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The (at least) 10 Rules of Writing

Elmore Leonard’s famous 10 rules have just been published in book form (with brilliantly sinuous, hard-boiled drawings by Joseph Ciardiello) in the UK, but you can read them for nowt here on The Guardian’s website, along with more 10 rulers from Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy and many others …

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Wordsworth’s Dead! – read our latest newsletter

If you don’t subscribe to our e-newsletter, read the March issue here – Wordsworth’s Dead No.1 Mar 2010

To subscribe, email us at enquiries@newwritingcumbria.org.uk

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News splash – Words by the Water programme change and tickets latest

Sad news trickling in from the watery words fest in Keswick, which wonderful nonagenarian memoirist Diana Athill (pictured left is no longer able to attend. Festival President Melvyn Bragg wades in to fill the vacant slot (now an hour earlier at 9.30am on Sunday 7 March) with a talk about the life and times of The South Bank Show.

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Lakeland Book of the year awards

The Lakeland Book of the Year Awards has established itself as a really prestigious event on the literary calendar and once again we would like to encourage publishers and authors – whether they are a first-time writer or an established author – to enter. As usual last year’s awards saw an amazing number of [...]

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Poetry competition £5k first prize

Multi-award winning poet and short story writer Jackie Kay and Anglesey-based poet and Poetry Wales Editor Zoë Skoulding have been announced as judges for the 2010 Cardiff International Poetry Competition.
The competition, which is now officially open, is one of the UK’s leading poetry competitions and offers one of the largest monetary prizes for a competition [...]

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Changes at IncWriting

A reminder has come from Incorporating Writing that the emails close down in January 2010, so update your database and do not send any more books or PR.
Incorporating Writing ran for 6 years with over 30 issues, with published interviews and articles with and by hundreds of writers and poets. Back issues will [...]

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