Events and news
NEW! (posted Jan.20, 2012)
Write Northwest Creative Writing Competition
Send us your stories, memoirs and poems inspired by your experiences of the Northwest of England. Interpret the theme of ‘Northwest’ in any way you choose. Entrants do not have to be living in the region at the time of writing, but the judges will be looking for a distinctive ‘Northwest’ flavour to the work.
We are delighted to have Zahid Hussain, author of The Curry Mile, as our head judge.
Deadline March 9, 2012. Click here for the competition rules and details of how to enter.
Archive of previous events:
Poetry Reading by W N Herbert, Chapman Gallery, Tuesday 16 February 2010, 1-2pm
The brilliant, vibrant, award-winning poet W N Herbert is reading from his poetry, written in both English and Scots in the Chapman Gallery, 1-2 pm on Tuesday 16 February, as part of this semester’s Vital Signs programme. He also lectures in creative writing at Newcastle University and lives at the top of a converted lighthouse along the Northumbrian coast.
All are welcome.
Visit by Alex Chisholm, the Literary Manager of the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Friday 16th October, 2009
Alex Chisholm, the Literary Manager of the West Yorkshire Playhouse, will be coming in to Salford University to do a Q&A session from 1-2pm, which is open to all students and staff. The West Yorkshire Playhouse is one of the region’s leading new writing theatres, and regularly runs programmes including the “So You Want To Be A Writer?” programme for emerging writers and the Northern Exposure festival of new writing. The Q&A session will be in Peel 203 from 1-2pm, is open to all and is the second in ESPACH new series of drama workshops. For further information, please email Lecturer in Creative Writing Jennifer Tuckett at J.Tuckett@salford.ac.uk.
Visit by Katherine Beacon, Head of the BBC Writersroom North, October 1st, 2009
On October 1st, Head of the BBC Writersroom North, Katherine Beacon, will be coming in to Salford University to talk to students and staff about new writing at the BBC and to offer a Q&A session. The event will take place at 1-2pm in Peel 103 and is open to all and is the first in a new series of drama workshops taking place this year as part of ESPACH's Vital Signs visiting writers series. For further information, please contact Lecturer in Creative Writing Jennifer Tuckett or simply turn up for the workshop.