English Language expert Dr Hazel Price talked to The Guardian this week about the rise of therapy speak in contemporary culture. In the article, Hazel interprets the rise of therapy-speak in today’s culture and suggests that it is used as a legitimizing strategy. “I think we feel that if we have a specialist term for […]
Professor Caroline Magennis will be talking to audiences at The Seamus Heaney Centre about her non-fiction book Harpy. In this timely and thoughtful book, Caroline looks beyond the often-divisive conversation around women who choose to be childfree and offers an alternative message of hope and celebration. With humour and intelligence, she explores why motherhood isn’t […]
Cōnfingō is recruiting three emerging writers for a new book, Brutalist Ghost Stories. This is an anthology of short, uncanny fiction. We have commissioned 13 stories – each of which is set in or inspired by a UK brutalist landmark – from professional authors. Three additional stories will be commissioned from three emerging writers, one […]
House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce they are hosting the Feminist Book Club with Northern School of Writing facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In November, they will be discussing A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux. Tickets to the event are […]
University of Salford Alumna and lecturer Dr Vashti Suwa Gbolagun and University of Salford student Ume Kalsoom have helped The People’s History Museum celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid movement in a public zine making workshop run at the museum this autumn. Run in collaboration with Southern Voices, a network of people committed to bringing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]