10 October 2015
From amid the the white noise of everyday existence – the static that echoes in all our ears – some mysterious coordinates recently materialized: it seems an event is coming to 51.8833° N, 2.0667° W (that’s the latitude…
Read more5 October 2015
For those who haven’t heard about it (and who hasn’t?!) Show Don’t Tell is the UoG Creative Writing society magazine, by the students and for the students. Begun last year, it has become a barnstorming success, so we’re…
Read more5 October 2015
The other week Creative Writing Lecturer and BA Course Leader Tyler Keevil was down in London to read at Waterstones Picadilly for the most recent Word Factory short story salon. He performed alongside, and was in conversation with,…
Read more1 October 2015
There’s been a sequence of wonderful events, readings, and happenings involving UoG staff and students lately, and we have another one to announce: poetry lecturer Angela France recently appeared on BBC4 Woman’s Hour, during the session guest edited…
Read more28 September 2015
It’s time for the Creative Writing Society’s first event of the 2015/2016 academic year! You are cordially invited to Smokey Joe’s for an evening of sh#* lit. Quiz rounds include… Writer’s Block Character References Adaptation or Imagination? Ultimate Sh#* Lit…
Read more15 September 2015
We’re delighted to announce a major summer transfer swoop. Before the transfer window slammed shut (and nobody ever thinks to close it gently), we secured the services of Dr Lania Knight, signed from Major League outfit Eastern Illinois…
Read more31 August 2015
It’s hard to believe it’s actually August 31st, and that autumn, and the start of the academic year, is just around the corner. For the past couple of months our course blog has settled into a lovely summer…
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Today saw the launch of The Secret Baby Room, a new novel by UoG lecturer D.D. Johnston. Johnston has recently been described by The Morning Star as one of the country’s most versatile novelists, and certainly this book is far…
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