Tag: Tim Smith

Photos from the anthology launch

Today is the last day of term and a good time to wish everyone a happy winter break and a successful new year. The launch of the Smoke Anthology on Wednesday night was a great way to close…

Smoke Anthology – Launch Night

We’ve now booked a date for the launch of Smoke: the exceptional new anthology of writing from students on the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing courses. We’ll be launching Smoke at a wine reception on Wednesday 12th December at FCH Campus…

Smoke Anthology: Sneak Preview

We’ve got preview copies of the anthology, and they look pretty sweet 🙂 The rest of the books are on their way, currently in a boat. I like to think that at this moment they’re somewhere near the…

A Review of Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire in 2011

It’s time to wish everyone a happy new year and to review Creative Writing at The University of Gloucestershire in 2011: we think it’s been a great year. COURSE NEWS The year started with the full-time appointment of…

Happiness is simulating a romantic liaison between two origami cranes

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…

Manifesto of the Jolly Autocratic Committee

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,…