Congrats to CNW PhD graduate Nell Osborne, who has been announced as joint winner of this year’s Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize for debut novel 'Ghost Driver'. The judges said: "'Ghost Driver' is as beguiling and fresh as modern fiction gets." Read more: www.republicofconsciousness.com

MAY 18TH - @lauren-j-joseph.bsky.social will be discussing her razor sharp new novel Lean Cat, Savage Cat @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - plus a book signing! Doors 6:30pm / Start 6:45pm. Organised by @newwritingmcr.bsky.social Tickets £4 or free with book purchase. buff.ly/hDoLY8Y

Congratulations to Rozie Kelly, a former CNW Creative Writing MA student – Her debut novel 'Kingfisher' has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction! Rozie said "It’s an extraordinary honour – I am absolutely, deliriously, delighted to be included." womensprize.com/library/king...

Nell Osborne, a CNW PhD student who graduated in 2022, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Republic of Consciousness Small Press Fiction Prize for her first novel, 'Ghost Driver'. Read more: therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/the-queen-...

Huge congratulations to CNW graduate and current Burgess Fellow Gurnaik Johal, who has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his bold debut novel 'Saraswati'. www.youngwriteraward.com/book/gurnaik...

Join us to celebrate the release of 'May We Feed the King', CNW graduate Rebecca Perry's debut novel. 📅 Tuesday 24 February ⏰ 6.30-8pm 📍 @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social 🎟️ £4 (or free with a copy of the book) Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/may-we-fee...

Book now for our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and @newwritingmcr.bsky.social – featuring Douglas Stuart and Tayari Jones 📚

Congratulations to @newwritingmcr.bsky.social MA Creative Writing graduate India-Rose Bower, whose debut novel We Call Them Witches has just been published. womensprize.com/india-rose-b...

Head to Social Refuge next week for the launch of 'Chosen Family', a new novel by our PhD graduate Madeleine Gray: 📅 Monday 26 January ⏰ 7-9pm 📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ 🎟️ £5 (£20 including book) www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...

Out imminently: the second novel by former @newwritingmcr.bsky.social student Madeleine Gray. Today’s book of the day in The Guardian.

Horatio Clare's 'We Came By Sea - Stories of a Greater Britain', which examines the unreported side of the small boats crisis, has been shortlisted in the Nero Book Awards 2025. Category winners are announced in January, with the overall winner named in March. nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...