Chivers and Walker to be National Centre for Writing associate artists

Writer and publisher Tom Chivers, director of indie Penned in the Margins, and poet and theatre-maker Hannah Jane Walker (pictured) have been appointed as associate artists to the National Centre for Writing (NCW) in Norwich. Both Walker and Chivers will receive a package of support worth £10,000 to develop a new literary project. The funds will support them in spending time writing and in a residency at the NCW campus at Norwich's Dragon Hall. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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