Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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National Centre for Writing invites you to a showcase of short readings and conversations with ten brilliant emerging writers from our Escalator 2022 talent development programme. Fresh from nine months’ mentoring with established writers, our emerging fiction writers are not to be missed.

Melody Bowles – mentored by Kate Worsley
Ben Cartwright – mentored by Kate Worsley
Shirley Day – mentored by Owen Nicholls
Isabelle Higgins – mentored by Yvvette Edwards
Adam Leeder – mentored by Owen Nicholls
Joanna Miller – mentored by Michael Donkor
Carrie Patten – mentored by Megan Bradbury
Rick Roydes – mentored by Megan Bradbury
Mark Stocker – mentored by Michael Donkor
Bang Wang – mentored by Yvvette Edwards

Escalator is generously funded by Amazon Literary Partnership, The Lady Hind Trust and donors of the ‘Escalator Needs Your Help’ campaign.

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