Literary Norwich
In June the National Centre for Writing will open in Norwich which was England's first UNESCO City of Literature. Kirsty Lang takes a literary tour of the city.
Norwich will soon be home to the new National Centre for Writing in the medieval Dragon Hall. Chris Gribble tells Kirsty Lang about the extraordinary building and the role of the Centre. Authors Sarah Perry and Sarah Hall describe the thriving literary culture of the city and Kirsty visits The Book Hive, one of the city's independent bookshops. She goes to the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and to the University of East Anglia, home to the MA in Creative Writing that has Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and Anne Enright among its famous graduates. There she meets tutor Rebecca Stott, author Imogen Hermes Gowar, whose novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and poet and MA student Gboyega Abayomi-Odubanjo.
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The Writers' Centre Norwich
Duration: 03:00
Writers in Norwich
Duration: 07:19
The Book Hive
Duration: 03:27
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library
Duration: 02:49
Rose Tremaine
Duration: 04:20
UEA's MA in Crreative Writing
Duration: 06:01
The Writers' Centre Norwich
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Main image above: the home of the , Dragon Hall, which will become the National Writers' Centre.
Image to the left: 听the Dragon of Dragon Hall
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Norfolk and Norwich Millenium Library
Image: The exterior of The Norwich Forum (Left), which houses the
Image credit: Visit Norfolk
The Sainsbury Centre
Image: The exterior of the听in the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Image credit: Pete Huggins
Front Row in Norwich
Recording Front Row in Norwich
Image: from Left - Kirsty Lang meets Norwich-based authors Sarah Hall and Sarah Perry, with Chris Gribble, the CEO of the Writers' Centre Norwich.
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Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Chris Gribble Interviewed Guest Sarah Perry Interviewed Guest Sarah Hall Interviewed Guest Rebecca Stott Interviewed Guest Imogen Hermes Gowar Interviewed Guest Gboyega Abayomi-Odubanjo Broadcast
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