20 February 2014
The Carnival continues and there’s dancing in the streets. If you haven’t yet managed to send your work to us this is a reminder that the submission window closes in less than FIVE DAYS. The standard so far…
Read more11 February 2014
You are cordially invited to the launch of the University of Gloucestershire’s brilliant new anthology of Creative Writing, Fire. Join us on Thursday 27th for a wine reception at FCH Campus, with readings from the book and refreshments,…
Read more9 February 2014
Do you ever get spam from weird speciality dating sites? For some reason I’m particularly targeted by adverts promising me the chance to date men in uniform. Well, this Monday, the open mic series at the University of…
Read more5 February 2014
We are proud to officially announce that Carnival, the 2014 UoG Creative Writing anthology, is now open for submissions. Carnival will showcase the best of UoG’s creative talent, and, for the first time, submissions will be open to…
Read more29 January 2014
Professor Tim Ingold is Chair in Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and is one of our most influential and innovative thinkers on…
Read more28 January 2014
Want to celebrate completing semester one assignments? Been terribly missing your Creative Writing compañeros? Just want to have a few drinks in a warm and dry place? Fear not: the first Creative Writing social event of the new year…
Read more27 January 2014
Rumours have been circulating for awhile, and we can now officially confirm it: this year, in association with the Fox Mason Ltd Literary Agency, the Creative Writing programme here at the University of Gloucestershire will be launching the…
Read more16 January 2014
This year, our Creative Writing MA students have been treated to a series of guest speakers from the creative industries. First up, one of our MA alumni, Chaucer Cameron, returned with her colleague Helen Dewbury to screen the stunning work…
Read more10 January 2014
We’ve just received a preview copy of Fire from the printers, and it’s looking beautiful. The new anthology of Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire features prose and poetry from thirty-seven students and graduates. From the experimental…
Read more13 December 2013
Congratulations to Hugh Thomas who this year graduated from the Creative Writing BA at the University of Gloucestershire; on Wednesday, Hugh’s article on Gustaf Håkansson – ‘the ‘steel grandpa’ who won a 1,000-mile bicycle race’ – was published by The…
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