Month: May 2014

Kudos for our Teaching Staff

The Creative Writing department had a couple bits of good news over the past few weeks.  First up, Professor Nigel McLoughlin’s work has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Poetry Archive.  Founded by poet Andrew Motion and…

Susi Powell Memorial Tree

Last week 3rd year students gathered at Francis Close Hall for the tree planting in memory of Susi Powell.  The Magnolia Susan tree, selected by the course reps, can be found behind the library on the outside of…

The Talented Dr Randall

We’ve got Randall – full Randall. A hat trick of Randall. All the Randall you need. First up, join us this Wednesday, 21st May, for Martin Randall’s Gloucestershire Philosophical Society lecture. Randall will be delivering a talk on The…

Susi Powell Memorial Tree Planting

The Creative Writing 3rd year course reps, Creative Writing department, and the landscaping team at UoG have organized a tree planting ceremony,  in memory of writing student Susi Powell, who sadly passed away during her time studying with…

Novel Contest Closes to Entries

The inaugural UoG Novel Writing Contest has now closed to submissions.  Many thanks to everybody who submitted – the judges are looking forward to reading through the anonymous entries.  They will be aiming to select a shortlist of…

UoG Novel Writing Contest Deadline: Midnight on May 9!

There’s less than a week to go until the deadline for the inaugural University of Gloucestershire Novel Writing Contest, so now that the majority of your assignments have been handed in, it’s time to tackle that novel extract. …

News From the Poetry Cohort

The UoG poets have been very busy lately, and after the success of events at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival we now have more good news to announce. First, third year student Rosanna Riches has had two poems published…

MS Burrard Inlet Launched

Last week saw the pre-release event of Burrard Inlet, the new book from UoG lecturer Tyler Keevil. The event was held at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, down near the water and marina – an appropriate backdrop…