We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. Closing date is August 13. This is a full-time, permanent post. A PhD is NOT required; we are looking for creative practitioners with relevant professional experience (publishing, teaching, etc).

The Key to Writing a Novel. Is this it? It was for me. open.substack.com/pub/awritersdi…

From Hemingway's A Moveable Feast.

Got to ask Kent County Council what is the bloody matter with you ? There’s a biodiversity crisis , insects have declined by 70% in the last 25 years and we are one of the most nature depleted set of nations on earth . Get a grip will you .

Something on Vulnerability open.substack.com/pub/awritersdi…

Something on Vulnerability. In the context of - "You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up." (Anyone here see Bruce Springsteen last week?) open.substack.com/pub/awritersdi…

Do you see in slo-mo? Do you write from that? Here's a writing exercise. open.substack.com/pub/awritersdi…

We are concerned about reports that a number of publishers, including Taylor & Francis (Routledge), Wiley, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press... [1/4]

If you’d like to, you can find me elsewhere.

A few reasons why you might like to take a Creative Writing MA University of Southampton dailyecho.co.uk/news/25163632.…

On Philip Hoare's birthday, and to celebrate his life and career, not least teaching at the School of Humanities at University of Southampton, we're launching the Philip Hoare Prize for Non-Fiction. It's free to enter with £300 to the winner. philiphoarecompetition.co.uk