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Letter writing is the inspiration for global OU literary event
27th October 2025
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our 3-day programme of presentations, creative readings and interviews, ‘Letters and Literature 1500-2025’, featuring researchers from the fields of literature and language, heritage industry experts and guest authors Karen McCarthy Woolf and Sigrid Nunez.
OU Creative Writing partner with MK Lit Fest for fiction writing series
19th April 2024
OU-sponsored MK Lit Fest series The Long and Short of It: From flash fiction to the doorstop novel brings new audiences to ground-breaking Creative Writing research and offers PhD students valuable public engagement experience.
Prof Nicola Watson consults on OU/BBC co-production ‘Being Kae Tempest’
30th November 2023
Professor Nicola Watson consults on OU/BBC co-production Being Kae Tempest which delves into the life of one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today.
Powerful textile art inspired by psychology research now on display
25th August 2023
A piece of textile art inspired by a Psychology research project has gone on display at Northern Ireland’s Linen Biennale. ‘The Belfast Quilt’ was the brainchild of Heather Richardson, Staff Tutor in English and Creative Writing.