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Nottingham Festival of Words 2014 Programme now live

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The School of English is pleased to be a partner in this year's  Nottingham Festival of Words. The dazzling line up of events and diverse range of host venues pay a fitting tribute to Nottinghamshire's rich literary heritage.

The School of English at Nottingham will host a whole day of the festival on Friday 17th October, with a number of events delivered by School staff and students on campus in the beautiful Park Campus surroundings.

School Events at the Nottingham Festival of Words:

The Letters Page

 Jon McGregor, editor of The Letters Page, a ‘literary journal in letters’, discusses letters, letter writing, and launches the fourth issue of this enthralling magazine (www.theletterspage.ac.uk/) 
 

New Writing

 Readings from recent graduates: join recent graduates of the University of Nottingham’s Creative Writing MA degree as they read from their work.

Creative Writing and Cognitive Poetics

 How can we talk about creativity and stylistic choices in systematic ways? What does our best current knowledge of language and mind tell us about the process and effects of creative writing? And how can writers help linguists to understand language, creativity and imagination? We have the answers here! Join Peter Stockwell, Roberta Dewa, Niki Valentine, and Thomas Legendre in lively discussion.

Rights or wrongs: the plagiarism debate

 Poet Ira Lightman has become known for his work on uncovering plagiarism in the world of poetry. He joins a panel including poet Matthew Welton from the School in exploring the grey areas between plagiarism and legitimate influence.

Ali Smith in conversation with Jon McGregor

 Renowned author  Ali Smith  will be reading from her latest book, Man Booker long-listed  how to be both, and discussing it with Nottingham author, Jon McGregor. Born in Inverness in 1962, Ali now lives in Cambridge. She is the author of  Artful, There but for the, Free Love, Like, Hotel World, Other Stories and Other Stories, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meet Boy and The First Person and Other Stories. The event will be followed by a book signing.

For more information and the full programme please visit nottwords.org.uk.

Posted on Thursday 11th September 2014

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