Writers' Festival 2012 March 28
Workshops in poetry, dramatic writing, building plots and characters, short stories, and firing your imagination will be offered by experienced writers in their fields: Susan Barker, Bob Beagrie; Pat Borthwick; Julia Deakin: Ray French: Anita Ganeri; Neil Hanson and Alison Taft.
The aim of the Writers’ Festival Day is to foster a sense of excitement aboutwriting so that participants will return to their own writing invigorated with arenewed sense of purpose. Writing produced on the day will be included in apublication.
The day will commence with coffee from 10.00am and will comprise the following workshops. Each workshop will last 2 hours and will run once in the morning commencing 10.40am, and once in the afternoon commencing 2.00pm. Lunch may be purchased from the University College dining room or Atrium Café, or participants may bring their own. There will be a programme of lunchtime readings.
Registration is free to Leeds Trinity students and alumni (£10 for external delegates). For any enquiries or to book your place, contact Heather Jones on h.jones@leedstrinity. ac.uk or 0113 2837126.
Download a copy of the brochure here
Debut Collection for English and Writing Student
Final year English and Writing student, James Mcloughlin has recently published his first collection of poems, entitled Encore (Valley Press, 2011). Combining astute observation and flights of imagination, combined with seriousness and a sharp wit, James's debut is already attracting attention. For more details, click here.
New Light in the Medieval Shadows
English lecturer Paul Hardwick's new book, English Medieval Misericords: The Margins of Meaning (Boydell, 2011) focuses on the mysterious carvings beneath medieval choir stalls. hidden away much of the time, they reveal a dazzling array of images, ranging from the sacred to what we may now classify as obscene, taking in comic, dramatic, didactic, realistic and fantastic subjects. Professor Hardwick's book places these images firmly within the devotional and doctrinal contexts of the later Middle Ages, shedding new light on these often enigmatic carvings. For more details, cl
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