City Writing

If you're interested in studying Creative Writing in central London from this Autumn, check out the MA programme at @CityUniLondon, based in Clerkenwell. A through-designed degree with options to focus on Fiction, Genre Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction. city.ac.uk/prospective-st…

More info as well on the course webpages. MA: city.ac.uk/prospective-st… MFA: city.ac.uk/prospective-st… The excellent teaching staff include @RebTamas, @jessicacandrews, Deepa Anappara, Joe Thomas and @Tiny_Camels.

Applications are still open for the MA/MFA Creative Writing at @CityUniLondon in trendy Clerkenwell: a through-designed Creative Writing degree that lets you focus on fiction, genre fiction or creative non-fiction (memoir, life-writing etc) Find out more: youtu.be/Dwaq_1_1Ij4

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Reminder of this fantastic free online Creative Writing MA taster session taking place Monday 12th June, 5-6pm @RebTamas looks at Maggie Nelson’s genre-defying memoir The Argonauts and asks what we can learn from it as creative non-fiction writers. city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

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ii) Monday 12th June, 5-6pm: a free online taster seminar. @RebTamas looks at Maggie Nelson’s genre-defying memoir The Argonauts. What can we learn from Nelson, plus explore your own creative influences, and the ways they might feed into your writing... city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Two events for anyone interested in studying Creative Writing at postgraduate level at @CityUniLondon in Clerkenwell: i) This Weds 7th June, 5.30-7.30pm: Open Evening. Come hear about our MA/MFA Creative Writing courses and see if they're right for you: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

If you're interested in studying Creative Writing in London, come along to @CityUniLondon's Open Evening on Weds 7th June to hear about our MA and MFA programmes. Brilliantly designed courses open to fiction, genre fiction and creative non-fiction writers. city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

This Thursday 18th May come and hear the Poet Laureate of Barbados, Esther Phillips at @CityUniLondon in Clerkenwell read and discuss her poetry, as well as issues such as slavery, migration and island life. Free event, 6pm. Sign up here: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

A reminder that next week we have the Poet Laureate of Barbados, Esther Phillips, coming to @CityUniLondon for a poetry reading and discussion around issues such as slavery, migration and island life. Thursday 18 May, 6pm. Reserve your free place here: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

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We're hugely honoured and excited to be welcoming to @CityUniLondon Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados, in conversation with readings on slavery, migration and island life. Thursday 18 May, 6pm. Reserve your free place here: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

If you're interested in what our versatile and thorough MA/MFA Creative Writing programmes can offer you, why not come along to this virtual 'open day' event next Wednesday 26th April to find out... city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

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We also have a free online 'taster session' for the MA/MFA Creative Writing next month: Senior Lecturer Jonathan Gibbs giving a seminar on submerged plot structures in the novels of Sally Rooney: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

If you're interested in studying on our excellent MA/MFA Creative Writing at City, University of London in the heart of Clerkenwell, then do come along to tomorrow's on-campus open evening: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Interested in studying an MA or MFA Creative Writing in London's cool Clerkenwell at @CityUniLondon? Come along to today's online 'open evening' from 5pm where we'll talk you through what's on offer in our innovative suite of degrees. Details: city.ac.uk/prospective-st…