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Category Archives: Creative Writing
The Long And Short Of It, Session 4: The Novel and the Inconsequential
The concluding interview in the MK Lit Fest series, The Long and the Short of It, took place on Monday 25th March 2024, and focused on the novel form. Amit Chaudhuri was in conversation with OU PhD student, Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, … Continue reading
The Long and Short of It, Session 3: Significant Ideas in Slender Volumes
On Monday 18 March 2024, in the third instalment of the MK Lit Fest series The Long and Short of It, acclaimed writer Emily Bullock was in conversation with OU Associate Lecturer and PhD student Sarah Bower discussing the novella, … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborations, Creative Writing, Research
Tagged Author Conversations, creative writing, Emily Bullock, For Always Only, Literary Discussions, Literary Forms, literature, novel, Novella, publishing, Reader Engagement, Reading, Sarah Bower, short story, Writing, Writing Process
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Navigating Different Narrative Paths
Step into the enchanting world of Amit Chaudhuri, a literary luminary known for his exploration of diverse creative forms and their connection to the human experience. Join us as we uncover the secrets of Chaudhuri’s work, from his love for … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Research
Tagged Afternoon Raag, All The Hollow Places, Amit Chaudhuri, Creative Forms, Crossroads Of Creativity, Cultural Perspective, Gertrude Bell, Indian Classical Music, Interviews, Literary Giant, MK Literary Festival, Narrative Exploration, Non Linear Narrative, Storytelling, The Immortals
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The Long And Short Of It, Session 2: The Richness Of Short Stories
On Monday 12 March 2024, we had the privilege to hear the writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap in conversation with OU Associate Lecturer Dr. Alistair Daniel. In this second instalment of the MK Lit Fest series The Long and Short of It, they … Continue reading
Flash Fiction and the Paradox of Constraint
This spring our Contemporary Cultures of Writing research group is collaborating with Milton Keynes Literary Festival to run The long and short of it: From flash fiction to the doorstop novel – a series of online and in-person conversations between OU … Continue reading
It’s not about you! Top tips for chairing literary events
The Open University’s Art’s Research Centre collaborated with Milton Keynes Literary Festival to train OU staff and MK Lit Fest volunteers to chair conversations with authors ahead of our joint events series, The Long and Short of It: From flash … Continue reading
You’ll Get Old Sitting There: Contempt for Aged Males
In a new publication, OU Creative Writing lecturer Dónall Mac Cathmhaoill and Kevin De Ornellas of Ulster University explore ageism as presented in Edward Bond’s ‘Shakespearean’ trilogy about aged men It is argued that three plays by Edward Bond, born … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Research
Tagged Adaptation and Appropriation, aged men, ageism, Anoush Simon, Bingo, Dónall Mc Cathmhaoill, Debrecen University Press, Edward Bond, Julie Sanders, Kevin De Ornellas, King Lear, Lear, Maria Kurdi, Negotiating Age: Aging and Ageism in Contemporary Literature and Theatre, Open University, Shakespearean trilogy, The Worlds, Timon of Athens, Ulster University, You’ll Get Old Sitting There”: Contempt for Aged Males in Three ‘Shakespearean’ Works by Edward Bond
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Radical Realism, Autofictional Narratives and the Reinvention of the Novel
This year, Fiona Doloughan, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature, published her third monograph, Radical Realism, Autofictional Narratives and the Reinvention of the Novel (Anthem Press). She’s about to embark on a US lecture tour, so we caught up … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborations, Creative Writing, English Literature, News, Public engagement, Research
Tagged Anthem Press, autofiction, Autofictional Narratives and the Reinvention of the Novel, B. S. Johnson, Caroline Levine, Contemporary Narrative: textual production, David Shields, English as a Literature in Translation, Fils, Fiona Doloughan, hyper-realism, Jeanette Winterson, John Ruskin, Karl Ove Knausgaard, multimodality and multiliteracies, My Struggle, Philip Tew, psychological realism, Rachel Cusk, Radical Realism, reality hunger, rise of auto/biography and memoir, Serge Doubrovsky, social realism, Xiaolu Guo
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The OU Near You: summer festival edition
In this bonus summer post, Jennifer Shepherd, Chair of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences team in Ireland, shares a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Open University’s partnership with the John Hewitt Society’s annual Summer School. What does summertime mean … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborations, Creative Writing, English Literature, News
Tagged Armagh, Belfast Book Festival, Denise Mina, Dublin/Belfast Culture Nights, English Lit MA, English Literature MA, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Frank McGuiness, Heather Richardson, Ireland, Jack Warnock, Jennifer Shepherd, John Hewitt, John Hewitt Society, John Hewitt Society Summer School, Marketplace Theatre, Nessa O'Mahony, Nigel Swann, Northern Ireland, Open University, Open University in Ireland, Siobhan Campbell, Yellow Star houses of Budapest
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Custom and Practice in Creative Writing Research
We kicked off our series on the PhD journey and beyond, with a post from an English Literature PhD student, which offered a glimpse into a trip to an archive. This month, one of our Creative Writing PhD students, Alistair … Continue reading