Author Archives: Sally O'Reilly

In conversation with Ellora Sutton, prize-winning MA student

Posted on 23rd March 2021 by Sally O'Reilly

OU Creative Writing MA student Ellora Sutton, winner of the 2020 Mslexia Poetry competition, talks to Sally O’Reilly, Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing. Can you tell me about yourself and your writing? When did you first start? Do you focus on writing … Continue reading →

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Elspeth Huxley and Time & Tide

Posted on 2nd March 2021 by Sally O'Reilly

Anne Wetherilt, PhD student, English In November 2020, a one-day online conference brought together scholars, journalists and readers to celebrate the centenary of the feminist magazine Time and Tide.  Speakers highlighted the magazine’s progressive interwar agenda, and the contributions of … Continue reading →

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Poetry and theology in lockdown

Posted on 16th February 2021 by Sally O'Reilly

Hannah Hunt, Honorary Associate, FASS, Soc Sci & Global Studies How has lockdown impacted your local community? And how can you stay creative when so much is in flux, and expected ways of being together are denied us? These are … Continue reading →

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Belfast film poem awarded Berlin prize

Posted on 18th December 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Creative Writing Associate Lecturer Csilla Toldy has won an award for Best Street Art Film at the Berlin Underground Film Festival for her film poem ‘Belfast Exposed’. Sally O’Reilly interviewed her about her work and how this project developed. You … Continue reading →

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Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH)

Posted on 10th November 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Interview with (Peg) M A Katritzky, Senior Research Fellow, Department of English & Creative Writing Can you tell me more about Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH)? In 2019, GiTH (Gender in the Humanities) a research group active in … Continue reading →

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‘Things we cannot know’: Julian Barnes’ The Man in the Red Coat

Posted on 7th September 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Alistair Daniel, Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing In June 1885, three Frenchmen – the prince Edmond de Polignac, Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, and the ‘celebrity gynaecologist’ Dr Samuel Jean Pozzi – arrived in London. They went shopping, had dinner with Henry … Continue reading →

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Writing in Lockdown

Posted on 10th July 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Jo Barnden, AL on A215 and A363 For those first, intense weeks of lockdown, I seemed to be out of step with the rest of the world. Everyone was telling Twitter how much time they had to walk through nature … Continue reading →

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Ed Hogan interview

Posted on 1st July 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Ed Hogan is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Open University. His first novel, Blackmoor, won the Desmond Elliott Prize, and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Other novels include The Hunger Trace, and Daylight Saving, … Continue reading →

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Cold Dark Matter: Writing a poetry collection during lockdown

Posted on 16th June 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

By Patrick Wright, PhD Student, Creative Writing As an introvert, and usually working from home, the lockdown has allowed much of my practice to go on unabated. Some aspects have intensified: developing an active imagination and reflection are two examples … Continue reading →

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Caron Freeborn (1966-2020): an appreciation

Posted on 11th May 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Steve Padley, Staff Tutor, English Caron Freeborn, who died in April after a short illness, was a poet and novelist, and an AL in Creative Writing at the Open University. She taught on A215 and A363. She was also a … Continue reading →

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