Earlier this year the University of Malta approved the setting up of the Creative Writing Programme (CWP) within the Faculty of Arts. The CWP is meant to act as a forum to promote excellence in Creative Writing across its different expressions. Earlier this year the University of Malta approved the setting up of the CWP within the Faculty of Arts. The CWP is meant to act as a forum to promote excellence in creative writing across its different expressions. The programme is steered by a board of expert academics and practitioners tasked with building it into a creative hub that brings together writers of ability, potential and promise, from the University or outside, to talk about their writing, to derive support and encouragement from each other and to promote creative writing more generally. It aims to build up capacity to provide services to aspiring and established writers, including individual manuscript consultations, public readings and talks, information on the publishing process and connections to both local and international writing communities.Persons interested in being part of, or connected with, the activities and plans of the programme are invited to contact Charlene Schiavone on [email protected] of the programme's remit is to periodically host, as writer in residence for several weeks each year, an internationally accomplished professional writer. The writer, who will be an affiliate member of the Faculty of Arts, will conduct seminars and workshops, give talks, share insights and generally act as mentor and be available for consultation and manuscript advice. The Faculty of Arts is delighted to announce that the first writer in residence will be the highly acclaimed British writer Jim Crace, author of such literary masterpieces as Being Dead and Harvest. Jim Crace will be in residence at the Faculty of Arts from 10 November to 20 December. A limited number of places is available for participation in workshops held regularly by Jim Crace during his residence. Persons engaged in creative writing pursuits who feel they can derive benefit from such encounters, and at the same time want to be part of the Creative Writing Programme in the longer term, are invited to send a sample of written work (published or unpublished) of not more than 1,500 words for adjudication on email [email protected] Since the workshop group must be kept small in order to be effective, places will be offered on a competitive basis according to the quality of the writing sample submitted. The adjudicators' decision will be final. The other applicants will still have the opportunity to benefit from other activities in the programme, including any encounters with the writer in residence designed to reach larger audiences.
Applications with submitted work must be sent on [email protected] by Wednesday, 5 November. Late applications cannot be entertained. All activities will be free of charge.