National Centre for Writing – Cultivated

Full city festival programme unveiled

Cultivated — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:01:00 +0000

Norwich’s 2025 art festival will kick off with a parade of 150 local people playing electric guitars backed by a deconstructed marching band, followed by two weeks of music, theatre, performance, and visual arts.

First festival highlights revealed

Cultivated — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:10:22 +0000

Two resident artists, a new circus show, and a literary lecture are among the early highlights for the 2025 Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Sir Thomas Browne: The Opium of Time

James Goffin — Sun, 28 May 2023 11:43:21 +0000

The towering figure of Sir Thomas Browne has loomed over Norwich city centre up until recently, when a statue and art installation commemorating him his works was removed for what is termed in local government circles as a refreshed public realm.

Miller leads latest writers showcase

Cultivated — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:58:42 +0000

Award-winning poet, essayist and fiction writer Kei Miller will be the final author to host a international literature showcase as part of the Norwich-based National Centre for Writing’s latest event strand.

Festival tries ‘pay what you want’ pricing for comeback edition

Cultivated — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:36:00 +0000

After a year’s break the Norfolk and Norwich Festival is returning for a mix of outdoor and socially distanced performances and online events with a ‘pay what you want’ approach to pricing.

Cyber crime? Noirwich moves online

Cultivated — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Crime writing festival Noirwich is moving to the web for its 2020 edition, swapping venues around Norwich for free streams online.

Young Norfolk Laureates and writing winners announced

Cultivated — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 23:01:00 +0000

The winners of the 2020 Young Norfolk Writing Competition and the identity of the county’s fourth Young Laureate have been revealed.

Literature week moves online

Cultivated — Fri, 15 May 2020 10:58:36 +0000

The Norwich-based National Centre for Writing has announced a series of online events to replace their planned City of Literature programme for 2020.

Gutsy debate series unveiled by writers’ centre

Cultivated — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 16:04:51 +0000

A new monthly debate series has been unveiled by the Norwich-based National Centre for Writing, tackling exhaustion, guts, and surveillance.

Criminal minds to flood city

Cultivated — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:29:50 +0000

Some of the darkest criminal minds from across Europe will be descending on Norwich this week, but don’t worry – they only write about murder and mayhem.

5×15: Bodies

James Goffin — Sun, 27 May 2018 18:51:31 +0000

This Writers’ Centre Norwich event brought together five speakers for a diverse set of 15 minute talks on our often frustrating and surprising bodies.

Women on Writing

James Goffin — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:27:51 +0000

The tradition of transgressive writing by women was the focus of this Writers’ Centre Norwich event.

The Story Machine

James Goffin — Thu, 18 May 2017 19:57:39 +0000

Eleven stories scattered across the battered remains of an old factory are yours to explore in this creative and surprising event from the Writers’ Centre Norwich.

Julian of Norwich and the voices in our heads

James Goffin — Sat, 21 May 2016 19:40:33 +0000

Norfolk can claim two of the most important female literary figures in the country – but they are linked by more than just their gender.

Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry

James Goffin — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:47:17 +0000

This early show of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival saw established writer Sarah Waters and relative newcomer Sarah Perry exploring the idea of the Gothic imagination.

In Conversation with Will Self

James Goffin — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:23:35 +0000

People can impose themselves on a room in different ways: Will Self towers over an audience both with his giant height and his substantial intellect.

I Wish I Was Lonely

James Goffin — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:07:42 +0000

Has the mobile phone robbed us of part of ourselves?