Everything I did wrong…
Caroline Magennis -
…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…
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A Telegram from the Unconscious: Martin Amis on Creativity and Style
Geoff Mills -
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 -
‘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 -
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 -
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 -
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…
A researcher works at a library
Maria Seijo-Richart -
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…
“The computer is not working”: being let down by technology
Maria Seijo-Richart -
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 -
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…
Tangles with the Self: What It Takes To Be a Writer (Part 2)
Geoff Mills -
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…
