Events

Lecture by Professor Robert Crawford School of English, Unviersity of St Andrews

Seminars will always discuss the text from that morning's lecture.

Lecture by Dr Emma Lister on Alisdair Gray's Poor Things English Literature, University of Glasgow N.B. This lecture is optional for Creative Writing students

Masterclass delivered by Metaphrog, authors of the Louis graphic novels series and the forthcoming The Red Shoes and Other Tales. Students can choose between either [...]

Masterclass in Children's Writing by Vivian French, author of The Tales from Five Kingdoms and the forthcoming  The Most Wonderful Thing in the World. Students can choose between [...]

Lecture on Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off, by Dr Scott Hames, from the Stirling Centre for Scottish Studies, [...]

Lecture on Scottish Short Stories, by Dr Timothy Baker, School of Language and Literature, University of Aberdeen N.B. This lecture is optional for Creative Writing [...]

Burns Suppers are usually held on the 25th of January, in celebration of the Scottish poet Robert Burns's birthday, but we're putting on a special [...]

Lecture by Dr Eleanor Bell, School of English, University of Strathclyde

Farewell party for both Creative Writing and Scottish Literature cohorts.

Welcome reception for Contemporary Literature and Theatre & Performance students.

Lecture by Professor Andrew Biswell, Department of English, Manchester Metropolitan University

Seminar will include discussion of Nicola McCartney's play Heritage.

Lecture by Dr Graham Saunders, Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading

Seminar will include discussion of Blasted by Sarah Kane.

Workshop with Dr Simon Malpas, University of Edinburgh 'From Page to Stage'

Lecture by Dr Karin Sellberg, from the University of Queensland, Australia, former SUISS Director at the University of Edinburgh

Seminar will include discussion of John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil and Gregory Burke's Black Watch.

Mark Brown is one of Scotland's foremost theatre critics, and a SUISS tutor.

Lecture by Dr Stephen Morton, Department of English, University of Southampton

We will all gather after the lecture for a group photo of both Contemporary Literature and Theatre & Performance cohorts.

Lecture by Dr Denis Flannery, School of English, University of Leeds

Seminar will include discussion of Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan

Seminars will always discuss the text from that morning's lecture.

Seminar will include discussion of Blackbird, by David Harrower, and Random, by Debbie Tucker Green.

Lecture by Dr Michelle Keown, English Literature, University of Edinburgh

A workshop with Stef Smith, from the Playwright's Studio: Scottish playwright Stef Smith (Swallow, Roadkill) will lead a practical workshop for playwrights looking at the relationship [...]

Masterclass with Professor Olga Taxidou, University of Edinburgh In Room 1.20 of the Dugald Stewart Building

Lecture by Dr Carole Jones, English Literature, University of Edinburgh

Seminar will include discussion of Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill.

Lecture by Dr Julia Boll, Department of Literature, University of Konstanz, and former SUISS Director at the University of Edinburgh

Seminar will include discussion of David Greig's The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman he Loved in the Former Soviet Union.

Translation Workshop with Creative Scotland's Edwin Morgan Translation Fellows 2015

Seminar will include discussion of Brian Friel's Translations.

A lecture on contemporary British and Irish poetry, by Dr Eoghan Walls, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Lancaster

Workshop with Gary McNair from the Playwright's Studio: A practical playwriting and performance workshop with Gary McNair (A Gambler's Guide to Dying) exploring the process [...]