ENGLISH + CREATIVE WRITING
Find your literary voice and deepen your love of literature with our English and Creative Writing degree courses!
Our English and Creative Writing courses have ranked rank Number 1 in the UK for student satisfaction (The Complete University Guide 2017, 2018) and second in the UK by The Guardian University Guide 2020! Our courses support you in developing your potential as a writer and in discovering your talents as a reader of great works of literature.
Contact: Jill Marsden J.Marsden@bolton.ac.uk
EVENTS
If you see any events missed that you wished you could have attended, let us know and we will aim to reschedule for you.
October
ENGLISH + CREATIVE WRITING
Tuesday 5th October
LIVE LITERATURE with Ben Wilkinson + Valerie O’Riordan
18:00 - 19:30 @ Bolton Central Library, Le Mans Crescent, BL1 1SE.
The University of Bolton’s English and Creative Writing department are again proud to bring great literature and new writing to students, staff, and the wider Bolton community. Hosted by the Bolton Central Library, entry is always free. October’s event brings prose and script writer Sean Gregory, who will be reading from his new novel, Three Graves.
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Tuesday 19th October
19:00 - 20:00 (ZOOM event)
BOLTON BOOK CLUB with Valerie O’Riordan + Evan Jones
Bolton Book Club is a virtual monthly reading group. Hosted by staff of the University’s English Studies department, we read and discuss classic works of fiction. Everyone is welcome! This month: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Session 1 of 2)
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November
ENGLISH + CREATIVE WRITING
Tuesday 9th November
LIVE LITERATURE with Ben Wilkinson
18:00 - 19:30 @ Bolton Central Library, Le Mans Crescent, BL1 1SE.
The University of Bolton’s English and Creative Writing department are again proud to bring great literature and new writing to students, staff, and the wider Bolton community. Hosted by the Bolton Central Library, entry is always free. November’s event brings poets John Challis and Rebecca Perry, who will be reading from their new collections, The Resurrectionists and Stone Fruit.
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Tuesday 16th November
19:00 - 20:00 (ZOOM event)
BOLTON BOOK CLUB with Valerie O’Riordan + Evan Jones
Bolton Book Club is a virtual monthly reading group. Hosted by staff of the University’s English Studies department, we read and discuss classic works of fiction. Everyone is welcome! This month: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Session 1 of 2)
BOOK NOW
December
ENGLISH + CREATIVE WRITING
Tuesday 7th December
LIVE LITERATURE with Ben Wilkinson + Ed Jones
18:00 - 19:30 @ Bolton Central Library, Le Mans Crescent, BL1 1SE.
The University of Bolton’s English and Creative Writing department are again proud to bring great literature and new writing to students, staff, and the wider Bolton community. Hosted by the Bolton Central Library, entry is always free. December’s event brings a script-in-hand performance of an extract from a new play by UoB graduate Nathaniel Bennett, Going Missing.