The commissions were made during a global pandemic in which areas of the North East have been amongst the worst hit in Britain. The project was announced following massive political events for the region, including the Brexit vote and the 2019 General Election.
In late 2019, we launched the call-out for New Narratives for the North East, a major commissioning strand for new work across genres. We believe that the North East needs new narratives to tell its story and to help shape its future. We believe that in order to thrive we need strong narratives and stories, which help shape our collective imagination. Tell them to come up here with the skylark, to forget what they think they know, and to look down upon the vastness of the North.” – David Almond, from ‘Sing the North’.įifteen writers have been commissioned to create new work about the North East in an ambitious project from New Writing North, Durham Book Festival and the North East Culture Partnership.
They try to tell us that we are tiny within ourselves. “ They tell us that we live on a tiny crowded island.
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