Supported by the Being Human Festival, we'll launch WRITING UNDER FIRE, University of Wolverhampton's book with writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in London on Sat 18 May, 7PM.

There will be music, Holobtsi (Ukrainian stuffed cabbage) and performances.

Register here: bit.ly/3U6JkIg

In a month's time, the English Department @ Wolves is hosting a unique & free computational literary studies training school aimed at upskilling colleagues and students across the UK.

We only have a few places left. Apply now.

For more info see: bit.ly/3vcN3vl

I'm on route to run two creative writing sessions with prisoners today for the Novel Perceptions Big Book Review project.

All proceeds will go to Ukrainian writers and readers. Please buy the book and spread the word about the importance of literature and art in times of crisis.

📢 #Literature scholars and #CLS researchers! Come to University of Wolverhampton for a 2-day Training School to discover new perspectives and methods.
🗓️Training School dates: 14-16 May 2024
✍️Registration and more info: wlv.ac.uk/research/resea… Bas Groes @basgroes.bsky.social

Interested in using new technology for literary research?

In collaboration with CLS INFRA | @[email protected] & CLARIN UK
we're staging the UK's first ever Computational Literary Studies Training School.

It's your chance to upskill w/ pioneering scholars.

Details: bit.ly/3vcN3vl

Interested in using new technologies for literary research?

In collaboration with CLS INFRA | @[email protected] & CLARIN UK, Postgrad Research in the Humanities at Wolves stages the UK's first ever Computational Literary Studies Training School.

It's your chance to upskill w/ pioneering scholars.

Details: bit.ly/3vcN3vl

Interested in doing a Masters in English Literature?

Please join our amazing staff to hear about our out-of-the-box MA programme:

👉🏼wlv.ac.uk/courses/ma-eng…

Register here for the Open Day on Wednesday 13 March: join.wlv.ac.uk/form/open-even…

Research Excellence by the Humanities at Wolves!

⌨️⌨️⌨️Next week Friday, 1 March, the (Digital) Humanities are welcoming Dr Lamyk Bekius from Antwerp, Belgium to discuss her fascinating research into understanding the literary mind by analysing keyboard behaviour. ⌨️⌨️⌨️Join us in the George Wallis LT at 1PM 📚📚🖊️🖋️

Below is an important opportunity for writers from the Black Country - it is cultural levelling up - and BBC will train you for free. If you have time do attend this info session. It's a major opportunity for University of Wolverhampton creative writing students to put the region on the map.

As Bas Groes @basgroes.bsky.social says, this is a lovely piece by Disabled PhDStudent on tiktok, about Wolverhampton, and Bas's event at the recent Wolverhampton Literature Festival.
We have both Dr Denise Saul's beautiful poetry, The Room Between Us, and Bas Groes's highly original stroke memoir Right in the Head in stock.

Here's a lovely TikTok that captures what Emma Astra calls 'a great connective experience' - the storytelling after brain trauma even a while ago. And a great write up of the city of Wolverhampton as well! tiktok.com/@disabledphdst…

Yesterday I spent a wonderful afternoon with the Wolverhampton Stroke Support Group doing creative writing exercises- come along today at the Wolves Art Gallery to do more of this stuff. wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/right-i…

The Humanities at University of Wolverhampton now has Digital Humanities unit to inspire research using innovative technologies and resources. Full story here: bit.ly/49evVE4. If interested exploring your ideas with use contact [email protected]. And more exciting news to come soon...

Check out this first, fine podcast episode of our Creative Writers Rob, Kerry & Charley!

On Sunday 4 Feb, we're at the Wolves Lit Fest to do Black Country-based exercises that explore the role of creative writing in rehabilitation after brain trauma. All welcome to this celebration of storytelling's healing power! Book your tickets here: bit.ly/3S3OS5p.

Next week, come and find me at Wolverhampton Literature Festival in this talk and reading about my Poe Girl Publishing book, Ameles / Currents of Unmindfulness
wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/ameles-…