Category Archives: publishing

Shanta Everington on her new book of life writing

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Shanta Danielle Everington

Trigger warning: this blog contains sensitive information about adoption, surrogacy and egg donation. I am thrilled to be published this month by Routledge with my life writing book, Another Mother Curating and Creating Voices of Adoption, Surrogacy and Egg Donation. … Continue reading →

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Writing for the Ear and the Rise of Audiobooks

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Jules Horne

As a writer with a background in radio, I’m really excited by the rise of audiobooks. The market is growing in double digits each year, and publishers are commissioning audio original fiction. More and more people are listening to books, … Continue reading →

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Tutor Nessa O’Mahony writes about her new crime novel The Branchman

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Nessa O'Mahony

Most people know me as a poet. I’ve been writing poetry since the early 1990s and have been lucky enough to have books published with a fine poetry press, Salmon. But I’ve always been interested in stories. Many of my … Continue reading →

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Crossing art forms – dramatic techniques and fiction writing

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Jules Horne

One especially rewarding aspect of the Open University MA course in Creative Writing is the chance to make a sideways swerve into another writing form. So, for example, poets can try their hands at fiction for a term, and non-fiction … Continue reading →

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Prose Poetry UK

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Mark Simmons

Anne Caldwell writes: ‘I am delighted to announce that I have an Arts Council Award this year to research and edit a new anthology of UK prose poetry. It will be called the ‘Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry’ and … Continue reading →

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Creative writers and copywriting – from Jules Horne

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Mark Simmons

If you’re a recent creative writing graduate and are wondering how to make a living while you finish that novel or script, you may not have considered copywriting. It’s not on the radar of most creative writing students, and yet … Continue reading →

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Bringing a major Irish poet back home – from Nessa O’Mahony

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Mark Simmons

As my co-editor Dr. Siobhán Campbell, one of the Module Team developing curriculum for the new MA in Creative Writing, writes in the introduction to Eavan Boland: Inside History, a new book of essays and poems on the work of … Continue reading →

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Literary writers and the Indie Spirit – from Jules Horne

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Clare Spencer

It’s fair to say the world of publishing is in turmoil. With margins squeezed in commercial publishing, mid-list authors are being dropped, and it’s harder than ever to find a publisher. Writing literary or experimental fiction? Forget it (mostly). I’ve … Continue reading →

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