Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research

07/10/2024

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepoetrybusiness/1379005

Writing Poems Join our expert poetry tutor Graham Mort as he helps you put pen to paper in a 90 minute session filled with tai...

23/09/2024

There are still some concessionary rates available for the 'Finding Narrative Form’ course that I’m teaching at the Arvon Foundation with the brilliant Puja Changoiwala at The Hurst, October 21st - to 26th. Nicolas Padamsee is our guest reader, author of the novel ‘England is Mine'. We'll be exploring the relationship between fiction and non-fictional writing through readings, tutorials, workshops and discussion. See below for details and links to concessions:

How can imaginative writing create a sense of reality? And how does personal experience develop into fictional narrative? Join award-winning writers Puja Changoiwala and Graham Mort to explore the connections between fictional and non-fictional writing through readings, workshops, and writing practi...

16/09/2024

There are still some places on the course 'fiction/non-fiction' that I’m teaching with Puja Changoiwala at The Hurst in October. We’ll be looking at everything from creative non-fiction to flash fiction and beyond. Details below!

How can imaginative writing create a sense of reality? And how does personal experience develop into fictional narrative? Join award-winning writers Puja Changoiwala and Graham Mort to explore the connections between fictional and non-fictional writing through readings, workshops, and writing practi...

28/08/2024

The Kurdish poet and political prisoner, Ilhan Sami Çomak, has now been held in a Turkish gaol for thirty years and a recent parole board has refused to release him. Please see the document from International Pen below, showing ways in which you may be able to help him.

"Take me away from this stagnation I’ve seen so much of the abyss. Long, so long I’ve stared at it - that void is just repetition. It’s time for me to say I'm a bird that is showered in rain It’s time to breathe the smell of soil, fill with it, grow again. Know me by my love, not by my lonel...

29/07/2024

See the link below for the link to my prose writing course with Puja Changoiwala at The Hurst in October. Our guesat reader is Nicholas Padamsee. We're going to look at everything from creative non-fiction to flash fiction and a lot in-between!

How can imaginative writing create a sense of reality? And how does personal experience develop into fictional narrative? Join award-winning writers Puja Changoiwala and Graham Mort to explore the connections between fictional and non-fictional writing through readings, workshops, and writing practi...

21/05/2024

The Frogmore Press

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May 19
Deadline looms for Frogmore Prize entries: 31 May 2024
The deadline for entries to this year’s Prize (31 May 2024) is fast approaching. Adjudicator will read all submissions:

Posted on May 19, 2024 by adminDeadline looms for Frogmore Prize entries: 31 May 2024 The deadline for entries to this year’s Prize (31 May 2024) is fast approaching. Adjudicator Graham Mort will read all submissions. Full details are available at: www.frogmorepress.co.uk/frogmore-poetry-prize The...

30/04/2024

Graham Mort will be teaching a fiction/non-fiction course at The Hurst, the Arvon Foundation's centre in Shropshire, in October. His co- tutor will be Puja Changoiwala and the guest reader Nicolas Padamsee. See below for details.

How can imaginative writing create a sense of reality? And how does personal experience develop into fictional narrative? Join award-winning writers Puja Changoiwala and Graham Mort to explore the connections between fictional and non-fictional writing through readings, workshops, and writing practi...

02/10/2021

Country Houses and their links to the British Empire - free online course at Leicester University. See:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/country-houses-british-empire/1?fbclid=IwAR3wvO5jDGWWDx2XUtz2EkdlMORcbo0dFkB1KDexhgGN2hUd9m6kq9dbhh4

Explore the fascinating histories of Britain’s colonial houses and their links to the British Empire with this course from the University of Leicester.

27/08/2021

See the flyer below from Moving Worlds journal:

03/04/2019

Professor Graham Mort is currently working with former Lancaster PhD student, Dr Muli Amaye, at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, to develop a new distance learning MA intended to reach into the Caribbean diaspora. They’re also shaping the network for a new social futures project focused on Trinidad and Tobago, influenced by Carnival identities, and intended to influence participatory democracy and social change.