The Northern School of Writing will be hosting the first Salford Literacy Symposium on June 30 2025. The Symposium is a free, catered, one day event, bringing together artists, school teachers, academics and community organizers to inspire the city to meet urgent challenges to rates of literacy and reading for pleasure. Speakers and panels will […]
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 […]
The Orwell Society organises an annual short story competition for current students (both BA and MA) at British universities. They are look for dystopian narratives of 3,000 words and entry to the competition is free. The winner will receive £750 and the winning entry will be published in the Society’s Journal. The runner up will […]
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 […]
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 […]