17 March 2014
The Cheltenham Poetry Festival is back with another brilliant line-up for 2014. The festival will run from 28th March to 6th April, and once again it will star many poets with connections to the University of Gloucestershire. The…
Read more12 March 2014
The National Student Survey asks all final-year students to give their opinions on their time at university, and this includes measuring how satisfied they were with their course. Well, over the past two years, Creative Writing students at…
Read more9 March 2014
After months of build-up, the wait is over. On Thursday, we sent a representative from our lecturing team down to London to meet with literary agent Becky Thomas, of the Fox Mason Agency, to confirm plans, and finalize…
Read more6 March 2014
Many thanks to everyone who joined us last week to celebrate the launch of our new anthology. Around 100 people were treated to brilliant readings of prose and poetry, and between them made short work of 10 litres…
Read more5 March 2014
A big congratulations are due to 3rd year Creative Writing student Meg Paul, who has had two new publications in the last two weeks (in addition to her contribution to Fire!). First, her story ‘Seeing Without Sight’ was…
Read more1 March 2014
Well Versed is a monthly spoken word and music event sponsored by the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. The events feature a cherry-picked line-up of local poets, plus nationally acclaimed headliners, and this month’s show is starring two poets with…
Read more26 February 2014
Congratulations to University of Gloucestershire graduate Lucie Brownlee who has recently signed a major book deal to publish her memoir, Me After You. In 2012 she tragically lost her husband and courageously began recording her experiences in her award-winning blog, Wife…
Read more25 February 2014
The submission window for Carnival is now officially closed. We would like to thank everyone who contributed. Your submissions have demonstrated exceptional courage and creative flare, reminiscent of The Great Coney Island Water Carnival: ‘Remarkable head-foremost dives from…
Read more24 February 2014
Last call, ladies and gentlemen. The Carnival is packing up and leaving town at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. You still have 12 hours to submit your best artwork, poetry, or prose. If in doubt, SEND IT IN. You have nothing…
Read more22 February 2014
It’s been a good couple of weeks for students on the writing programme here at UoG, and we’re proud to announce two recent publications. Firstly, MA student Sue Pearce has placed not only one, but two pieces of…
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