WRITE Festival

Our annual WRITE Festival is back this September! Get ready to celebrate stories, poetry, writing and everything in between with a fantastic line up of events, workshops and performances.

Avid readers can look forward to a brilliant mix of author talks featuring local talent, regional writers and bestselling favourites. The fabulous History Wardrobe returns with another dazzling costume talk, there'll also be calligraphy fun, a captivating performances by Gerald Dickens, plus lots more!

Teens can join New Writing North for their exciting Summer School – perfect for budding writers! Plus, author and illustrator Liz Million will be delivering a fun-filled draw along session for younger children.

If you’re a writer looking for feedback on your work, interested in poetry, or eager to learn how to get published, we’ve got a whole host of workshops just for you. You’ll also have the chance to get advice and insights from industry professionals. Plus Bay Tales will be hosting The Word is Murder – South Tyneside’s Crime Fiction Festival.

We will be closing the festival on Saturday 27 September with The Hyde Fundraisers who will be bringing a galaxy of characters to The Word.

See a full list of events below.

WRITE Festival

Upcoming Events

Young Writers Summer School – Snapshots of Summer

Writing Crime and Thriller Stories with CJ Grayson and Helen Aitchison

Illustration drop-in with Bethan Laker

North East Crime and Thriller Writers: Author Panel

Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks

The History of Forensic Science – A Talk by John Yearnshire at Hebburn Central

Calligraphy for Beginners at Jarrow Focus

Plan, Start and Launch your Podcast with Ashleigh King

Gerald Dickens Presents… Sikes & Nancy and Captain Murderer

How to Write a Stand Out Story with Gillie Hatton

Flash Fiction with Gillie Hatton

An Audience with William Prince

Mary Ann Cotton – A Talk by Stephanie Yearnshire at Cleadon Park Library

How to Write True Life Stories with Gillie Hatton

The Business of Writing: Money, manuscripts and much, much more

Therapeutic Writing Workshop – WRITE Festival

Inpress Writing Conference – Becoming a Novelist

Inpress Writing Conference – The Poet’s Survival Guide

Inpress Writing Conference – Publishing: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain

The Wicked of the Earth – The Biggest of All British Witch Trials

An Audience with Glenda Young

Noir at the Bar

Bay Tales Presents… The Word is Murder – South Tyneside’s Crime Fiction Festival

The Art of Teeth

The Border Readers Present… Shorelines

Top cartoonist David Haldane in conversation with Ed Waugh

In Conversation with Sunday Times Bestselling Author Nancy Revell

Kevin Maguire in Conversation with Alan Johnson

History Wardrobe Presents… Halfway to Hollywood

Festival Finale with Hyde Fundraisers Characters

Draw Along with Liz Million at Cleadon Park and Hebburn Central

John Grundy and Tom Kelly in Conversation