We want to get more young people from Newcastle involved in creative projects and give them the chance to experience all types of writing. We will provide opportunities and funding to support young people in making and sharing their work and shout out about what a great place Newcastle is to be a young writer.

To get us started we are launching a series of Young Writers City workshops over the summer in Walker, West End and Walbottle. Like Cuckoo Young Writers, they are for young people aged 12-19 years and what’s more it’s all FREE.

You can drop in for one session, or stay for the whole thing, and there is something different happening every day.

You can keep it short with flash fiction or mini poems, develop your script-writing skills, get dark with your fiction, or have a go at making your own short film/poem about where you live. All with professional writers. It’s free. It’s fun. And it’s somewhere near you.

Thursday 6 August-Saturday 8 August: Outer West Library, Denton Way, NE5 2QZ
Thursday 13 August-Friday 14 August: Walker Activity Dome Library, NE6 3BR
Friday 21 and Saturday 22 August: West End Library, Condercum Road, NE4 9JH

For full details see www.newwritingnorth.com/young-young-writers-city-page-2836.html. Spaces are limited. To book a free place email Amy Mitchell at amy@newwritingnorth.com or call 0191 204 8852