‘Sometimes I lose myself in the momentum of my own hands.’ Poetry by Bebe Ashley, winner of the Ivan Juritz Prize 2023. granta.com/harbour-doubts/

We are delighted to announce that applications for the 2024 Ivan Juritz Prize are now open! Postgraduates from throughout Europe are invited to submit until 31 March 2024. ivanjuritzprize.co.uk

A winner in each category - Text, Sound, Visual Arts - will be awarded £1000 and a two-week residency in Italy with Mahler & LeWitt Studios. For full details about the prize and how to submit, see our website

🎧 This Saturday at 8 pm on BBC Radio 4 Prof Lara Feigel (King's English) will explore the life of writer Doris Lessing on the tenth anniversary of her death through the lens of her most pioneering work, The Golden Notebook. 🔗 Tune in using this link ⤵️ loom.ly/5HKoKd4

My Doris Lessing programme is on today at 8pm! It’s a v personal take - with wonderful archival footage and interviews with Lisa Appignanesi Lauren Oyler Stephen Bush Melissa Benn Deborah Levy, Susie Orbach, Nikita Lalwani and King's English MA students bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This was a wonderful portrait of the great Lessing! Now BBC iPlayer

‘I am interested only in stretching myself, in living as fully as I can.’ Don’t miss ⁦Lara Feigel⁩ on #DorisLessing’s life and influence viewed through the prism of her ground-breaking ‘The Golden Notebook’ ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩ ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

My Doris Lessing programme is now on Sounds. It’s a v personal take - with wonderful archival footage and interviews with Lisa Appignanesi Lauren Oyler Stephen Bush Melissa Benn Deborah Levy, Susie Orbach susie orbach Maggie Gee and others bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Was so great that our Lessing show was pick of the week for R4 - thank you Felix White - the programme itself is still on sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Just over 3 weeks left to submit for the Ivan Juritz Prize 2024! £1000 prize for each category of Text, Sound and Visual Arts & a two week residency in Italy. Deadline 31 March 2024. For more info on what is on offer and how to apply, see: ivanjuritzprize.co.uk/rules-entry/

This is fun! In which Dan Hartland takes my book as a model for rather fascinating personal critical flights of his own…

'It’s an American energy – expansive, new, full of power, pleasure, change and motion; a frontier energy, even when she’s writing about New York. We can hear Whitman behind her, and Emerson.' I think through Maggie Nelson (again!) reviewing Like Love theguardian.com/books/article/…

'By tangling explicitly with reality across mediums she pushes autofiction to new limits, revealing how good this genre is at questioning reality. How can the narrator make her own peculiarities part of a lived life?' I fell for Miranda July. theguardian.com/books/article/…

I reviewed Julia Armfield 's incandescent, v moving, v watery new novel, which finds a way to imagine climate crisis without being apocalyptic (and is a v clever take on Lear)

These will be brilliant!

In our non-fiction course with Lara Feigel students will explore how to develop an initial idea into a story; how to craft scenes & characters using the techniques of the novel; & how to develop a voice both as a memoirist & a storyteller. Book now: writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-cou…

In our winter non-fiction #writing course Lara Feigel will help you identify and tell your story, cover writing history, biography and memoir, and going from how to start your story to how to present it in a book proposal. Join us 5th Nov-3rd Dec: writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-cou…

Is there a story you’d love to tell? Join award-winning writer Lara Feigel on 5th Nov-3rd Dec to delve into essential elements of the writing craft, & get insight into the non-fiction book market and what makes a book proposal stand out. Book now: writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-cou…

Starting soon!

Are you a non-fiction writer? Then don't miss your last chance to sign up for this online course with Lara Feigel who will delve into #writing history, biography & memoir, covering voice, idea development, scene & character as you tell your story. Book: writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-cou…