12 September 2012
A warm welcome to Anna Lawrence Pietroni, who has commenced a writer in residence post at the University of Gloucestershire. She’ll be working with staff and students from across the faculty of Media, Arts and Technologies, as part…
Read more4 September 2012
After a summer break, we’re back up and running. Here’s the first of many great local opportunities that we’ll be advertising between now and the end of the year: Paines Plough, the leading company for new writers, is…
Read more29 June 2012
Now that the teaching year has come to an end, you might very well be missing your weekly literary fix of workshops, lectures, and reading nights. If that’s the case, and autumn term still feels a long way…
Read more26 May 2012
Semester 2 has come to an end, you’ve got all your assignments submitted (including, for you 3rd years, those epic dissertation projects that have dominated your days and sleepless nights), and you’re currently enjoying this rare glimpse of…
Read more29 April 2012
The final open reading night of this academic year will be held this Tuesday (May 1st) in the Frog and Fiddle. The fun kicks off at 7.30, and if previous events are anything to go by, you can…
Read more23 April 2012
Join us for a fun post-Easter night out at the Cotswold Listener fundraiser on Tueday 24th. The Cotswold Listener is a free of charge talking newspaper for those who are visually impaired. Several University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing students and…
Read more15 April 2012
The second annual Cheltenham Poetry Festival will be running between the 18th and the 22nd April. This year the festival will feature nearly 100 performers over five days of spoken word and live literature events. The events take…
Read more10 April 2012
A new quarterly publication, started by students at Oxford University, is appealing for contributions to be considered for publication in its first issue. They say: The publication, which is internet-based, will run quarterly and be available either by…
Read more5 April 2012
Those of you who are around over Easter may be interested in an upcoming event at the Parabola Arts Centre. Some of our Creative Writing students, third-years who are nearing the end of their course, are performing in…
Read more4 April 2012
Shakespeare and Company – the famous and long-established bookstore situated in the Latin Quarter of Paris – has just announced the 2012 Paris Literary Prize, which looks to be a whopping opportunity for up-and-coming authors. The prizes are huge: a…
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