We promote great writing, & NTU student/staff writers @ntuhum in particular - @ us. See site for profiles, blog, news & events! Tweets usually by @rorywaterman
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Jennifer Rajasekar, a student on our MA Creative Writing in @NTUSocSciences, introduces you to one of her favourite bookshops - and one of the most unusual ones, too.
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Yesterday at Five Leaves Bookshop, for Nottingham Creative Writing Hub @NTUSocSciences: Clare Pollard and Ian Parks reading with our Creative Writing students Olivia Mould and Elise Harrington, to a full crowd.
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11 FEB, at Five Leaves, Nottingham: poetry with Clare Pollard and Ian Parks, supported by outstanding NTU students Olivia Mould and Elise Harrington. Free for NTU students/staff, £5 for everyone else. Booking link below!
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Claire suzanne, a final-year BA Creative Writing student in @NTUSocSciences at @TrentUni, reflects on coding and writing a game as part of her degree in this new blog post.
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John Lewell, a recent stellar graduate of the @TrentUni @NTUSocSciences BA Creative Writing and evening-taught MA Creative Writing, reflects on his writing development in this inspiring, sui generis blog post. Look out for his future work:
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New blog post on creative writing after beginning a career in journalism, by MA Creative Writing student Megan Turner:
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New event!
CLARE POLLARD and IAN PARKS, with support readings from two of our fine Creative Writing students, Olivia Mould and Elise Harrington. 11 February 2025 at Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham. Book here:
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FREE for NTU students and staff, £5 for everyone else. Book early to avoid disappointment!
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Nottingham Creative Writing Hub at NTU retweeted
29 Sep 2025
I.M. the great John Lucas, by Merryn Williams creativewritingatleicester.b… @crystalclearjt @EverybodyReview @PoetrySociety @GuardianBooks @WritingEM @NottmCityOfLit @NaweWriters @HubNottingham
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One of our enterprising NTU BA Creative Writing students, Poppy Thomason, has started this poetry open mic series in Nottingham! Pop along and give your new work an airing in what will be a very friendly, supportive, inspiring environment.
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Come to the CAPPO: CAPSTONE exhibition next wk at Bonington Gallery! Link 👇
Cappo (@PaulStephenAdey) is now an NTU colleague at Confetti. Before that, he studied our BA, MA & PhD Creative Writing courses, the last of which gave rise to his LP trilogy.
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Outstanding (our word, not hers!) third-year BA Creative Writing student Tilly Hollyhead writes candidly and beautifully about overcoming feelings of inadequacy in this new blog post for Nottingham Creative Writing Hub @TrentUni:
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RELEASE THE SHACKLES! Another excellent blog post from @TrentUni BA Creative Writing student Claire Suzanne, this time on writing a monologue and seeing it in performance.
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NTU @TrentUni @ntuhum BA Creative Writing final-year student Laura De Vivo discusses seeing her work through to performance and what it has taught her in this new blog post:
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New blog post!
Third-year NTU BA Creative Writing student Laura De Vivo on taking the opportunity with @TrentUni to collaborate on and perform work at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall. Congratulations, Laura!
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Nottingham Creative Writing Hub at NTU retweeted
11 Apr 2025
Read the latest blog from @HubNottingham about how two #NTUHum BA Creative Writing students made friends for life at NTU👇
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New blog post!
A FRIEND FOR LIFE AT NTU, with BA Creative Writing mature students Claire Suzanne and Laura De Vivo. They don't even seem to let football come between them...
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What a wonderful event! Thank you, @DoughtyLouise, for bringing your magic - and to @ntuhum's @EveMakis for chairing, to @FiveLeavesBooks, and to the fine student readers: Tilly (BA), Rebecca (MA), Eloisa (MA), and Lucy (@Midlands4Cities PhD). Oh, and to the book-buying audience!
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Thank you @FiveLeavesBooks and NTU for hosting, this was a terrific event - and wonderful to hear from the students in creative writing, literary stars in the making.
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Tonight @FiveLeavesBooks, for @ntuhum, bestselling novelist Louise Doughty read from her new novel, A Bird in Winter (@FaberBooks 2024). The event was chaired by NTU Senior Lecturer @EveMakis, and four excellent NTU Creative Writing students read with Louise (see next post).
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Pictured: BA Creative Writing student Tilly Holyhead, MA Creative Writing students Eloisa Herron & @RJEaton_, & @Midlands4Cities PhD candidate Lucy Grace. A superb night. Louise also shared advice on plotting, research, and finding your feet as a novelist. Thanks to all who came!
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