13 October 2014
A hardworking collective of UoG Creative Writing students, led by Charl Harrison, have come up with a brilliant concept: a Creative Writing magazine by the students, for the students. The result of many weeks of brainstorming, development, and…
Read more1 October 2014
It’s only days until the world’s oldest literature festival rolls into town. Marquees are being erected, copies of The Times are being readied, tweed suits are set to spring from hangers. Whether you want to see the famous in the…
Read more21 September 2014
Welcome back, returning students, and a special welcome to all our new students. What would the new term be with no new term social? Boring! The good people at the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing Society have saved…
Read more7 September 2014
After a summer of writing success for staff, current students, and alumni, here at UoG’s Writing School we’re gearing up for Induction Week in just over a week’s time. Time to fire up those laptops, get out those…
Read more4 September 2014
Time to catch up on some good news from the summer 🙂 In February, we reported that Lucie Brownlee, a graduate of the University of Gloucestershire Creative and Critical Writing MA, had sold her memoir, Me After You, to Virgin Books….
Read more16 July 2014
Creative Writing course leader Tyler Keevil has won the People’s Choice category of the 2014 Wales Book of the Year Awards for his acclaimed second novel, The Drive (Myriad). A fast-paced and hilarious contemporary odyssey, The Drive is an epic road…
Read more9 July 2014
It has been a tense and dramatic wait since May 9, when our inaugural UoG Novel Writing Contest closed its doors to submissions. The filter judges have now had time to consider the submissions, and we are ready…
Read more9 July 2014
The Creative Writing Programme here at UoG, along with the English Literature course, had some good news recently. The Guardian has released its 2015 University Guide, and in the league tables we have jumped up 12 places, and…
Read more23 June 2014
Need a break from football? You’re in luck: from Thursday to Saturday this week, Eleven Places Theatre Company, in association with Dreamshed Theatre, are presenting a series of short plays about the importance of place. Eleven Places is…
Read more4 June 2014
Just a heads up for all you career-driven Creative Writing students (though quite possibly that’s an oxymoron, and probably should be). Be that as it may, we’ve been sent a selection of Creative Writing internships that are available…
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