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Everything I did wrong…

Caroline Magennis - October 21, 2015

…while hunting for an academic job. For five years I was employed in a variety of (most welcome) short term contracts, and I interviewed the length and breadth of the…

A Telegram from the Unconscious: Martin Amis on Creativity and Style

Geoff Mills - September 22, 2015

Was it simple coincidence, or had Martin Amis heard that I was in town and in need of some high-semantic stimulation? Either way it was with surprise that I discovered…

Cruel Summer

Caroline Magennis - June 24, 2015

‘You get the summer off, right? Go on loads of holidays, yeah?’ I imagine you’ve been asked this once or twice, and you’ve rolled your eyes so hard you pulled…

Creative Writing Studies: The Rise of a New Discipline

Geoff Mills - June 14, 2015

When I became a student of Creative Writing in 2007 the pedagogue within me broke through. I came into contact with good teacher-writers, but as a teacher myself I was…

The day Ray Bradbury died

Maria Seijo-Richart - June 5, 2015

What a difference a day makes? Today is 5th June, 2012. Here you are, at your university, with a gigantic bundle of paper in your arms. You enter the department,…

On Prose Style: Simplicity Versus Sesquipedalianism

Geoff Mills - May 3, 2015

I like my prose thick and porridgy. I like to wade through it. I like it to stick to the inside of my brain. Anything too thin and I rapidly…

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A researcher works at a library

Maria Seijo-Richart - February 1, 2015

At the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a bespectacled Dr. Jones (in suit and bowtie) addresses his students: “The archaeologist work is not a treasure hunting, there…

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“The computer is not working”: being let down by technology

Maria Seijo-Richart - January 17, 2015

I have always hated to rely on technology. Maybe it is because I grew up in a place where computers and electric devices never seemed to work properly, and repairs…

Two New MAs in Town: Creative Writing at Cambridge, Self-publishing at University of Central Lancashire

Geoff Mills - February 25, 2014

I note with interest the arrival of two new MAs in town. The first of these is Cambridge University’s first Master of Studies in Creative Writing, led by the biographer…

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Tangles with the Self: What It Takes To Be a Writer (Part 2)

Geoff Mills - December 28, 2013

At his book launch in 2008, Will Self responded to a question about managing his time as both writer and media personality. Although his answer was brief, he talked about…

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