20 February 2012
The next Creative Writing students’ open mic night will be held at the Frog and Fiddle pub this Tuesday. In keeping with the theme of brevity, let’s keep this announcement short: gather at 7:30 for an 8pm kick…
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Samantha Mitschke, a playwright and postgraduate student at Birmingham University, will be talking at the University on the 8th of March. She will be discussing Holocaust theatre, stage adaptations of Anne Frank’s diary (and the rights surrounding its…
Read more7 February 2012
The deadline for the 2012 University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing Anthology, Smoke, is now just one month away. To be considered for publication, submissions must reach us by midnight on March 7th. We are inviting students to submit…
Read more20 January 2012
Yes, joyous news: the empty weeks of winter are behind us. The first open mic session of the new term will be on Tuesday 24th January at The Frog and Fiddle pub on Cheltenham High Street. This free…
Read more18 January 2012
For those students who’ve just handed in stories for assignments, and are feeling particularly confident, you might consider taking it further and submitting your work to the contest being run by Gentlemen Press – a small press publisher…
Read more17 January 2012
‘Try Something New,’ a night of music and theatre at the Parabola Arts Centre, is a chance to see innovative performances in development, right here in Cheltenham. They say: ‘Each night has a handful of companies sharing work…
Read more30 December 2011
It’s time to wish everyone a happy new year and to review Creative Writing at The University of Gloucestershire in 2011: we think it’s been a great year. COURSE NEWS The year started with the full-time appointment of…
Read more19 December 2011
Stroud Short Stories is a night of short stories held at Stroud Valleys Artspace, John Street, Stroud. It features selected authors reading their short fiction and takes place three times a year, in February, July, and October. The…
Read more14 December 2011
The London Library is running a non-fiction competition in collaboration with The Times. It’s open to all 3rd year undergraduate students across the UK, and first prize pays big dividends. I’d also say that the given topic –…
Read more13 December 2011
Last Tuesday’s Open Mic Night looks set to enter University of Gloucestershire folklore. For those who weren’t there, here’s a wee taste of what you missed. By the time we arrived, the Jolly Autocratic Committee and friends had…
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