🎥Siobhán Campbell (Siobhan Campbell) performs "When All This Is Over" in The Irish Cultural Centre's film poem series with Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, thanks to Seren Books. OU Arts & Social Sciences The OU in Northern Ireland Irish Literary Society. Watch: "When all this is over" m.youtube.com/watch?v=is7MXB…

I’ll be there. Will you?

- Four Chancellors and A Funeral with @RussInCheshire, author of #thedecadeinttory - Thinking and Writing Short and Long: exploring #flashfiction #shortstories #novellas + #novels with Naomi Wood Catherine Menon Irenosen Okojie Emma Claire Sweeney Tickets mklitfest.org/online-events-…

Some ideas work best as flashes, others as short stories, novellas or novels. How to decide? Sat 6 April, we ask writers known for both shorter and longer works. Join them in #MiltonKeynes Central Library or online. Tickets: mklitfest.org/thinking-writi… Open University English & Creative Writing #creativewriting

Thank you to our friends at Pooleyville for publishing this tremendous history of all we do. MK Lit Fest: seven fabulous years of books, words, writers and ideas! - The City Mag for Milton Keynes—pooleyville.city/articles/mk-li… #miltonkeynes #books #literature #reading

There are still a few remaining spaces in the Workshops for Writers this Friday! Whether you're drawn to memoir or fiction, now is the perfect time to hone your skills alongside talented writers Julia Bell and Leigh Russell. Grab your tickets at: mklitfest.org/events-for-wri…

Delighted to be able to show you the new UK version of Jane Austen, the Secret Radical! Available this July, with a foreword by one of the loveliest of Janeites, Gill Hornby Design is by anna morrison who also did the stunning UK The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens cover.

“In some ways I am back to where I was when I first returned to London from Venezuela in December 1979 with a suitcase full of unpublished manuscripts” I wrote about Lisa St Aubin de Terán's sixth memoir & extraordinary life in this week's The TLS the-tls.co.uk/articles/bette…

After a fantastic opening night at MK Lit Fest, excitement is still building for what’s to come! There are still spots available for Julia Bell’s ‘Structuring Life’ workshop and Leigh Russell’s ‘Finding the Plot’ workshop! Secure your tickets today at mklitfest.org/events-for-wri…

Guys if your kids are too much this Easter holiday then help is on the way with this host of charmingly toxic mothers! 💧This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things is OUT TODAY 💧

Join us in person or you can watch online - pick your preferred ticket at checkout! Open University English & Creative Writing OU Arts & Social Sciences Catherine Menon Naomi Wood Irenosen Okojie Emma Claire Sweeney MK Libraries

Open University English & Creative Writing OU Arts & Social Sciences An absolute pleasure, and thank you to Open University English & Creative Writing and all your authors (Naomi Wood Catherine Menon Irenosen Okojie Emma Claire Sweeney and #edwardhogan) such a rich and thoughtful session!

A new Open University/BBC co-production series to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in northern France – #DDay: The Unheard Tapes continues this evening at 9pm on BBC Two. More on this fascinating series: ounews.co/around-ou/tv-r…

OU academic Dr Bethan Michael-Fox’s podcast @thedeathpodcast is featured in @theguardian ‘best podcasts about death’ list – check it out to learn more about the academic field of Death Studies Dr Bethan Michael-Fox OU Arts & Social Sciences theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/a…

Enjoying the BBC Proms? Check out the 5 book choices of Jo Reardon, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing The Open University. From classical and opera to jazz and folk, these intensely human stories are woven around the music that forms them: shorturl.at/hwhxg OU Arts & Social Sciences

Tonight! :Birkbeck, University of London's Julia Bell & Philip Seargeant of OU Arts & Social Sciences 7.30pm-8.30pm. Online. £WhatYouCan.

To nab one of the final remaining places on Jonathan Ruppin Paris writing retreat & workshop (ruppinagency.com/paris/), email us at [email protected] and quote Paris100 to get your £100 discount. Hear us talk about it World Radio Paris : open.spotify.com/episode/6vMEJs…

We've just announced a £1 online masterclass with the Open University and The Ruppin Agency to present an evening of advice, insight and practical exercises from editors and authors. Open University English & Creative Writing Book your place: tinyurl.com/mr4afj4a

What a privilege to get to call this work. Please do join Author Sigrid Nunez and me online on Friday 7 November at 8pm (UK time). Secure your free spot here: mklitfest.org/sigridnunez

🙏Help us reach eligible writers by sharing this post🌍. Entries now open for the 2025 Working-Class Writers' Prize, with a 5-day, all-expenses-paid stay at our Jonathan Ruppin Little Goat Barn writing retreat included. Deadline 1 December 2025⏰bit.ly/4nufdqL