Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences News

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»

Paul Farley Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize 2012

Date: 24 October 2012

​A book called 'The Dark Film' by Lancaster University poet Professor Paul Farley has been shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry ... Read more»

Department of English and Creative Writing Welcomes Zoe Lambert

Date: 19 October 2012

The Department of English and Creative Writing are pleased to announce that Dr Zoe Lambert will be joining us as a Lecturer in Creative Writing in Jan ... Read more»

Danny Boyle on Paul Farley's 'A Poem for the Queen'

Date: 19 October 2012

In an interview with the Manchester Evening News, the film director Danny Boyle talks about Royal reading habits and reveals that Paul Farley's 'A Poe ... Read more»

Honour for Lancaster Poet

Date: 24 September 2012

Professor Paul Farley (English and Creative Writing) has been included in a new piece of civic architecture in Liverpool that gathers togeth ... Read more»

Postgraduate Student Wins Raymond Williams Society Essay Prize

Date: 24 September 2012

Chris Witter, a research student with the Department of English and Creative Writing, has won the 2012 Raymond Williams Society Postgraduate Ess ... Read more»

Lancaster Lifest - October 2012

Date: 17 September 2012

The programme for this autumn's Lancaster Literature Festival has just been released, and we're pleased to announce that several current ... Read more»

Lancaster Writing Programme student Catriona Child publishes debut novel: Trackman

Date: 14 September 2012

Catriona Child gained a Distinction in the Lancaster University Distance Learning MA in Creative Writing in 2010. Her portfolio contained the openin ... Read more»

Lancaster Writing Programme student Sophie Duffy publishes second novel: This Holey Life

Date: 14 September 2012

Sophie Duffy, a former Lancaster Writing Programme student, has recently publisher her second novel. This Holey Life tells the story ... Read more»