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  • Donald Nordberg, 20th of Feb, 2025

    How can you capitalise on rich life experiences by incorporating them into your work? Join our next Heard Word and find out. Our Featured Writer is a man for all seasons, many countries, and a few professions. Donald Nordberg keeps his writing fresh by always looking toward the future while keeping his feet planted firmly…

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  • Ruby Vitorino Moody, 13th Feb, 2025

    You’ve unearthed some fascinating historical information but how do you weave it into a page turning narrative? That’s the specialty of our next Heard Word Featured Writer, Ruby Vitorino Moody. Please join us on Thursday the 13th of February, 2025 from 5-7PM on Zoom. To get Ruby’s feedback on your work sign up to be…

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  • Long Day’s Journey

    At a university interview for my bachelor’s English degree, still aged seventeen, I declared, ‘I want to write a book’. ‘Everyone says that’ one of the profs scoffed. I was dismayed. I’d been writing since I was eight. Eventually, I went into journalism and wrote news stories instead. It took thirty years to finally achieve…

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  • A photo of Brad in front of J E Rowney's books - derelict, ghosted, I can't sleep, the book swap, Other people's lives and Waking Up in Vegas.

    Books by MACWP Alums

    Here are some of the books produced by graduates of the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing. As a proud supporter of the arts, I purchase a copy of everything our writers produce, including many works they started on our degree. Our alums are a prolific lot, so this has proven a tad costly, but…

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  • Graduation , Nov. 2024

    Here are some pics of fun moments caught at the 2024 graduation ceremony. There were many highlights, including the online students seeing each other face-to-face for the first time and Sue Edser being awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Prize!

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  • A group photo of some of the speakers. They are all smiling.

    Rising Voices

    I attended a transformative event called Rising Voices that took place with the aim of creating visibility for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) writers in the Dorset area. This event was co-funded by Bournemouth University and the Arts University Bournemouth, and it was hosted at the Lees Lecture Theatre on BU’s Talbot campus.…

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  • A photo of a shelf which has six vintage photographs in black frames on it.

    Memory Markers

    As a carer for my elderly mother, I thought I’d had a bellyful of old people. However, Bournemouth University’s outreach project Memory Markers revealed to me a world of unexpected creative writing opportunities, inspired by working with elderly people living with memory loss. “It was my mum’s idea,” Dr Brad Gyori, the project’s leader told…

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  • Creative Writing Master’s student receives prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Prize

    Susan L. Edser completed the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at BU in 2024 and received the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for her academic ability, creative writing, and personal achievements. Susan believed in making the most of all the opportunities on offer to receive the most rounded experience from the course. She honed her writing…

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  • Abbey Woolgar, 18th Dec, 2024

    What’s so funny about psychotic squirrels and pensioners trapped in an undersea care home? Ask Abbey Woolgar. Her darkly comedic stylings will be on riotous display when she’s the Featured Writer on our special holiday edition of Heard Word brought to you by Bournemouth University’s MA in Creative Writing and Publishing. Bust out those ugly…

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  • Georgia Hilton, 11th Dec, 2024

    How can you write lines that sing in many voices? Lend an ear to our next Heard Word Featured Writer and find out. Our guest will be Georgia Hilton who will be talking about her unique polyphonic writing style. That Wednesday the 11th of December, 2024 from 5-7PM on Zoom. To get Georgia’s feedback on…

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