10 September 2013
A very warm welcome to all new students, and an equally warm welcome back to all returning students. Freshers’ week starts on Monday, and we’re starting the new academic year on a high: for the second year running,…
Read more29 July 2013
This month sees a rush of publishing activity from the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing lecturers. Just out is Scenes from a Diverse World, an anthology of play extracts, compiled by the International Centre for Women Playwrights. The…
Read more5 July 2013
We’re proud to announce that our 3rd year graduating student, Emma Potter, has won the NAWE Summer Shorts Competition, with her short story, ‘Before the Fall.’ Emma saw off strong competition to take the £50 prize, and her…
Read more17 June 2013
If you’re a student who’s just handed in your final Creative Writing assignments, and are wondering what happens next, why not try your luck at this competition, aimed at 18-25 year olds? The deadline is June 30th, and…
Read more17 June 2013
We’re happy to announce two new publications from our teaching staff here at the University of Gloucestershire. Firstly, part-time lecturer and PhD student Rowan Middleton has had a poem published in the latest edition of the Irish poetry…
Read more12 June 2013
A new Facebook group, GLOS. LAB 8, has been started to enable creative students at the University of Gloucestershire to collaborate. It’s a space to share ideas, projects, and events with students working in a range of creative…
Read more3 June 2013
Nigel McLoughlin, Professor of Creativity and Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire, will deliver his inaugural lecture this Wednesday. His lecture – Writing Poetry: Experiments in Language With Language – will discuss how poetry functions as a means…
Read more29 May 2013
In the immortal words of All Saints, I know where it’s at. If you want to have a good time, join the Creative Writing Mob for a final hurrah this Friday. They’re starting at the Frog and Fiddle…
Read more23 May 2013
The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub, the second novel by University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing lecturer D.D. Johnston, is now available to pre-order from retailers including Amazon and Waterstones. The novel The novel, to be published in June, was…
Read more12 May 2013
After months of writing and weeks of rehearsals, Smoke Rings, the play co-authored by third-year playwrights at the University of Gloucestershire, has run to full houses and critical acclaim. After every show sold out, an additional matinee performance…
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