4 October 2017
This Saturday evening, staff and students from the University’s Creative Writing programme invite you to take a seat in the barber’s chair, for a literary event with a difference. They’ll be providing entertainment at one stop on the…
Read more12 September 2017
Yeah, yeah, yeah! We’re back, they’re back, you’re back, or maybe you’re arriving for the very first time – welcome! The new academic year is upon us and we can’t wait! We’ve got some exciting transfer news for…
Read more3 June 2017
Never mind the ballots, don’t miss this! Our final event of the 2016/2017 academic year will feature readings and discussion with poet Lesley Ingram, short story writer Daisy Johnson, and novelist Sarah Walton. They’ll be speaking at our afternoon…
Read more29 May 2017
The academic year here at UoG for 2016-17 is almost over, and students on Team UoG have been working hard. You’ve met all your assessment deadlines, produced over 10,000 words of work (or twice that if you’re a…
Read more8 May 2017
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with Mathias’s splendid reign as open mic host. Mathias will be graduating this summer, and so Tuesday’s event – the Gold Edition Open Reading – which starts at…
Read more3 May 2017
It’s certainly a busy time of year for Creative Writing students here at UoG; this week, not only are lecturers and students contributing to various events at the poetry festival (check out our blog post below), but our…
Read more27 April 2017
It’s just one week until the Cheltenham Poetry Festival kicks off with appearances from UoG’s own D.D. Johnston and Tyler Keevil. They’ll be talking from 7pm to 8pm at Smokey Joe’s on Thursday 4th May, and you can book your tickets…
Read more25 March 2017
Hard as it may be to believe, today is the final opportunity to submit your drama, poetry, and prose to this year’s UoG Creative Writing anthology, Shadows: New Writing VI. The submission window closes tonight at midnight! The…
Read more21 March 2017
After a brief respite last week, we’re hoping all our students feel refreshed, recharged, and raring to write – particularly as the submission window for Shadows: New Writing VI will close at the end of the week, at…
Read more14 March 2017
The new issue of Show, Don’t Tell is hot off the press and ready to launch! Come break a bottle across the bow at Smokey Joe’s from 7pm tonight, Tuesday 14th March. This new issue contains an interview with…
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