24 February 2014
Last call, ladies and gentlemen. The Carnival is packing up and leaving town at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. You still have 12 hours to submit your best artwork, poetry, or prose. If in doubt, SEND IT IN. You have nothing…
9 February 2014
Do you ever get spam from weird speciality dating sites? For some reason I’m particularly targeted by adverts promising me the chance to date men in uniform. Well, this Monday, the open mic series at the University of…
29 January 2014
Professor Tim Ingold is Chair in Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and is one of our most influential and innovative thinkers on…
7 December 2013
That’s right, University of Gloucestershire Creative Writers (and friends) – Christmas party time! It’s this Monday the 9th December, Kicking off at 7:30pm at the FCH Campus Student Union bar. After partaking of pleasingly affordable SU beverages, the…
2 December 2013
The theme of the next open mic night is The Nightmare Before Christmas. No, we’re not talking HM4050; we’re talking vengeful Santas, killer reindeer, that kind of thing. If you can’t be bothered dressing up as a psychopathic…
18 November 2013
There’s an open mic this Tuesday (19th November), and the theme – brace yourself – is fantasy. It’s being hosted by Alice Rowan, and fancy dress is ‘welcome but not compulsory’. If you do fancy getting orced up,…
4 November 2013
Time to get dressed up and celebrate: the Big Graduation Social starts at 7:30pm, at The Railway pub, this Thursday (7th November)! All years are very welcome – nay, demanded – to attend, and whether you’ve been to…
1 November 2013
Miso magazine, a new literary print magazine, is currently looking for submissions for its next issue. They are interested in poetry and short-short fiction of up to 500 words. They only accept submissions from BA, MA, & PhD…
13 October 2013
Cheltenham, beware: this Thursday, 17th October, the Creative Writing mob will be let loose. It’s the first Creative Writing Society social event of the year, and it promises to be a cracker. The Plan? Students will be meeting…
16 September 2013
There’s going to be a new face on campus this year, so here’s an important message about what to do when you meet the latest member of the Creative Writing team: For those of you who may not…