New Writing North

Zaffar Kunial won a Northern Writers’ Awards in 2013 and was subsequently selected to be part of the Faber New Poets 2013-14 scheme, alongside Rachael Allen, Will Burns and Declan Ryan. Backed by an innovative publishing programme and funded by Arts Council England, Faber New Poets aims to identify and support emerging talents at an early stage in their careers. To celebrate the publication of their poetry pamphlets, the four poets read together at Durham Book Festival 2014 at an event presented in association with the Centre for Poetry and Poetics, Durham University.