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Category Archives: Creative Writing
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
Judging Milton Keynes LitFest’s Poetry Competition
In recent months, several members of our Creative Writing team have been collaborating with our local bookish friends at Milton Keynes Literary Festival. On Saturday 15th April, lecturer Lania Knight interviewed fellow novelist and life writer Kit de Waal about … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborations, Creative Writing, News, Public engagement, Research
Tagged Bridport Prize, Centre for New Writing at University of Manchester, creative writing, Daffodils, ekphrasis, Exit Strategy: Ekphrasis through the lens of the abstract and the formless, Eyewear, Full Sight of Her, Jane Yeh, John Pollard Prize, Kit de Waal, Lania Knight, Milton Keynes Literary Festival, MinK2023, MKLitFest, Night Mail, Norman Nicholson, PhD in creative writing, Siobhan Campbell, Sylvia Plath, W.H. Auden, William Wordsworth, Windscale
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Creative Writing MA Scholarship: Deadline 29 July 2022
Here at the Open University, we have recently launched a Creative Writing scholarship for our masters degree programme. These scholarships are aimed at low-income UK residents from Black backgrounds, and 16 students will be funded over the next 5 years. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beir Bua Press, Black backgrounds, Creative Writing masters degree, Currock Press, Daughters of Thyme, Fractal Poems, From Fibs to Fractals: exploring mathematical forms in poetry, Hinterland, Hippocrates Prize Anthology, I hate to be the one to tell you, International Book & Pamphlet Competition, Jane Keenan, Judge Romalyn Ante, Learning from the Body’, low-income, Marian Christie, One Hand Clapping, Open University, Oulipo, Penteract Press, Poetry and Covid, scholarships, Spelt, Strix, Sue Brice, Sue Butler, Tally Sheet, The North, Viv Longley, Yaffle press, Zoë Walkingon
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Memoir and Motherhood
Meghan Flaherty, Associate Lecturer on A215, has recently been awarded a Scottish Book Trust Ignite Fellowship. The fellowship offers talented professional authors practical and financial support for exploring new avenues or making new breakthroughs. Meghan will be working on her … Continue reading
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Tagged A215, Associate Lecturer, Best American Essays, Catapult.com, Columbia University, creative writing, Ignite Fellowship, Meghan Flaherty, Meghan Maguire, New York Times, O, Ode to Gray, Open University, Parents, Psychology Today, Scottish Book Trust, Tango Lessons, The Iowa Review, The Oprah Magazine, The Paris Review, University of Glasgow
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Narrative Imperialism and Writing Home: A conversation between Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, a new PhD student, and Sarah Butler, a recent graduate
Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone has just embarked on a PhD in creative writing funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership. We put her in touch with Sarah Butler, who was recently awarded her own PhD in creative writing, … Continue reading →