Creative Writing at Leicester

There are still places on our acclaimed MA Creative Writing for this Autumn. Info and apply here: le.ac.uk/courses/creati… @crystalclearjt @uniofleicester @NaweWriters @leicwritersclub @writingwestmids @WritingEM @WordFactoryUK @bbcwritersroom @KitdeWaal @UoLDWL @UoLEnglish

Thanks so much to Paul Taylor-McCartney for such a generous review of my collection Brilliant Blue. 😁

There are still places available for this Autumn on our acclaimed MA Creative Writing @uniofleicester Info & apply here: le.ac.uk/courses/creati… @KitdeWaal @litleics @NaweWriters @LeicesterCSSAH @leicwritersclub @LeicesterWrites @WritingEM @UoLEnglish @UoLDWL @EverybodyReview

Thanks to the wonderful @cwaleicester for featuring my novel on their blog. 'The Orange Notebooks' is published by the excellent @Ofmooseandmen (UK) & Assembly Press (North America), it's a story about reclaiming the lost language of mourning, bees & love. Read an extract here:

This Saturday: I'll be writer in residence in Trentham Library @SoTLibraries from 10am-4pm. Please do come along if you're in the area! Details here: lisablower.co.uk/6x6-micro-resi… @lisablowerwrite @stokeontrent100 @BennettSoc @cwaleicester @UoLEnglish @uniofleicester @NaweWriters

New review on Everybody's Reviewing by Christine Hammond of "A Dress with Deep Pockets" by Jen Feroze @jenlareine everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/07/review… @PoetrySociety @crystalclearjt @cwaleicester

Featured today on Creative Writing at Leicester: the brilliant author @crossmansusanna and her new novel "The Orange Notebooks." Read about the book and an excerpt here: …eativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/07/susann… @crystalclearjt @EverybodyReview @Ofmooseandmen @UoLEnglish @uniofleicester

New review on Everybody's Reviewing by @traceyfoster77 of "Spring Cannot Be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy" by @MartinGayford everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/07/review… @thamesandhudson @crystalclearjt @cwaleicester @UoLEnglish

We're grateful for two excellent new reviews of Richie McCaffery's new pamphlet Skail. Matthew Stewart: 'a significant landmark.' roguestrands.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-un… Julie Garner: 'compassion and humour.' everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/07/review… To buy this excellent pamphlet: newwalkmagazine.bigcartel.com

Featured today on Creative Writing at Leicester: wonderful poet James Nash and his new collection "Notes of Your Music" from @ValleyPress Read 3 beautiful poems from the book here: …eativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/07/james-… @EverybodyReview @crystalclearjt @PoetrySociety @NaweWriters

New review on Everybody's Reviewing by Paul Taylor-McCartney of "Brilliant Blue" by @KarenStevens01 everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/07/review… @crystalclearjt @cwaleicester @BarbicanPress1 @NaweWriters @WordFactoryUK

New review on Everybody's Reviewing by @Jayemgardner of "Skail" by @MccafferyRichie everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/07/review… @newwalkmagazine @RoryWaterman @litleics @PoetrySociety @NottmCityOfLit @FiveLeavesBooks

Featured today on Creative Writing at Leicester: the brilliant @KarenStevens01 and her new collection of short stories "Brilliant Blue" (which is brilliant BTW): …eativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/07/karen-… @BarbicanPress1 @crystalclearjt @EverybodyReview @chiuni @NaweWriters

New review on Everybody's Reviewing by @Jayemgardner of "The Stories in Between" by Teresa Forrest everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/06/review… @FiveLeavesBooks @FiveLeavesPub @NottmCityOfLit @PoetrySociety @crystalclearjt @cwaleicester

Thank you so much to the brilliant Matthew Paul for this lovely review of "Scablands and Other Stories" @saltpublishing matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/06/26/may… @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview @jenhemery

My poem, "Mahler in 1911," is in the new edition of The Creative Process here: creativeprocess.info/cardona2/jonat… Thank you to the wonderful @HeleneCardona ! ❤️ @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview

Lovely notice about "A Physical Education" @GoldsmithsPress in the new issue of @SeventhQuarry Magazine. Thanks so much to @PeterThabitjone ! @EverybodyReview @cwaleicester @NaweWriters

New review on Everybody's Reviewing by Nina Walker of "sum of her PARTS" by @laurabesley everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/07/review… @vpresspoetry @crystalclearjt @cwaleicester @UoLEnglish @litleics @doctoralcollege

During July and August 2022 Leicester Writers' Club opens for Guests. Hybrid meetings: attend in person or via Zoom. Thursdays 7-9pm. leicesterwritersclub.com/2025/06/15/sum…

You can read the winning entry of our Student Book Review Competition by Lee Wright @WrightReads1980 of "On Agoraphobia" by Graham Caveney here: everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/06/review… @EverybodyReview @crystalclearjt @UoLEnglish @UoLDWL @UoLPressOffice @LeicesterCSSAH @WritingEM