1 November 2013
Miso magazine, a new literary print magazine, is currently looking for submissions for its next issue. They are interested in poetry and short-short fiction of up to 500 words. They only accept submissions from BA, MA, & PhD…
Read more1 November 2013
It’s been an important week for the poets on our program here at U of G. Firstly, the university’s slam poetry team took part in the inaugural Unislam! competition, hosted by Birmingham University. Angela France, lecturer in Creative…
Read more24 October 2013
We’d like to thank all those who came out to support the ‘Event in the Tent’ at the Cheltenham Lit Fest, which featured two of our U of G lecturers: novelists D.D. Johnston and Tyler Keevil. For forty…
Read more13 October 2013
Cheltenham, beware: this Thursday, 17th October, the Creative Writing mob will be let loose. It’s the first Creative Writing Society social event of the year, and it promises to be a cracker. The Plan? Students will be meeting…
Read more6 October 2013
A cult Canadaian author is appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, and this time we’re not talking about Tyler Keevil’s gig this Tuesday: Douglas Coupland, the author of international bestseller Generation X, is on a rare visit from…
Read more30 September 2013
It’s officially on: the event in the tent, the argy-bargy in the marquee, the affray in Montpellier, the… Call it what you will, Tyler Keevil V D.D. Johnston, refereed by Martin Randall, is happening. They won’t be boxing,…
Read more24 September 2013
We’re always keen to hear what our graduates are up to – we miss you! – so if you studied creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire and have writing news to share in our alumni updates (or…
Read more22 September 2013
Leaves yellowing, knitted scarves appearing, red-kneed children excitedly scrabbling for conkers… Yes, summer is ending and the good news is that open mics are back! This Tuesday, we’re set for the usual combination of poetry, prose, drama, and…
Read more16 September 2013
There’s going to be a new face on campus this year, so here’s an important message about what to do when you meet the latest member of the Creative Writing team: For those of you who may not…
Read more14 September 2013
The University of Gloucestershire writer in residence, Anna Lawrence Pietroni, has been busy continuing her psychogeographical explorations of place. Anna says she’s ‘exploring the idea that we’re all strangers to each other’s experience of place. While we might…
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