Being shortlisted for #WriteNow back in 2018 was bit of a game changer for me in terms of confidence and craft etc. Six years later I’m now a Penguin author. Apply if you can! 🐧

Tonight! our graduate returns to lancaster to headline at Wordarium. See you there!

The first article of our special issue on Humphry Davy's Notebooks has been published in the Notes and Records of the Royal Society: royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/RSZVT9A…

Bargain alert! If you like your police procedurals on the Whitstable Pearl/The Last Detective/Midsomer Murders end of the crime fiction spectrum, please give Her Deadly Friend a whirl.

What a wonderful trip our staff and MA students had in Lausanne. There was snow. There was sunshine and swimming. There was medieval literature in stunning locations.

You can still watch The Lancaster Environment Lecture by Caroline Lucas tomorrow online. Get your ticket via Lancaster Litfest

Do you love Emily Dickinson? Then you will love this event celebrating her writing and life!

Congratulations to our Visiting Professor Paul Muldoon on the publication of his 15th poetry collection, Joy in Service on Rue Tagore.

Just published in the UK by Faber Books

There is nothing more haunting and beautiful than the sound of a curlew over mudflats or moors. Help support these iconic birds by buying this gorgeous new anthology edited by our PhD graduate and brilliant writer, Karen Lloyd.

Watch the announcements of this year's winners and get to hear from our novelist and lecturer Okechukwu Nzelu and other fantastic writers based in the North.

Join us at ‘The Welsh Connection’ at #WoWFEST24 , as we celebrate Welsh writing talent with writer Manon Steffan Ros, poet Gareth Twamley and TikTok star Iwan as our fabulous host! May 4th at 7:30PM at Toxteth TV tinyurl.com/ybyvccyk

Over at Edge Hill University there is this fantastic writing event next week with readings from Edge Hill Prize winner Saba Sams, Ailsa Cox Carys Bray and more great writers! edgehill.ac.uk/event/fiction-…

Brrrrr chilly!

Catching up with our MA study trip.

Calling all teachers! Book now for this fascinating CPD day on 8th May, looking at culture and protest. Organised by us, English Literature and Creative Writing LancasterUniHistory. Come and talk to our expert researchers about human rights, protest poetry and cultural theory. trybooking.com/uk/events/land…

We are very excited about Dr Betty Doyle s return home! She is running a workshop and headlining this month's The Wordarium on the 24th April. Betty studied her BA and MA with us, and has already published her first collection and completed her PhD. What a star! ✨✨💕💕

Ok. I'm getting jealous now of this wonderful trip. Stay tuned for daily updates!

Let's follow our MA students and staff on their trip to Lausanne where medieval literature is brought to life on location!

UG students, want to read your critical/critical-creative work in our annual UG seminar? In the gorgeous castle suite, you can share up to 15 mins of work. Email your essay to [email protected]

Loving the write up by Lancaster University on Oliver K. Langmead 's new novel Calypso.
Research into space flight has resulted in a new novel described as a ‘ground-breaking, mind-bending and wildly imaginative epic verse revolution in science fiction

lancaster.ac.uk/news/a-brave-n…