Open The Door Festival: Braemarnia - A Village’s Story of Nature and Myth

The Open University is pleased to support Open The Door, an online festival for Scottish women's writing.

As Writer in Residence for the Braemar Creative Arts Festival, Open University tutor Rachel Marsh is working with the Highland village of Braemar to develop the first community-written novel, Braemarnia. 

Much of the Aberdeenshire village’s history is attached to its surroundings, with the mountains, the river Dee, and ever-changing environment acting as a character.

The novel Braemarnia has followed suit, with the environment playing a key role in the plot.

Tune in on the Glasgow Women's Library Facebook page for a short film about the Braemarnia project, with a focus on the novel as a collective effort that engages with the myth of nature.

You can try Creative Writing course content on the OU's free learning site OpenLearn, such as the 8-hour course Writing what you know, or the 12-hour course Start writing fiction.

The OU also offers the modules Creative Writing and Advanced Creative Writing, a BA (Honours) English Literature and Creative Writing, and an MA in Creative Writing.