14 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…
Read more9 March 2017
Creative Writing students and staff here at UoG have been busy this semester, and it’s high time we caught up with some of their recent achievements. First up, MA student Rachel Clements has had a new story, ‘Nostalgia…
Read more3 March 2017
That’s right, folks: the 2017 UoG Creative Writing anthology is now open for submissions. This year the title and theme is ‘shadows’, in all its various guises. And get this: for the first time it’s open to Creative…
Read more14 February 2017
What better way to spend Valentine’s than at the Creative Writing Society’s fantastic ‘Red Edition’ open mic night? OK, I can think of a few (a moonlit walk through Montmartre with Albert Camus, for instance), but the chances…
Read more9 February 2017
A quick last-minute announcement about a event this evening: the wonderfully named ‘Flasher’s Club’ open mic is back, and will be held at Smokey Joe’s from 7.30. Here’s the lowdown, from their blog: Flashers’ Club is a quarterly…
Read more7 February 2017
It’s been called “Possibly the best short story event in the South West” (Cheltenham LitFest programme) and in part that’s due to past contributions from UoG Creative Writing students, including alumni Phil Bowne and Rod Griffiths, both of…
Read more3 February 2017
That’s right, folks: Team UoG is back after the long winter’s break, and there are going to be a myriad of writing opportunities coming your way as we move into Semester 2. These include reading and showcasing events,…
Read more27 January 2017
Welcome back, everyone! We hope you had a brilliant festive break. Dry January is dead, yo, so what better way to celebrate returning to uni than joining Mathias and the team for the launch of another brilliant issue…
Read more16 December 2016
On Tuesday the course celebrated the launch of this year’s paperback anthology of student work, Reflections: New Writing 5. Attendees were treated to readings from contributors on campus, which was followed by an after-party at Tailor’s bar in…
Read more25 November 2016
Hot on the heels of our recent post about the 2016 UoG Novel Contest Shortlist, we’re pleased to announced that this year’s annual Creative Writing anthology, Reflections: New Writing 5, will be launched in just under three weeks…
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