Category Archives: Research

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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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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A little literary tourism: in search of Hilary Mantel

Posted on 4th March 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Shafquat Towheed, Senior Lecturer in English Hilary Mantel has been lauded for reviving the fortunes of the historical novel in English, for being the first woman writer to have won the Booker Prize twice (2009, 2012), and for selling over … Continue reading →

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George Eliot’s Piano

Posted on 21st November 2019 by Sally O'Reilly

Dr Delia da Sousa Correa, Senior Lecturer in English 22nd November 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans. Appropriately 22nd November is St Cecilia’s day, in honour of the patron saint … Continue reading →

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‘The Antipodes’ by Annie Baker at the National Theatre

Posted on 13th November 2019 by Sally O'Reilly

Alistair Daniel, PhD student and Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing In his monumental study, The Seven Basic Plots, Christopher Booker identified the seven types of story that, he argued, recur time and again, in everything from fairy tales to Hollywood blockbusters. … Continue reading →

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