Saturday, 28 February 2009
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
2009 Northern Writers’ Awards - get a move on. Closing date January 20
The 2009 Northern Writers’ Awards are open to submissions from writers of prose or poetry until January 20th, 2009, at midday. Writers are invited to submit up to 5,000 words or up to 20 poems of a work in development, for a chance to share an award pot of £25,000.
The Awards are open to any resident of the North-East (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley) writing fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry or children’s books. During the last ten years, 82 writers have received an award; with 75 per cent of those going on to successfully publish the work for which they specifically received the award. Find out more at www.newwrtingnorth/awards
The Awards are open to any resident of the North-East (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley) writing fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry or children’s books. During the last ten years, 82 writers have received an award; with 75 per cent of those going on to successfully publish the work for which they specifically received the award. Find out more at www.newwrtingnorth/awards
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Locked in Beauty - a Wor Language Event: A tribute to Bill Griffiths
Introduced by Bill Lancater with readings by; Maggie O' Sullivan, John Seed, Alan Halsey, Clive Fencott, Trevor Joyce, Collin Simms, Peter Manson, Tom Pickard and Lee Hall. - All event photos here http://flickr.com/photos/mordentower/sets/
Monday, 8 December 2008
Locked in Beauty - a Wor Language Event: Saturday 13 December - 3.00pm - 9.00pm
Join us on Saturday when we celebrate the life and work of Bill Griffiths. Friends and admirers come together in the Morden Tower to share their memories, read from his and their work in tribute to a much loved friend, poet and promoter of the Geordie vernacular.
Introduced by Bill Lancaster who will talk about the 'Wor Language Project' and Bill Griffith's extraordinary contribution to the region's awareness of its dialect inheritance.
Follwed by contributions and readings form Clive Fencott, Lee Hall, Alan Halsey, Trevor Joyce, Peter Manson, Maggie O'Sullivan, Tom Pickard, John Seed and Colin Simms promise to make this a rich and memorable tribute to Bill Griffiths.
A wide selection of Griffith's publications including poetry and
dialect will be on display from 3.00pm and available for purchase
Light refreshments will be available at the Tower
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