NCLA First Thursdays: Two wonderful poets are reading their poems this Thursday, 7 March, at 1.05 pm, Percy Building, G.05. Jake Morris-Campbell is completing his PhD in Creative Writing at Newcastle University, and Lydia Kennaway is in her second year … Continue reading
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Lydia Kennaway
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Foreign Object Damage Prevention Walk aboard an Aircraft Carrier from A History of Walking When the sun has broken free of the horizon, before the roaring day begins, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder, one hundred bodies across the deck, port to starboard, … Continue reading
Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts
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Jaybird Live Literature presents What Days We’re Having Now: on Thursday, 28 February at 7:15, Culture Lab. Alex MacDonald, Ella Frears and Will Harris will be addressing the peculiar pressures of Generation Z life in a live anthology. Audience members will … Continue reading
Competitions and Opportunities
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The Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction: the deadline for submissions for this competition is nearly imminent, on 28 February. The entry fee is fairly high, but the potential prizes are attractive. You can view the details here. The Custom … Continue reading
Writers’ and Poets’ News
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Another week of exciting events organised by the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts: this time Newcastle hosts Crime in the North East Festival. It opens on Friday evening with the true royalty of crime writing, Val McDermid. Do not miss … Continue reading
Lucina Wareham
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Make Pretty I blush with brickwork, speak cement that’s clotted when it’s first poured out then smoothed without my mind’s consent, barbed wire bends my bleeding mouth into a smile. Red roses push, black diamonds sparkle on my skin … Continue reading
Writers’ and Poets’ News
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This week, Natalie Crick has one new poem in Lighthouse Literary Journal (Issue 18, 2019). She also has two new poems in the latest issue of Poetry Salzburg Review (No.33, Winter 2018/19). Anne Gill is performing Playgrounds, a full-length poetry show, … Continue reading
Writers’ and Poets’ News
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We apologise for an inaccurate piece of information that occurred in the last issue about Alex Corrin-Tachibana. You can view the correct version here. Natalie Crick has had more poems published: seven by Lazuli Literary Group, and one each by Boned and … Continue reading
Editors
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This Semester, we welcome three new editors, who will be helping to shape our literary blog Bridges. Anne Gill and Niamh O’Connell are going to take over from us in April/May with the view that they are going to … Continue reading
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Alex Corrin-Tachibana’s poetry has found a new fan in the editor of Eunoia Review, Ian Chung. Irasshai: Welcome; Come In is Alex’s ninth poem published by the magazine. Roger Bloor was one of the poets selected for the anthology celebrating 70 years of NHS. It … Continue reading