Manchester Centre for New Writing
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The University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing runs taught MA courses and PhD research programmes in creative and critical writing. According to its website "It was formed to develop and refine postgraduate and undergraduate students' writing, and explore and research collaboration between creative and critical work."
It has a staff of distinguished writers including the novelists M. J. Hyland
and Martin Amis
, whose appointment as Professor of Creative Writing was announced in February 2007.
The Centre also runs the 'Literature Live' series of events, in which well known contemporary novelists and poets read from and discuss their work with an audience of students and members of the public. Martin Amis is also set to participate in a series of public events in Manchester throughout the year.
In October 2008 the Centre for New Writing launched a new cultural journal The Manchester Review. Edited by the Centre's co-directors John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire, the Review aims to "nurture and promote the best emerging talent as well as featuring new work by leading writers and artists."
It departs from the medium's conventions by existing only online, with new issues appearing each spring and autumn. These often include broadcasts of new music, public debates and video pieces, as well as visual art, fiction and poetry.
There is a varied season of summer events at the Centre for New Writing, including literary discussions with Martin Amis, Al Alvarez and Melvyn Bragg on Friday 3 July, 6.30pm.
It has a staff of distinguished writers including the novelists M. J. Hyland
M. J. Hyland
Maria Joan Hyland is a novelist. She made her debut in Australia in 2003 with How the Light Gets In. Her second novel Carry Me Down was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and won both the Encore Award and the Hawthornden Prize in 2007...
and Martin Amis
Martin Amis
Martin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year...
, whose appointment as Professor of Creative Writing was announced in February 2007.
The Centre also runs the 'Literature Live' series of events, in which well known contemporary novelists and poets read from and discuss their work with an audience of students and members of the public. Martin Amis is also set to participate in a series of public events in Manchester throughout the year.
In October 2008 the Centre for New Writing launched a new cultural journal The Manchester Review. Edited by the Centre's co-directors John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire, the Review aims to "nurture and promote the best emerging talent as well as featuring new work by leading writers and artists."
It departs from the medium's conventions by existing only online, with new issues appearing each spring and autumn. These often include broadcasts of new music, public debates and video pieces, as well as visual art, fiction and poetry.
There is a varied season of summer events at the Centre for New Writing, including literary discussions with Martin Amis, Al Alvarez and Melvyn Bragg on Friday 3 July, 6.30pm.