Posted By: Katy Carr, 02 February 2012
Hopefully you’ve seen the news about The Norwich Showcase – where Writers’ Centre Norwich and the British Council will be bringing three groups of people together over five days in Norwich from 09th-13th March: international delegates from the world of literature; British literature organisations and 40 of the best writers writing in Britain today.
So what, I wondered, does our CEO Chris Gribble think is exciting about this project?
After thinking about it a few moments he replied:
“The Norwich Showcase is the first time we’ve tried promoting the best in literature and literature development from the UK to the rest of the world.
It’s also the first time we’ve been able to invite so many exciting literary festival programmers, publishers, cultural activists and development workers to the UK to share their experiences and tell us about programmes across the globe that we might not have heard of. I’m hugely excited by the chance both to share Norwich’s love for and experience of writing and reading, and to learn from our colleagues from as far away as Pakistan, Uganda and Brazil.
As home to UEA, the British Centre for Literary Translation and Writers’ Centre Norwich, we are really fortunate to be at the heart the UK literary scene and we hope that as a result of this first Norwich Showcase, we are able to inspire new partnerships, ideas and work within the UK and internationally.”
Indeed.
We’re also aware that many more people will want to take part than can participate, so we’re pleased to be live streaming a poetry reading with Lavinia Greenlaw, Hannah Lowe and Don Paterson on Friday 09th and a full day’s events on Monday 12th March featuring sessions on new fiction, a historical panel, a translation slam and another poetry panel.
We’re sure all the technicalities will work out perfectly.
If you’re around in Norwich in March you can also take part in the Showcase by coming along to our very exciting Literary Death Match, taking place at Norwich Arts Centre on March 12th and featuring lots of talented people spouting away for seven minutes each in a literary duel to the literary death. Find out more about our
Literary Death Match here.
As well as this there will be podcasts, films and blogs galore, and plenty of post event work will be finding its way online too.
Do keep an eye on our latest news page where we’ll be updating you about all of this, and if you have a few moments why not engage in some happy surfing from
The Norwich Showcase project page.
