Natalie Crick‘s poem Ever Red is in the latest issue of Banshee Literary Journal. She has also been commended in the 2019 Hippocrates Open Awards for Poetry and Medicine for her poem The Mouth That Did It. Joining Natalie are … Continue reading →

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We are excited to introduce two new in-house illustrators who are going to work alongside the editorial team and hopefully also on our anthology. Here, they introduce themselves:   “I’m India Hibbs and I am currently in my third year … Continue reading →

It has been a great week for two of our authors who are already regarded and successful poets even before they graduate. However, as a reminder, there are more NCLA events in May you can book, namely the annual Newcastle … Continue reading →

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Alex Corrin-Tachibana read at the AWP Conference and Book Fair which took place in Portland, Oregon, from the 27th to 30th of March. Natalie Crick’s poem ‘The Hush’ has been published in Tule Review 2019 anthology. Tule Review is an annual … Continue reading →

Arpit Kaushik’s poem ‘Off’ was published in Tears in the Fence, Issue 69. Iulia David has two poems in the inaugural issue of Harana Poetry. Alex Corrin-Tachibana is attending the AWP Conference and Book Fair in Portland, Oregon from March 27th … Continue reading →

  Sue Wallace-Shaddad’s prose piece ‘Returning Home’ is in The Curlew, Volume III Issue II, just out. They have also accepted a poem ‘Metamorphosis’ for the summer.  Natalie Crick has a poem, ‘Furnace‘, in Strix, Issue 6. Newcastle Poetry Festival Launch takes place … Continue reading →

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Natalie Crick‘s poem ‘Our Place‘ has been shortlisted in the Cupid’s Arrow Love Poem Competition, with The Hedgehog Poetry Press. The 20 shortlisted poems will be published in an anthology-style pamphlet in April. Anne Gill‘s pamphlet Raft is out in … Continue reading →

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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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 →