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Conference Programme

Futures for Creative Writing

Friday 21 May Programme

TIME (BST)

SESSION TITLES

15:30 - 16:00
Welcome Talk
Andrea Holland (University of East Anglia)
Tessa McWatt (University of East Anglia)
Javier Sagarna (Escuela de Escritores, Spain and EACWP)
16:00 - 17:00

Keynote Lecture

Creative Writing and the Democratisation of Literary Access
Andrew Cowan (Novelist and Professor of Creative Writing at University of East Anglia)
Chair: Jean McNeil (University of East Anglia)

17:00 - 17:15
Introduction to EACWP
Lorena Briedis (EACWP)
17:15 - 17:30
Break
17:30 - 19:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 

Roundtable:
Remaking Workshops in the Digital Age
Claire Battershill (University of Toronto)
Heather Jessup (Dalhousie University)
Bryan Wade (University of British Colombia)
Sheryda Warrener (University of British Colombia)
Moderator: Sian Evans (University of East Anglia)

 
A Journey Around Our Rooms
Amy Sackville (University of Kent)
 

Roundtable:
Audio/Photo/Text: Multimedia Approaches
Rubén Abella (Escuela de Escritores, Spain)
Orhan Kipcak (FH Joanneum, University of Applied Sciences, Austria)
Fritz Ostermayer (Vienna Poetry School)
Moderator: Steve Waters (University of East Anglia)

17:30 - 18:30
French Multilingual Workshop:
Renée Combal-Weiss (Aleph-Écriture)
19:00 - 19:30
Break
19:30 - 20:30
Keynote Lecture
Writing in a Time of Peril
CAROLYN FORCHÉ
Poet, Professor of Georgetown University, and Visiting Faculty Member ad Newcastle University
Chair: Andrea Holland (University of East Anglia)
20:45 - 21:45
Open Mic

 

Saturday 22 May Programme

TIME (BST)

SESSION TITLES

09:00 - 10:30
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 

Roundtable:
International Intersections: Decentring Workshop Clichés
Sam Meekings (Northwestern University in Qatar)
Marshall Moore (Falmouth University)
Moderator: Tiffany Atkinson (University of East Anglia)

 

Roundtable:
Creative Classrooms: Imaginative Writing in Other Languages
Diego Luiz Albuquerque (EACWP)
Miguel Ángel Feria (Escuela de Escritores, Spain)
Sonja Frenzel (Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf)
Katharina Maria Kalinowski (University of Cologne)
Luis Luna (Escuela de Escritores, Spain)
Moderator: Gale Burns (Kingston University London)

 

 
Panel:
Emma Biddle (University of Newcastle)
Bernardo Jose de Moraes Bueno (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Liu Yang (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen)
Chair: Derek Neale (The Open University)
09:00 - 10:00
Finnish Multilingual Workshop:
Juri Joensuu (University of Jyväskylä)
09:00 - 10:30
German/English/Onomatopoesia Multilingual Workshop: SQUARE – Multilingual Minimal Square Texts, Acoustic Visual Compositions
Jörg Piringer (Vienna Poetry School)
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - 12:15
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 
Roundtable:
Toby Litt (Birkbeck College)
James Miller (Kingston University)
Monique Roffey (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Moderator: Naomi Wood (University of East Anglia)
 
Panel:
Kate Briggs (American University of Paris and the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam)
Jen Calleja (University of East Anglia)
Preti Taneja (Newcastle University)
Chair: Cecilia Rossi (University of East Anglia) 
 
Roundtable:
Javier Sagarna (Escuela de Escritores, Spain)
Frank Tazelaar (ArtEZ / The Netherlands)
Martino Gozzi (Scuola Holden / Italy) 
Moderator: Andrea Holland (University of East Anglia)
 
Czech Multilingual Workshop:
Daniel Kubec (The University of Creative Communication, Prague)
12:15 - 13:30
Break
12:30 - 13:30
A Journey Around Our Rooms: Writing Room
Writing prompts and guided writing exercises. and catch up with other participating in the 'A Journey Around Our Rooms' project
13:30 - 14:30
Keynote Lecture
JOHN YORKE
Managing Director of Angel Station, and Visiting Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Chair: Steve Waters (University of East Anglia)
14:30 - 16:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 
Roundtable:
Sasha Bergstrom-Katz (University of London)
Wesley Brown (University of Kent)
Julialicia Case (University of Wisconsin Green Bay)
Margot Douaihy (Franklin Pierce University)
Eric Freeze (Wabash College)
Hannah Wood (Story Juice)
Moderator: Henry Sutton (University of East Anglia)
 
Panel:
Lucy Burns (University of Manchester)
Harriet Cooper (University of East Anglia)
Joseph Williams (University of East Anglia)
Chair: Andrew Cowan (University of East Anglia)
 
Panel:
Gaar Adams (University of Glasgow)
Muli Amaye (The University of the West Indies)
Mireille Baurens (Université Grenoble Alpes)
Cécile Perret (Etablissement Pénitentiaire pour Mineurs, Meyzieu, France)
Vincent Massart (Claude Bernard Université Lyon 1)
Chair: Tessa McWatt (University of East Anglia)
 
Norwegian Multilingual Workshop:   
Helene Uri (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
Dag Larsen (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
Bjørn Sortland (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
Alice Lima de Faria (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
14:30 - 15:30
Norwegian Multilingual Workshop: What Makes Us Cry? Seminar on Sentimentality and Collaboration in Artistic Research
Helene Uri (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
Dag Larsen (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
Bjørn Sortland (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
Alice Lima de Faria (Norwegian Intitut for Children Books)
16:00 - 16:15
Break
16:15-17:45
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 
Roundtable:
Sam Dodd (University of London)
Erica Masserano (University of East London)
Tessa McWatt (University of East Anglia)
Jane Moss (Falmouth University)
Moderator: Claire Hynes (University of East Anglia)
 
Panel:
Graeme Harper (Oakland University)
Maureen Medved (University of British Columbia)
John Vigna (University of British Columbia)
Chair: Ben Musgrave (University of East Anglia)
 
Panel:
Jasmin Kirkbride (University of East Anglia)
Sophie Scott-Brown (University of East Anglia)
Chair: Jean McNeil (University of East Anglia)
16:15 - 17:15
Spanish Multilingual Workshop:
Elena Belmonte (Escuela de Escritores, Spain)
17:45 - 19:00
Break
18:00 - 18:45
A Journey Around Our Rooms: The View From Our Rooms
An opportunity to reflect on the project and to share your experience of writing your ‘room’. All are welcome, whether a submission has been made or not. We welcome discussion of future networks and collaborations. Where next on the journey?
19:00 - 20:00
Keynote Lecture
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
Novelist and Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University
Chair: Claire Hynes (University of East Anglia)
20:00
Conference Close
Tessa McWatt (University of East Anglia)
Andrea Holland (University of East Anglia)
Javier Sagarna (Escuela de Escritores, Spain and EACWP)

 

 

Conference Programme - Futures for Creative Writing