aAh! Magazine catches up with Adam O’Riordan on how he is tackling creativity during the pandemic. O’Riordan is the youngest Poet-in-Residence at the Wordsworth Trust and the winner of the Eric Gregory Award (2008) and the Somerset Maugham Award (2011). He is the author of the poetry collection, In the Flesh (2010) and A Herring Famine (2017), as well…
Original Art by Elysia Womersley Yuánfèn* Day 7 The water had receded. The rains had stopped. It was the first time I had been outside the gates. The roads had turned into waterways. At six am, he turned up as usual. I had two bottles of water and a packet of biscuits ready for him….
Budding writers looking for inspiration were in for a treat as the National Creative Writing Industry Conference concluded this week with discussion titled ‘Writers’ Inspirations and How They Use Them.’ Four writers of different forms and genres discussed where they each take influence from and the processes of practically applying this to their work. The…
As we enter the second wave of national lockdown here are our top picks of online literary events happening this month to keep you on your toes. Melmoth’s Afterlives 4th November, 4:30pm | Tickets Join Matt Foley and Catherine Elkin (Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies) in an event hosted by Manchester Met, with support from…
The National Creative Writing Industry Conference kicked off with a panel discussion titled ‘How Publishers Work With You’. The event featured Jonathan de Peyer, commissioning editor at HarperNorth, Cherise Lopes-Baker, commissioning editor at Jacaranda Books and Poppy Stimpson, publicist at Pushkin Press. The event was chaired by Nicholas Royle, publisher at Nightjar Press and Reader…
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