by Cathy Hayward | Oct 13, 2023 | Blog, Student books, Uncategorized
This month Lisa Fransson’s debut novel The Shape of Guilt is published, with a launch at Brighton’s Waterstones bookshop. Lisa took the Creative Writing Programme from 2014-2016. Here she talks about her writing life. When do you first remember wanting to...
by Cathy Hayward | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog, Student books
Sue Wallace-Shaddad took the Advanced Poetry Workshops in 2022 and earlier this year Clayhanger Press published her collection Sleeping with Clouds, a collaboration with artist Sula Rubens. Here she talks about her poetry journey. When do you first remember wanting to...
by Cathy Hayward | Sep 4, 2023 | Blog, News, Student books
With schools reopening this week, there’s a definite new-term vibe in the air – which is the perfect opportunity to commit to a new writing routine. Here novelist, short story writer, playwright and CWP tutor Hannah Vincent offers her top five writing...
by Cathy Hayward | Aug 7, 2023 | Blog, Student books
Sheereen Khan was a runner up in this year’s Bridport memoir competition. An alumna of our creative-non-fiction course, here she talks about her writing life. I’ve always written something. I come from a family of journalists and my father was always writing academic...
by Cathy Hayward | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog, Student books
Kate Bradley’s third novel The Sisterhood was published by Simon & Schuster this spring. An alumna of the Creative Writing Programme, here she talks about how the course set her on course to publication. When do you first remember wanting to be a writer? I...
by Cathy Hayward | Jun 14, 2023 | Blog, Student books
This month course alumna Cathy Hayward started working alongside course founder Dr Mark Slater to manage the Creative Writing Programme. Here she talks about her experiences on the CWP and how the partnership came about. Cathy trained as a journalist and edited a...
