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


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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.


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