14 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 –…
13 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…
7 December 2011
Congratulations to Keely O’Shaughnessy whose short story ‘The Breakfast Bar’ has been selected for publication in volume six of Duality. Based in Scotland, Duality is a collaboration between writers and illustrators, which promotes new writing and artwork. Last…
1 December 2011
A spectre is haunting the University of Gloucestershire – the spectre of the Jolly Autocratic Committee. All the powers of old literature have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Eagleton and Amis, Naipaul and Theroux,…
14 November 2011
PhD student K.J. Moore will be celebrating the launch of her novella, Monster Porn (Blood Bound Books), at the Frog and Fiddle pub this Tuesday. Join us for drinks at seven and listen to the author read extracts…
2 November 2011
Deadline: Fri 25 Nov 2011. Maximum word count: 3500 Paraxis are looking for new short stories on the theme of ‘Transformation’. They say ‘We are open to all kinds of fiction, but you would have to work incredibly…
17 October 2011
It’s too late to attend the Literature Festival’s Afternoon Readings, but you can listen to them online until Wednesday 19th October. Thanks to University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing student Keely O’Shaughnessy for reccomending these recordings – the events…
14 October 2011
David Vann is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary American letters. His first work of fiction, Legend of a Suicide, won seven literary awards and was selected as a book of the year by 25 publications,…
5 October 2011
D.D. Johnston, Creative Writing lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, will be talking in Cheltenham on Wednesday 12th October. The talk, billed as ‘NOT the Literature Festival,’ will cover why he can’t stand Virginia Woolf, what links James…
29 September 2011
PhD student KJ Moore, who holds a BA and MA from the University of Gloucestershire, has recently published a novella, brilliantly titled Monster Porn (Blood Bound Books). The story was originally written for her MA dissertation and received…