OUR WORK

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Our flagship writer development programme for underrepresented writers in the south east

The Coast is Queer
A radical new festival for Brighton featuring some of the best LGBTQ+ literature

West Dean Residency Programme
A residency programme to challenge under-representation of Black and Asian British writers in the literary world

We See You Now: Alinah Azadeh
Supporting Alinah Azadeh, Writer-in-Residence at Seven Sisters Country Park

Working Class Writers Collective
The Working Class Writers Collective brings together writers from working-class backgrounds based across the south-east region. The collective was established as a call to arms,

Writing Around the Kids
Writing Around the Kids are free creative writing workshops for mothers of young children. The sessions are for writers of all abilities. Whether you’ve never

The Book Makers
New Writing South, in partnership with Creative Future, delivered a series of writing workshops at The Book Makers (16-17 Cranbourne Street, Brighton BN1) throughout Autumn

Writers in Conversation @ The Library
In partnership with Brighton & Hove Libraries, New Writing South presents a series of filmed conversations between librarians and Sussex-based writers. Featuring writers Sharon Duggal,

Telling Our Stories: Hangleton & Knoll Multicultural Women’s Group
Since 2018, New Writing South has been working to support the women involved in the Hangleton & Knoll Multicultural Women’s Group to tell their rich

Our work with publishers
Common People With partners: Kit de Waal, New Writing North, National Centre for Writing, Literature Works, Writing West Midlands, Writing East Midlands, Spread the Word

Our work in Hastings
With partners Historic England, alongside New Writing North, National Centre for Writing, Literature Works, Writing West Midlands, Writing East Midlands, Spread the Word High Street