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Find out what's been happening at the Centre for New Writing.
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MACFEST enjoys successful return to Manchester
22 Jan 2020
The Muslim arts and culture festival MACFEST 2020 enjoyed a successful outing at Blackwell’s book store at University Place, Manchester on Monday ...
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Spring/Summer 2020 season
7 Jan 2020
Welcome to the new season of events at the Martin Harris Centre. We have an exciting and diverse programme lined up this season, with a range of ...
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CNW student Thomas Lee wins PFD literature prize
11 Dec 2019
A student from The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing has been awarded a literature prize for his unfinished post-Brexit novel. ...
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University partnership with Manchester International Festival celebrated in new film
15 Nov 2019
Students of Drama and Electronic Engineering lent their talents to an event at the heart of Manchester International Festival (MIF) in the latest ...
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Artists dive into Manchester development debate
7 Nov 2019
Creatives will be joining the discussion on issues affecting the burgeoning city of Manchester as part of a special weekend-long event. ...
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Poetry praise for Manchester novelist Reshma Ruia
4 Nov 2019
Reshma Ruia, the Manchester-based novelist, has published her first poetry collection A Dinner Party in the Home Counties to great acclaim. Ruia, ...
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University of Manchester celebrates success of 2019 Manchester Literature Festival
31 Oct 2019
The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing (CNW) is celebrating the success of the 2019 Manchester Literature Festival, which has drawn...
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Ideas and encounters on romanticism span Manchester at Peterloo anniversary event
30 Aug 2019
Ideas were flying at a three-day event to mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre in Manchester, which brought thought-leaders from the ...
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New season programme puts emerging talents among legends
28 Aug 2019
The Martin Harris Centre’s new programme for autumn/winter 2019 is giving fresh talent a platform with some renowned names in the arts. An ...
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Peterloo: Local and global perspectives
16 Aug 2019
On 2 August 2019 at the Friends’ Meeting House, adjacent to St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, three renowned scholars of the early 19th century ...
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Jeanette Winterson longlisted for 2019 Booker Prize
31 Jul 2019
Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing Jeanette Winterson has been longlisted for the 2019 Booker ...
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Pupils’ ‘vivid, heartfelt’ poems for Creative Manchester and Centre for New Writing competition praised
5 Jul 2019
A love of poetry was kindled in school children from Manchester who participated in the third annual schools poetry competition, organised by ...
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Fulbright Scholar Cathleen Miller on her time at Manchester and her greatest inspiration
12 Feb 2019
Cathleen (Cathy) Miller, a Fulbright Award recipient at The University of Manchester, is a Professor of English at San Jose State University, where ...
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News from Centre for New Writing students, staff and alumni – December 2018
10 Dec 2018
PhD student Mariah Whelan has been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Award for her poem 'Viaduct'. On 28 November 2017-18...
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News from Centre for New Writing students, staff and alumni – November 2018
6 Nov 2018
Marie Naughton and Laura Webb launch new poetry collections, Susan Gee has her debut novel published, Roma Havers performs for UK Young Artists, Alex...
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News from Centre for Writing students and alumni, September 2018
6 Sep 2018
Current 2nd year student Gurnaik Johal has made the shortlist for The Guardian’s 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize 2018. Johal's story is entitled ...
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Centre for New Writing students launch Manchester Anthology 2018
4 Sep 2018
Students from the Centre for New Writing have launched the 2018 edition of the Manchester Anthology. The Manchester Anthology 2018 brings together...
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Wole Talabi's 'The Regression Test' shortlisted for the Caine Prize
29 Jun 2018
A short story that was featured in issue 18 of the Manchester Review is up for Africa's most prestigious short story award. Wole Talabi's 'The ...
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Centre for New Writing lecturer Kamila Shamsie wins Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
7 Jun 2018
Kamila Shamsie, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing, has won the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction. Home Fire, which is...
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News from Centre for New Writing students and alumni, June 2018
5 Jun 2018
Holly Ringland will be in conversation with Kate Leaver at Waterstones on Deansgate, Manchester to discuss her new novel The Lost Flowers of Alice ...
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News from Centre for New Writing students, staff and alumni, May 2018
4 May 2018
We’re delighted to see that the London launch of the 2017 Manchester Anthology was a success. The event took place on Wednesday 18 April at The ...
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News from Centre for New Writing students, staff and alumni, April 2018
9 Apr 2018
Lucy Wilkinson Yates (MA 2017) has had a short story selected by editor (and CNW alumna) Jenn Ashworth for inclusion in a new anthology by Bluemoose ...
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Centre for New Writing's John McAuliffe helps mark World Book Day 2018
6 Apr 2018
To celebrate World Book Day 2018, Centre for New Writing Co-Director John McAuliffe was asked to take part in a special UNESCO project to represent ...
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Launch of Schools Poetry Competition
22 Mar 2018
The Centre for New Writing’s schools poetry competition was launched on World Poetry Day (21 March 2018) by Jeanette Winterson, author and ...
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