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The Programme Director is Dr Mark Slater

You can contact Mark at any time about any aspect of your course either through the internal messaging system or directly at mark.slater@creativewritingprogramme.org.uk

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TERM DATES 2019-2020

Autumn Term: 30th September - 15th December (Half term reading week 28th Oct -1st Nov)

Spring Term: 6th January - 22nd March (Half term reading week 17th-21st February)

Summer Term: 20th April - 24th May (Because of the Bank Holidays in May on the 4th and the 25th, term will end on 1st June for Monday groups)

Weekend Schools (Autumn term)

Autobiography and Life Writing Year 1: 2nd & 3rd Nov

Creative Writing Programme Year 1: 10th, 17th 23rd Nov

Creative Writing Programme Year 2: 24th & 30th Nov, 1st & 8th Dec

Course Submission Weeks (for CWP and ALWP):

For autumn term submissions: 6th - 10th January

For spring/summer term submissions: June 29th - 3rd July

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Publications by Writers on the Creative Writing Programme

This is the second novel by Jess Richards. Jess wrote her first novel Snake Ropes whilst on the Creative Writing Programme a couple of years ago. Snake Ropes was shortlisted for the Costa Prize.

Cooking With Bones

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Indra Sinha's Booker Prize Shortlisted Novel

Indra took the Creative Writing Programme a few years ago when it was based at the University of Sussex. His novel 'Animal's People", about the chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. You can find other novels by him on Amazon.

Animal's People by Indra Sinha

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The Two Hearts of Eliza Bloom

Eliza Bloom grew up in a big, loud Jewish family, always knowing that one day she would have an arranged marriage. But at work she meets Alex, who is very much not Jewish, and she takes a leap with him into the ‘Real World’ where there are new foods to try, movies to watch and someone who really loves her. But as time passes, Eliza desperately misses the family who have disowned her, and her old life. When her grandfather falls ill, Eliza finds a way to see him and starts keeping secrets from Alex. But she can’t live two lives forever…

‘I couldn’t read this book fast enough! A gripping, beautifully written, funny and warm story of fighting for love against all odds… I fell in love with Eliza Bloom and was swept up in her story. Perfect.’ Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The Sisters

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CJ Sansom

Chris Sansom is another writer who completed the Creative Writing Programme a few years ago and has gone on to establish himself as a well-respected writer of historical thrillers - you may have read some of his Shardlake books. Winter in Madrid is set during the Spanish Civil War and is a wonderful, taut and well paced political thriller.

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Belonging by Umi Sinha

Umi's debut novel is an intense, compelling and finely wrought epic of love and loss, of race and ethnicity, of homeland - and of belonging. It tells the story of Lilly, a twelve-year old girl, who witnesses a family tragedy after her mother unveils her father’s surprise birthday present – a tragedy that ends her childhood in India and precipitates a new life in Sussex with her great-aunt Wilhelmina. Umi tutors on the Creative Writing Programme.

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Hannah Vincent's 'Alarm Girl'

Alarm Girl is set in South Africa and the story is partly narrated by eleven-year old Indy, whose family won’t talk about how her mother died.

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Vanessa Gebbie and the Short Story

Vanessa teaches and writes professionally. 'Words from a Glass Bubble' was her first collection of short stories. She has gone on to write another collection of stories based on her father's experiences during the Second World War, 'Stormwarning' and a novel 'The Coward's Tale'. If any of you are seriously interested in the short story, she has also edited an excellent book on the short story itself called 'Short Circuit'.

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New Novel by Jon Walter

Jon Walter’s novel ‘Close to the Wind’ will be published by David Fickling books this summer. Here is what John had to say about the programme: ‘I began the Creative Writing Programme having written a novel that didn’t work. By the time I’d finished it, I had a second novel and a book deal waiting round the corner. The Creative Writing Programme bridged that gap and I’d recommend it to anyone who is serious about their writing.’

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New novel by Phil Viner

Phil began work on The Last Winter of Dani Lancing three years ago whilst on the Creative Writing Programme. It was the book of the week last week in the Sunday Mirror. Look out for Phil's next book The Summer of Ghosts out next year

New novel by Phil Viner

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Robyn Young - Historical Fiction Writer

Robyn is another writer who has gone on to establish herself professionally as a historical fiction writer. She was working on her first novel 'Brethren' whilst on the Writing Programme at Sussex. She has just finished her sixth novel, the third in a second trilogy of history novels called 'Insurrection'. Her first trilogy is named after her first novel, 'Brethren'

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Bronwen Griffith's 'A Bird in the House'

Bronwen's first novel was published last year by Three Hares Publishing. 'A Bird in the House' is about loss, secrets and the redeeming power of friendship. The story is about Mohamed and his young son Ahmed, who flee war-torn Libya after the death of Mohamed's wife. Arriving in England, the stumble, headlong into the seemingly tranquil world of Betty, a widow, who has been left to cope with her seven-year old great niece, Savannah, for the summer.

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Rebecca Whitney's 'The Liar's Chair'

This is the first novel of Rebecca Whitney, part of a two-book deal with MacMillan. The novel tells the story of Rachel, a woman who has lost the ability to connect to anything in her life. It is a compelling psychological thriller that dissects an outwardly perfect marriage and reveals the dark, decaying heart at its core.

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Snake Ropes by Jess Richards

Snake Ropes was Jess Richards' first novel that she began writing whilst on the Creative Writing Programme. If you are a fan of fantasy and mystery, you'll love this book.

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Julie Corbin

Julie worked on her first draft of 'Tell Me No Secrets' when she was taking the Creative Writing Programme in 2007. She has gone on to write two further novels 'Where The Truth Lies' and 'Do Me No Harm'.

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We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire

Jules Grant's debut novel due to be published by Myriad in April.

'We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire' is a thrillingly original crime novel that unfolds at breakneck speed - at once furious, tender and heartbreaking. Jules worked on the book whilst attending the Advanced Writers Workshop.
Myriad's senior fiction editor, Vicky Blunden says, 'From its first lines this wonderful novel absolutely grips the reader, taking us deep into a world rarely explored with such authenticity and insight. Jules is an incredibly talented writer and we are so excited to be publishing this genuinely bold and original book'.

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'We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire'

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