Centre for New Writing

Welcome to the Centre for New Writing
Offering taught MA courses and PhD research programmes in critical and creative writing, and unique writer events.

Offering taught MA courses and PhD research programmes in critical and creative writing, and unique writer events.
The Centre runs Literature Live, a celebrated series of on-campus public readings and conversations with some of the biggest names in literature, many of whom also give specialised writing workshops for our MA students. Past visiting authors include Clive James, Ian McEwan, Will Self, Hilary Mantel, John Banville, Seamus Heaney and Al Alvarez.

The latest event in the Literature Live series, with Gregory O’Brien, Rebecca Perry and Rachel Connor
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Our courses provide regular deadlines and a committed, supportive readership among fellow students and tutors, and there is a regular series of events with visiting publishers, editors and agents.
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The Centre's online journal, The Manchester Review. Look out for the new issue out in autumn 2011
In 2007, the Centre for New Writing was delighted to appoint Martin Amis as its inaugural professor of Creative Writing. In 2011 this professorial post is filled by the renowned Irish author, Colm Tóibín, who will take fortnightly fiction workshops with our students, as well as appearing on stage in events in our dedicated Literature Live venue, The Martin Harris Centre, along with a number of renowned special guests from the literary world.
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