Yes! Our famous Open Mic Night is back at Low Four on Deansgate in Manchester City Centre, starting at 19.30 on Thursday October 17th 2024. A collaboration between students studying music and students from the English subject area at the University of Salford, the night is open to University of Salford student audiences. Mic spots […]
November 29, 9am – Online. Isabelle Kenyon, author and award winning publisher of Fly On the Wall Press will be visiting students this trimester to discuss her journey from student to publishing director of 2023’s British Book Awards Small Publisher of the year. Fly on The Wall have published over thirty titles and Isabelle’s first […]
Northern School of Writing Lecturer Dr Caroline Magennis will be interviewing award-winning novelist Azako Yuzuki at The Manchester Literature Festival on Monday October 7th at 7.00pm at Waterstones Deansgate. Yuzuki’s novel Butter, has been an international bestseller and tells the story of a woman accused of luring men with her cooking and then killing them.
NSW students and alumni – you are warmly invited to attend the UK launches of three books by English language and Literature lecturers Jack Wilson, Matthew Whittle and Jade Munslow Ong, and Judy Kendall on Thursday 19 September 6.30-9.00pm. This is a great opportunity to get to know your tutors and their work or just check […]
English Literature graduate Naqqash Khalid has received rave reviews for his debut feature film, out in UK cinemas on September 13th 2024. Naqqash wrote and directed the feature, which found funding from BBC Films and The BFI. Naqqash has also been commissioned to write a 4 part series for Sky.
Northern School of Writing Professor Jackie Kay will be the subject of BBC documentary series In My Own Words. The series has chosen some of the most culturally influential writers of the past decade for its new season. The shows producers said: “The extraordinary personal story of the former Scots Makar and one of Britain’s […]
The prestigious Poetry Book Society have singled out Kate Feld’s new Poetry book in their 2024 Autumn review: “This innovative pamphlet, interspersing prose poems with Feld’s own nature photography, explores the connection we share with each other and the world around us. The scattered images strengthen our mind’s focus on Feld’s narrative and setting.” Kate […]
Northern School of Writing novelist and Creative Writing Multidisicpline Programme Leader David Savill has hit 68’000 views for his 2024 TEDx talk on the importance of learning to read and write in the age of AI. In his talk David suggests AI will never truly write for us, and explores the political importance of learning […]
Northern school of Writing writer and Reader in English Literature Caroline Magennis, will be appearing at The Cheltenham Literary Festival on October 24th, following the success of hardback sales and a UK book tour for Harpy, her non-fiction exploration of life for childfree women.