Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers' Programme

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The Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers’ Programme offers bursaries and mentorship to ten emerging writers over 18 years of age, of any background, writing fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Mentors participating in the 2021/22 programme are Tracy Chevalier, Benjamin Markovits & AD Miller (fiction); Sam Leith & Kavita Puri (journalism); Caroline Moorehead, George Prochnik & Cathy Rentzenbrink (non-fiction); and Sophie Herxheimer & George Szirtes (poetry). In addition, the successful applicants will have sessions with Elif Shafak, novelist and TED Global speaker; Adam Freudenheim, publisher of Puskin Press and previously Penguin Classics; and agents from The Blair Partnership, whose clients include JK Rowling, Rafael Behr and Pete Townshend.

https://genesisfoundation.org.uk/jewish-book-week/
Granting OrganisationsGenesis Foundation

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