# Author to fund North East young writers’ project

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/07/11/author-fund-north-east-young-writers-project/
- Published: 2018-07-11T07:02:01+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Author LJ Ross is funding a project to help budding writers in the North East 
fulfil their creative ambitions.**

LJ, who writes the DCI Ryan series, is donating £6,500 to the initiative, which 
is part of the Young Writers programme run by [New Writing North](http://newwritingnorth.com/),
the literature development organisation for the North of England.

LJ’s funding will be directly targeted at a group in Amble, which will be funded
for a year through her donation. The Amble Young Writers’ programme will give young
people the opportunity to take part in a summer writing school from 6-8 August, 
which will involve a trip to Lindisfarne. They will write about the atmospheric 
location in collaboration with the National Trust. The funding will also support
free weekly writing sessions, every Saturday in term-time at Amble Library.

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Ross, who has just moved back to her native Northumberland with her husband and 
son after living in London and Bath, said:

>  “I’m so thrilled at the reaction to my books and incredibly grateful for the 
> support my readers have given me. Now I just want to give something back to other
> budding writers and there’s nothing more fitting for me to fund than a project
> based on Holy Island. “The feeling of trepidation you get on publishing day never
> goes away and nor does the feeling of elation when you see your book heading up
> the bestseller charts. Hopefully, this funding and this project will help give
> these talented young writers the opportunity to experience all of that for themselves
> one day soon.”

Anna Disley, Executive Director (Programme and Impact) at New Writing North said:

>  “We are incredibly grateful to Louise for her generous donation, which will fund
> our Amble Young Writers programme for a whole year and give young people in Northumberland
> ongoing access to professional writers, practitioners and peers to help them develop
> their own creative writing practice.”

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