WRITE Festival

Saturday 23 May - Friday 12 June 2020

WRITE Festival is back for its 4th year and is bigger than ever!

The festival celebrates the written word in all its forms and boasts a jam-packed programme of unmissable events now spread over three weeks! Whether you’re an aspiring writer, someone with a keen interest in the written word or you enjoy engaging performances, we have something for you to enjoy.

Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce in Conversation

Kevin Maguire will be in conversation with Andrew Pierce in this evening of entertainment. Famous for their appearances on Good Morning Britain as well as on news broadcasts by the BBC, ITV and Sky News, where they review, dissect and often disagree on politics, it’s an event not to be missed for fans of the duo.
An Audience with the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Join Amanda Owen - the Yorkshire Shepherdess as she talks about her life as a shepherdess, farmer’s wife, mother to nine children, a passionate photographer and a Sunday Times bestselling author.
Lemn Sissay in Conversation with Anna Foster

Join us as we welcome BAFTA nominated award-winning writer, international poet, performer playwright, artist and broadcaster Lemn Sissay to The Word for our final night of the festival.

Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce in Conversation

An Audience with the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Lemn Sissay in Conversation with Anna Foster

Upcoming Events

Become a Detective: CSI for Kids

Fingerprint drop-in

Young Writers’ Day: Writing Mystery with New Writing North Young Writers

Sci-Fi Tales

William Shaw and Olivia Kiernan in Conversation

Arts and Crafts

The Secret Garden

Design your own book bag

Create and Design in FabLab

A Splash of Colour – Costume Talk with Meridith Towne – At Jarrow Focus

Perk Up Your Playing – Ukulele Workshop

Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce in Conversation

Detective Adventures

YouTube Masterclass with Jenny Wotherspoon

The Matinee Murder – A Night of Murder Mystery

Poetry reading with Keith Hutson

Great Expectations

Plotting vs ‘Pantsing’ – different ways to approach the writing process – With Robert Scragg

Bringing your characters to life – writing workshop with Robert Scragg

Location, location, location – where and when to set your story – writing workshop with Robert Scragg

Picking up the pace – how to build suspense and create killer twists – writing workshop with Robert Scragg

Inpress Day – What Do Publishers Want?

Inpress Day – The Art of Self Promotion

Inpress Day – Authors In Conversation

Inpress Day – Practicing your pitch

Inpress Day – one-to-ones

Different Routes into Publishing with A.M. Peacock

Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective with Susannah Stapleton

An Audience with Linda Green – At Jarrow Focus

An Audience with the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Wor Dialect Day

One-to-one Masterclasses with Sixth Element Publishing

An Audience with Clara Barley

Crime Writing – What Happens Next with A.M. Peacock

All Aboard the Empire Windrush – Film Making with Bigfoot

Wednesday Heritage Club – Cemeteries of South Shields

You’re Nicked: Investigating British Television Polices Series with Ben Lamb

History Wardrobe presents… What Were We Thinking?! The 1970s Show

Lemn Sissay in Conversation with Anna Foster