Tag: Creative Writing

Another amazing Creative Writing industry guest: Jonathan Edwards, Editor, ‘Poetry Wales’ (28 Sept)

Creative Writing department at University of Gloucestershire is delighted to welcome another fantastic industry guest for a chat with our students. Jonathan Edwards’s first collection,My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren, 2014), received the Costa Poetry Award and the Wales Book…

Lecturer D.D. Johnston talking at Suffolk Anthology Bookstore this Tuesday 17th November

Cheltenham is lucky to have a lovely new independent bookstore – Suffolk Anthology. Situated in the leafy Suffolks/Montpellier area, Suffolk Anthology is a relaxing spot selling great books and great coffee. Charming and elegant, with a Victorian fireplace…

Guest Speaker Series 2014-15

Last month, we were fortunate enough to have Myriad Editions editor Holly Ainley visit our course, along with established playwright and debut novelist Hannah Vincent, author of Alarm Girl.  Students on our BA and MA programmes had the…

Introducing online writing tips .com

Welcome back to all our students and warmest winter greetings to all our graduates! We hope everyone has had a relaxing and fun festive season (sorry about the assessment deadlines), and we hope 2015 is bringing you happiness….

Prizes, publications, and performances: more success for UoG Creative Writers

Happy news, fellow writers. As the man himself would say, we’re all super-excited for Tyler Keevil. The BA course leader has been shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Journey Prize for his story ‘Sealskin.’ The Journey Prize…

Author and comedian Rob Newman at the University of Gloucestershire, Wednesday 26th March

Robert Newman: Fiction, Politics & the Past 19:30, FCH TC001, March 26 2014 Free to students and staff at the university Bookings via this link   Rob Newman is the author of four acclaimed novels and the star of…

The best Creative Writing course in the UK (if not the world)

The National Student Survey asks all final-year students to give their opinions on their time at university, and this includes measuring how satisfied they were with their course. Well, over the past two years, Creative Writing students at…

Fire Anthology: Launched and available to buy online

Many thanks to everyone who joined us last week to celebrate the launch of our new anthology. Around 100 people were treated to brilliant readings of prose and poetry, and between them made short work of 10 litres…

Graduate Lucie Brownlee signs global book deal with Virgin Books

Congratulations to University of Gloucestershire graduate Lucie Brownlee who has recently signed a major book deal to publish her memoir, Me After You. In 2012 she tragically lost her husband and courageously began recording her experiences in her award-winning blog, Wife…

The Carnival Leaves Town…

The submission window for Carnival is now officially closed. We would like to thank everyone who contributed. Your submissions have demonstrated exceptional courage and creative flare, reminiscent of The Great Coney Island Water Carnival: ‘Remarkable head-foremost dives from…