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Calendar

2008

24 March - 6 April: Writer-in-Residence, L'Universite de Rouen, France.

1 May: UK Launch of The Higher Realm, 7.00 p.m. Revolution Bar, St. Peters Square, Fleet Street, L1 4DQ Free Entry. This is the first event in Liverpool Writing on the Wall/WOW Festival 2008 Programme.

9 May: LJMU/Edge Hill Short Fiction Competition Night: As a prelude to the LJMU/Edge Hill Short Story Conference, successful entrants to the Oceans of Stories competition will read their work. Details of how to enter the competition are on the WOW website.

10 May: LJMU/Edge Hill 2008 Short Story Conference - Oceans of Stories; Collections, Sequences and the Short Story

12 May: Edmund Cusick – Between Fields & Stars: Headland Publications and LJMU’s Centre for Writing celebrate the work of the late Edmund Cusick and launch Between Fields and Stars, a selection of his writings.

14 May: Judging a heat of Pulp Idol, part of the 2008 WOW Writing on the Wall Festival

20 May: In The Red Launch - the launch of the 6th edition of the JMU literary magazine with a night of live readings from the magazine’s influential poetry and prose. 7.30 p.m. The Magnet, 45 Hardman Street, L1 9AS

24 May: A celebration of 40 years of Arvon at the Hurst: details to follow

16-21 June: The Arvon Foundation at the Hurst: a Writing for Schools course with co-tutor, the poet, Alicia Stubbersfield

June 30- July 4: Guest Writer visit to the Universite Francois Rabelais Tours: details to be arranged.

7-12 July: The Arvon Foundation at the Hurst: Refresh Yourself - and Your Novel, with co tutor, novelist, Tahmima Anam

11-16 August: Ty Newydd: Write On - Poetry and Prose, with co-tutor, the poet, Clare Shaw

 

 

 

2007

19 March-10 April: Writer-in-Residence, L'Universite de Rouen, France

11-13 April: Visiting Speaker at L'Universite Francois Rabelais Tours

16 May: MA Guest Speaker: Geraldine Cooke of The Marsh Agency

17 May: WOW Liverpool Literary festival: Pulp Idol Judge

18 May: WOW Liverpool Literary festival: Pulp Idol Finals

21-23 May: Centre for Writing Conference, Baliol College, Oxford

30 May: MA Guest Speaker, Alicia Stubbersfield

6 June: MA Guest Speaker, David Almond

11 June: External Examining of Creative Writing Undergraduate Courses at the University of Greenwich

13 June: MA Guest Speaker, Stephen Knight

15-17 June: MA in Writing Residence at Gregynog

18-23 June: The Arvon Foundation Course at The Hurst, with co-Tutor, Tiffany Murray

28 June:Cheltenham Ladies College; a writing workshop on The Sea, with co-tutor, Alicia Stubbersfield

15-20 July: Ty Newydd, a course with co-Tutor, Menna Elfynn

20-25 August: Writer-in-Residence at Ty Newydd for the Writers' Retreat

24  Aug- 2 September The Melbourne Literary Festival

2 September: Launch of my novel, The Higher Realm at The Melbourne Literary Festival

3 Sep Research Seminar at Macquaire University Sydney, NSW

5 Sep  Postgraduate Prose Fiction Master class at Victoria University Melbourne CBD

10 Sep Research Seminar at Macquarie University

13 Sep  Brisbane Writers Festival Master Class: "Getting Started"

14 Sep Brisbane Writers Festival, Workshop/Reading, Queensland University of Technology

15 Sep Brisbane Writers Festival

16 Sep Brisbane Writers Festival Master Class: "Keeping Going" - Brisbane

17 Sep  Research Seminar at Macquarie University (TBC) - Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW

20 Sep  Student Colloquium - Adelaide Writers' Centre Keynote Speech & Alumni Panel

21 Sep   Canberra Readers & Writers Festival -  Discussion panel: short stories - Canberra Readers and Writers Festival

23 Sep  Canberra Readers & Writers Festival– Canberra