed interview Melvyn reveals Irvine to be a fitness fanatic - an image quite at odds with the received notion of an ex junkie and amoral wastrel."

Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006 from The New Writer magazine

Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006
from The New Writer magazine
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Closing date 30 November 2006

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Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006
Essays, Articles, Interviews - covering any writing-related or literary theme in its widest sense up to 2,000 words. 1st prize £150, 2nd £100, 3rd £50. Single entry £4 (TNW subscribers two entries at same fee).
Short Stories, Serials/Novellas - stories up to 4,000 words, serials/novellas up to 20,000 words on any subject or theme, in any genre (not children's). Previously published work is not eligible. Short Stories: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Novella: 1st prize £300. Entry fees £4 per short story (TNW subscribers two entries at same fee) or £10 per serial/novella.
Single Poems and Collections - single poems up to 40 lines and collections of between 6 - 10 poems. Single poem entries must be previously unpublished; previously published poems can be included as part of a collection. Collection: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Single: 1st prize £100, 2nd £75, 3rd £50. Entry fee £4 per single poem (TNW subscribers two entries at same fee, £10 per collection.
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