Calling all students across the Northern School of Writing! Do you want to meet students from Film, TV, Dance, Music and more? Do you want to meet like-minded creatives to start a collaborative relationship? Have you got ideas for stories, visual arts, video games, TV or stage that are just burning to be made? Or […]
Ella Glover, a freelance journalist who has written for Metro, The Guardian, VICE, and Dazed, amongst other publications will return to The University of Salford on November 4th to talk to students. Ella will discuss her career in journalism, giving practical tips for students interested in pursuing journalism after their degree. Interested students can join find out the details of Ella’s […]
The Leanne Bridgewater Award for Innovation and Experiment is an annual prize, now in its fifth year, started in memory of University fo Salford alumnus Leanne Bridgewater (1989-2019) who studied on the Masters in Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment in 2012-13. It is granted each year to a high-achieving student who most embodies Leanne’s adventurous […]
Radical Readings, returns on Sunday 24th November at 2PM at Maxwell Hall in Salford. This year’s theme, The Conditions of the Working Class, will feature a rousing mix of old and contemporary readings performed by Maxine Peake, Christine Bottomley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Jennifer Reid and Oliver Lomax with musical performances by The Tenementals and Manchester Radical […]
MSc Games and Extended Realities lecturer Emma Nuttall and MA Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment graduate Dan Lovatt join eight other creatives for their annual writing programme which supports emerging filmmakers in the North of England and helps them to develop a short film from an early-stage idea to a completed script in only five months. Each […]
Join us for an exciting Game Jam event where students collaborate to create games from scratch in just a few days! Students will be placed in teams including creative writers, musicians, and video game programmers. Whether you’re into design, programming, art/animation, storytelling or music/sound design, this is your chance to team up, showcase your skills, […]
Biographer Jasper Rees will be in conversation with Northern School scholar Dr Emma Barnes on October 17th at the University of Salford, New Adelphi Theatre 19.30-21.00. The beloved writer and comedian from Bury has left a legacy inspiring writers from the North and our audience will be treated to rich and compelling insights into her […]
October is the month of the Manchester Festival Of Literature. Check out the Festival Events Site for information about authors and events at the festival, including those events hosted by Northern School Writers Caroline Magennis and Kate Feld, and the appearance of our own Jackie Kay. There are events covering all kinds of literature with […]
Northern Writing School writer Kate Feld will be hosting speakers at The Northern Publishers Fair this October 5th at Manchester Central Library. Speakers include Tawseef Khan, whose blistering novel of the Asylum experience ‘Determination’ was launched to universal critical praise this year, and Laura Fish, whose novel Strange Fish was Orange Prize nominated.
Toxic, an award-winning play written and directed by recent Northern School graduate Dan Lovatt, will be performed at The Bolton Octogon Theatre on Saturday October 19th and tour to Manchester’s Edge Theatre on November 21st 2024. The play was described by reviewers as ‘a perfect blend of pathos and humour’, and a story that ‘keeps […]