The Unheardwords of New Writers of Colour
June 2013
Welcome to UnheadWords.
It's a place where new writers and writing
have been encouraged since 2004.
Welcome to UnheadWords.
It's a place where new writers and writing
have been encouraged since 2004.
A spotlight on You and Your work
Unheardwords aim remains to encourage, advise and support
new writers and new writing...read more.
Now showing - You, Your Work, You’re Story
We’re interested in new distinctive writers and writing.
Unheardwords aim remains to encourage, advise and support
new writers and new writing...read more.
Now showing - You, Your Work, You’re Story
We’re interested in new distinctive writers and writing.
| Blue Dust: Forbidden - interview with author Katy Krump | |
A story of encounters between two youngsters played out in a believable science
fiction setting
- that's what Katy Krump brings us in her novel Blue Dust: Forbidden. I wanted to find out her thoughts on the blend between these two themes when I interviewed Katy her recently...more
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| IdeasTrap: Chance to Create your own online magazine | |
The Anthology provides a chance to create own online magazine with a
 £2,000 budget. We’re looking for another group aged 16-30 with a strong editorial vision to create a brand new publication...moreDeadline: Friday 7 June 2013 |
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Create a platform for your book
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| Reading & Reviewing Poetry With FRED D’AGUIAR | Saturday, 22 June 2013 |
| Do you want to have a better understanding of reading and critiquing poetry? Do you want to know how to write good book reviews? This workshop unravels the 'imagined mysteries' of reading and writing about poetry. It is a practice-based masterclass that will guide your reading and your writing about poetry...more |  |
| Images of Black Women | - Film Festival (3 - 11 May 13) |
| IBW Film Festival will take place 3rd to 11th May 2013. We are very proud to be back with a bigger festival, spread across 5 London venues, plus an Art exhibition with a focus on women's experience and representation in film and art...more |  |
| Backstage Projects: Gospel According To Jazz | |
Good evening at the Gospel According to Jazz event on 5th of May 2013. Fantastic ventue (Tabernacle, Powis Square, London W11),
great sounding house band and some stunning performances from a variety of singers. And, I'm told Backstage Projects have more in the pipeline...more |
| Liberated Muse Arts Group: Presents "In Her Words" | |
"In Her Words" is a musical theatrical presentation examining the lives of artists --  9th of May 2013 |
Lena Horne, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Zora Neale Hurston and Lucille Clifton -- creative women who used their artistic prowess to ignite and support social and political movements...more |
| ReMastered: Writing Changed My Life - Isabel Adonis | |
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Re-presenting the work you've shared... "Writing to uncover my lost self was as painful as digging up the bones of a dead person, but the more I wrote and explored my world, the more I was able to explain myself to myself."..more |
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| Lynne North on Writing for children | |
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The Why, What and How? "My children’s books are very different in content, but focus on success through effort, belief and determination. I want my readers to cheer on my main characters and to live through their troubles, plights and adventures with them."..more |
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| Aesthetica - Creative Writing Competition 2013 | |
| "A fantastic opportunity for existing and aspiring writers and poets to showcase their work to a wider, international audience: previous entrants have gone on to achieve success and recognition across the world." There are two categories for entry: Poetry and Short Fiction. Deadline: 31.Aug.13...more |  |
| My Future Lover | |
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New Work by LondonGirl2004 "Will you be able to see past the independent woman who is making it happen, and see the woman who never learned to make love?"...more |
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| Editorial (February 2013): An Even Spread |
David Oyelowo acknowledges that great strides are being made in British film and television but seems to have reached the conclusion that the occasional role and less occasional drama does not provide sufficient flow off which to base a career...more |  |
| Characters and Stories - Interview with Tolulope Popoola | |
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"I think the characters and their stories are more important than the setting. I started writing the love story in Nothing Comes Close because it was something that I observed around me. I saw people struggling to make certain decisions when it came to their relationships, and I tried to capture that in my fiction...more |
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| Through Young African Eyes (Kabir Kareem-Bello) | |
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Memoirs of a Young African is a book which covers a number of different themes. It provides the reader with a tangible comparison of two very different worlds and cultures. The stories are told through the eyes of an 11 year old protagonist Kabir who immigrated to the United Kingdom from his home in Nigeria in 1992...more |
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