Centre for New Writing COVID-19 update

In light of the developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice, we have taken the decision to cancel all Literature Live events until Tuesday 30 June 2020.

Box office sales (by phone and in-person) were suspended with immediate effect from Tuesday 17 March. If you have purchased a ticket, you will be issued a full refund when services are resumed. Refunds for online ticket purchases will be issued directly to the customer by Quaytickets.

We will continue to monitor the updated advice from the NHS and Public Health England and will continue to review future events to ensure the health and safety of staff, students and visitors.

Staying connected

In difficult and uncertain times, it's important to focus on keeping calm and connected. In the coming weeks, we will be sharing content via our social media channels to encourage positive thoughts and conversation to help get you through.

Please follow us on Twitter @newwritingmcr and/or Facebook @CentreforNewWriting for further news and updates.

Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester Competition

Information on the Climate themed Poetry Competition with Creative Manchester, open to all, and chiefly taking place on Twitter. Writers are invited to try their hand at micropoetry and to tweet their climate-themed poems along with the hashtag #Micropoem20 for a chance to win the top prize of £500. The deadline for submissions is 21 June 2020. 

Student, Staff and Alumni news

Updates about our extremely talented and inspiring CNW Staff, student and alumni latest publications and reviews and information about the Centre for New Writing Podcast which you can tune into online here.

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