Thanks for the repost @trendingworld.bsky.social The conference is online, and free! The Sigrid Nunez and Karen McCarthy Woolf talks will be hosted by OU writers @emmaclairesweeney.bsky.social and @janeyeh3.bsky.social #literature #freeonline

After an excellent first day of conference we're really looking forward to our guest authors on Friday: Karen McCarthy Woolf at 18:00 and Sigrid Nunez at 20:00. Tickets here: tinyurl.com/5793w2ch @littlebrown.bsky.social @viragopress.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social @sarahsavitt.bsky.social

Thanks so much for your presentation!

After an excellent first day of conference we're really looking forward to our guest authors on Friday: Karen McCarthy Woolf at 18:00 and Sigrid Nunez at 20:00. Tickets here: tinyurl.com/5793w2ch @littlebrown.bsky.social @viragopress.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social @sarahsavitt.bsky.social

Really enjoyed presenting my paper on letters to and from Jane Austen at the @ouliterature.bsky.social online conference today. Thank you to the organisers for such a wonderful event.

Just 2 days until the conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025. With researchers and writers, heritage industry experts and guest authors @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social and Sigrid Nunez. #nationalpoetrylibrary @literatureworks.bsky.social @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social

And we are thrilled to host @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social on 7/Nov at the Letters and Literature conference. One week to go! Tickets here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @carcanet.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social 4 m

We are delighted to host Sigrid Nunez at our Letters and Literature conference on the 7th of November. One week to go! Tickets here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @sarahsavitt.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social @viragopress.bsky.social #sigridnunez

Join best-selling authors @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social and Sigrid Nunez in conversation at the OU Letters and Literature conference. Full details of these events follow. digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womensprize.bsky.social @thebookseller.com

What a privilege to get to call this work. Please do join Sigrid Nunez and me online on Friday 7 November at 8pm (UK time). Secure your free spot here: mklitfest.org/sigridnunez

“A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person" (Alice Steinbach) Registration is now open for The Open University's Letters and Literature conference: full programme here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... #literature #writing

“How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter" (Haruki Murakami). Join the Open University for an international celebration of Letters and Literature, November 5-7. Full programme at digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @carcanet.bsky.social @thepostalmuseum.bsky.social

The Language, Literature and Politics group at the OU presents #Backlash - The Murder of George Floyd. A Q & A with the director and the producer of the highly-acclaimed OU / BBC documentary Kwabena Oppong and Satema Tarawally. Today, 4pm, online. Tickets here: tinyurl.com/4265n5c7

Postcards continue to arrive from speakers all over the globe as we prepare for the upcoming international conference, Letters and Literature. Full details of the programme at digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @modernistudies.bsky.social @mklitfest.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social

Sigrid Nunez, one of the USA’s most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag. mklitfest.org/sigridnunez #openuniversity #creativewriting #lettersandliterature #sigridnunez

The first of a series of postcards for our free online conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025. Full programme: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... Every day we'll share a postcard sent to us by one of our guest speakers. Watch out for tomorrow’s!

Only 12 more days to our conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025. Full conference programme here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @oulibrary.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @openarc.bsky.social @ouscotland.bsky.social @ouireland.bsky.social

Great write-up in @thenorthernecho.bsky.social for The Writers' Nook at UHNT: tinyurl.com/ya9wu4jz Over 200 visitors in less than a week! Well done @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social, Mel McEvoy, @drsallybd.bsky.social and all involved. @ouhealtharts.bsky.social @ncch.bsky.social @thechc.bsky.social

We are delighted to be supporting the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2025 with @writersandartists.bsky.social @ruppin.bsky.social, @societyofauthors.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social Submissions open on 1st November 2025. www.writersandartists.co.uk/about-wa-wor... PLEASE SHARE

@drsallybd.bsky.social @teessidelive.bsky.social @hwstockton.bsky.social @bnteesside.bsky.social @ouliterature.bsky.social Thanks to Gary Wright & Dr. Jean McCleod, University-Hospitals-Tees at The Writers' Nook exhibit-NHS voices, an OU Knowledge Exchange, supported bythe Northern Cancer Alliance

I have been lucky to support @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy with the Creative Writing to support Healthcare workers Knowledge Exchange project at @ouliterature.bsky.social Yesterday we launched The Writers’ Nook at UHNT, showcasing impactful work of CW workshop participants.

TODAY: 14 October, 3pm. Official unveiling of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees. Developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social, Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy and NHS staff. PLEASE SHARE, AND COME ALONG! www.nth.nhs.uk/about/visual...

Excited to announce the launch of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees, developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy. Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm. PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!

12 November: Driving forces behind @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us, along with Leo Boix, Julia Webb and Lesley Sharpe.​ Tickets: www.mklitfest.org/poetryspotli... @julwe1.bsky.social @lesleysharpe.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social #poetry

Excited to announce the launch of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees, developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy. Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm. PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!

Excited to be supporting the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2025 with the lovely people at @writersandartists.bsky.social and @ruppin.bsky.social Find out more here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/about-wa-wor... PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR CONTACTS

A wonderful story - wit, compassion, characterisation and eminently relatable dialogue all deployed with subtle skill.

Congratulations Ed! Great piece of work.

We are delighted to reveal that our colleague Ed Hogan has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. His story, Little Green Man, will be broadcast today at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Explore the connections between neurodivergence and creativity, design and making with OU lecturer @laniaknight and jewellery designers from Goldsmith’s Centre @gsmithscentre 8th October 6-8pm. Learn more here: www.goldsmiths-centre.org/whats-on/cre...

Do you want to develop your #book idea, taking it from an idea to a book? In this #writing course Natalie Young will take you through each stage of story development, asking you to consider structure & hook, character & voice, plot & publishing. Book: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...

How do different ways of reading affect our experience of literature? In collaboration with the BBC, Open University lecturer @shaftowheed.bsky.social has developed a short quiz to show how different formats affect our reading experience. You can find the quiz here: www.instagram.com/ouconnect/re...

A fascinating article in @theconversation.com on Jane Austin heroines co-written by OU English and Creative Writing lecturer Dr Emma Sweeney. Check it out: theconversation.com/who-was-jane...

Excited to see the preparations for our upcoming Conference: ‘Letters and Literature 1500-2025: histories, forms, communities’ Online only from the 5th to 7th of November 2025. More details soon!