Please note that the information given here relates to a previous event. You can visit our NAWGFest main page for the latest information.
Latest Festival News
- We'll be going back to the University of Warwick for NAWGFest 2017, so mark your diary now: 1st—4th September.
- Peter Robinson will be speaking after the Gala Dinner.
- Note that there is now an optional extra Monday for the festival.
- There will be an Open Mic event on Friday evening. Your chance to entertain us.
- Meet the agents. A Q&A session with Hattie Grunewald and Kate Nash.
↑ Festival Information
On the weekend after the August Bank Holiday, both NAWG members and like-minded writers with a broad spectrum of abilities, get together for an exceptional weekend, focussed on improving their writing.
It's a memorable weekend, which includes the use of: a fitness suite, a heated swimming pool, and workshops in state of the art classrooms. Meals created by a top chef and excellent en-suite facilities with showers.
There's more general information about the festival on the main page.
↑ Report & Photos
You can read the chairman's report on the festival, as printed in the October edition of Link magazine. There are also a selection of photographs from the event.
↑ Festival Dates
The full schedule is given in the brochure, but the dates were:
Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th September 2016.
You can also view the festival timetable here on the website.
↑ Festival Venue
Following the success of previous years, this year's festival was once again held at the University of Warwick.
↑ Workshops and Talks
The workshops and talks are listed in our festival brochure and here on the website.
↑ Activities
In addition to the main workshops and lectures, there were a wide variety of additional activities to take part in. Details are shown here on the website and in our brochure.
↑ Tutors and Speakers
Talk by Steve Bowkett
Here's a quick list of our tutors and speakers for 2016.
- Gervase Phinn
- Della Galton
- Stephen Booth
- Steve Bowkett
- Adam Strickson
- Marvin Close
- Stuart Gibbon
- Joyce Worsfold
Full details are here and in the brochure.
↑ Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony
One of the highlights of the festival, was the Gala Dinner on Saturday evening. You can see some photographs from last year's dinner in Pam's write-up. This was followed by the Awards Ceremony, where the winners of the 2016 NAWG members' competitions were announced.
This year, Professor Gervase Phinn entertained us with an after-dinner talk.
↑ Festival Prices
For full details on festival prices, please click here.
↑ Brochure
There's a great deal of information about NAWGFest 2016 in the brochure, which you can download by following the links below.
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