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Ray Robinson rejoins the Department of English and Creative Writing
Date: 1 March 2013
The Royal Literary Fund Fellowship scheme brings published writers into universities to help students from all disciplines with their academic wri ... Read more»
Jenn Ashworth at Newnham College Literary Archive Event
Date: 25 February 2013
Jenn Ashworth from the Lancaster Writing Programme (Department of English and Creative Writing) has been invited to speak with Patricia Dunker a ... Read more»
Paul Farley on BBC Radio 4
Date: 25 February 2013
The Echo Chamber is s a new programme on BBC Radio 4, introduced by Paul Farley and featuring the best of poetry now. The first in the series looks at ... Read more»
The Missing Slate
Date: 22 February 2013
The Missing Slate, an arts and literary journal founded by Lancaster graduate Maryam Piracha (Creative Writing MA, 2011), has celebrated Interna ... Read more»
Final Year Undergraduate Student is a Published Children's Author
Date: 18 February 2013
Beth Cortese, a final year undergraduate studying for a degree in English Literature with Creative Writing, has recently had her book for children ... Read more»
Second-Year Student's Stage Production of 'The Canterbury Tales'
Date: 15 February 2013
''Tell me, have you ever heard a tale To chill the bones and flatten the ale?' 'The Canterbury Tales' is a new adaptation for the stage by se ... Read more»
A strong start for the Lancaster Writing Awards
Date: 5 February 2013
The first Lancaster Writing Awards for Poetry, Prose and Criticism have now closed to entries. With 120 entries from Year 12 students across the UK, t ... Read more»
Creative Writing MA Student longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize 2012
Date: 4 February 2013
Lancaster Creative Writing MA student Janet Lees and photographer/videographer Rooney have had a collaborative piece longlisted for the Aesthetica A ... Read more»
Pathways to Imapct - Funding Successes
Date: 29 January 2013
We are pleased to announce that two funding applications to the University-wide 'Pathways to Impact' scheme have each been awarded £4,00 Youn ... Read more»
Wordsworth Trust in Residence - Exhibition Opening
Date: 21 January 2013
The Department of English and Creative Writing is pleased to announce that, as part of the University's special agreement with the Wordsworth Trus ... Read more»
Jenn Ashworth on BBC Breakfast
Date: 14 January 2013
Jenn Ashworth will be appearing on BBC 1 Breakfast tomorrow (15th January), talking about 'The Friday Gospels'. ... Read more»
Undergraduate's Appointment at Buckingham Palace
Date: 11 January 2013
Congratulations to Sarah Kinley, a first year English with Creative Writing student who will be visiting Buckingham Palace on 15th January 2013 to col ... Read more»
Jenn Ashworth on BBC's 'Front Row'
Date: 11 January 2013
Jenn Ashworth will be speaking about her new novel, The Friday Gospels, in an interview with Mark Lawson for BBC Radio 4's 'Front Row', to be broadcas ... Read more»
Martha Sprackland
Date: 4 January 2013
The Department is very pleased to congratulate Martha Sprackland on her appointment as Assistant Poetry Editor at Faber. Martha read for both he ... Read more»
Prof Simon Bainbridge on BBC Radio 3
Date: 14 December 2012
Professor Simon Bainbridge travels to Paris and Waterloo to trace the footsteps of Napoleon's literary pilgrims and decriers - this Sunday night on BB ... Read more»
Visit by Paul Muldoon
Date: 11 December 2012
We are delighted to announce that on May 7-8th 2013 the poet Paul Muldoon, winner of a Pulizter Prize for Poetry, former Oxford Professor of Poe ... Read more»
Dr Polly Atkin wins Mslexia Poetry Pamplhlet Prize
Date: 4 December 2012
Congratulations to Dr Polly Atkin, one of our Associate Lecturers and a former PhD student, who has just won the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition w ... Read more»
Sara Maitalnd: 'Gossip from the Forest'
Date: 5 November 2012
Sara Maitland's http://www.saramaitland.com/Home.html new book,Gossip from the Forest will be published by Grantain November 2012. In honour of the ... Read more»
Associate Lecturer Gets Post at Soran University
Date: 29 October 2012
Muli Amaye, one of our Associate Lecturers in Creative Writing has just accepted a lecturing position at Soran University, in Kurdistan, North Iraq. ... Read more»
Creative Writing Alumnus Publishes First Novel
Date: 29 October 2012
Richard Mason, a graduate of the Lancaster Writing Programme at the Department for English and Creative Writing, is to publish his first novel. ... Read more»
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