Welcome to our new craft of writing blog series! In this new monthly series, we’ve commissioned novelist, poet and short story writer Louise Tondeur to share her top tips and writing advice. Here you can read the first in this series – full of advice, exercises and resources for developing and managing your mindset as …
Do you live or work in Hastings or have a connection with the Trinity Triangle area? Would you like your writing to be part of an interactive digital trail in Hastings?
New Writing South is celebrating the release of Robin Pridy’s podcast for Historic England, following the publication of the free to download eBook High Street Tales. From hidden histories to local urban legends, eight contemporary writers across England have worked with their local communities to explore the everyday magic of high streets in Great Yarmouth, Hastings, Leicester, North Shields, Weston-super-Mare, …
Hear Us Out is a participatory arts project run by New Writing South celebrating older LGBTQ+ people’s stories. Since its inception in 2018, Hear Us Out has worked with a community collective of LGBTQ+ volunteers to collect the funny, touching and celebratory real-life stories of older LGBTQ+ people across the South East of England. Working with a company of local …
New Writing South is delighted to be working with the wonderful team behind High Street Tales, and especially proud to have commissioned Robin Pridy’s marvellous love story to Hastings – a town we too love and have been proud to be associated with for many years. So many people and organisations have come together to celebrate our …
Launched today: High Street Tales e-book and podcast Read More »
Join us online for a digital celebration of older LGBTQ+ lives and stories, 26-29 November 2020.
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new online series premiering on YouTube: ‘Within the Four Walls’: Queer Lockdown Stories, curated by Lesley Wood (New Writing South), Dr Vedrana Velickovic (University of Brighton) and Dr Sam Solomon (University of Sussex); each conversation is between four LGBTQ+ writers and students spanning different generations …
New Writing South is very pleased indeed to announce that the commission for High Street Tales: Hastings has been awarded to Robin Pridy. New Writing South Chief Executive Lesley Wood said: ‘Hastings is a wonderfully creative town providing sanctuary and inspiration for some very fine writers. Our judges had a difficult job selecting the right …
Writer Robin Pridy awarded commission for High Street Tales: Hastings Read More »
We’re accepting submissions to the TLC Free Read programme until 8 January 2021 – and while we’re open to submissions, we’re catching up with some of the talented Free Reads alumni who have gone on to publishing success. Silvia Sbaraini received a TLC Free Reads bursary through New Writing South back in 2012, for her …
We’re looking for a socially engaged writer, experienced at working with local communities and arts and culture organisations, to write a short story as part of a nationwide project to celebrate the future of the local high street.
