News

• Tina Freeth Publishes First Book
  Current NAW student Tina Freeth unveils her first published work
• NAW Annual Anthology of New Writing
  Each year, an anthology of new writing from the current student group will be created and published in paperback form. Every student on an NAW course has the opportunity to submit work for the anthology.
• Recruiting for 2010 intake
  The NAW course has a twice yearly intake of students. Admission is by selection based on your submitted writing portfolio.

Events

• Birmingham Book Festival - National Academy of Writing Showcase
  This event is an opportunity for current students of the National Academy of Writing, hosted at Birmingham City University, to read from their work in progress.
• What History Does Not Tell Us - Robert Goddard
  The 2009 National Academy of Writing Lecture at the Birmingham Book Festival 22/10/09
• NAW Poets at Birmingham Book Festival 08/10/09
  Rena Brannan, James Williams, Carol Burns and Geoff Mills will be reading as part of the Festival's Postgraduate Poetry Platform. Tickets are free, but need to be booked in advance.
• Something different: Malorie Blackman on Being a Writer
  The National Academy of Writing Lecture at the Birmingham Book Festival 2008.