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A conversation with From Arthur's Seat

14 May, 2024

We sit down with Jesús Nares Jaramillo, André Hughes and Maisie Smith, three members of this year&…

Meet our graduates: Ai Jiang (Creative Writing)

07 May, 2024

Shortlisted for the prestigious Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards, winning the Ignyte Award for Best…

In memoriam: Professor Francis O'Gorman

22 April, 2024

Colleagues reflect on the passing of former colleague, Francis O'Gorman, a passionate and…

Meet our graduates: Francisca Da Silveira

31 May, 2023

Working full time as a playwright, Francisca Da Silveira has held two year-long fellowships and had…

Meet our graduates: Laurie Motherwell

12 May, 2023

An award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Laurie studied with us between 2010 and 2015,…

From Arthur’s Seat – stories from the heart of Edinburgh

01 May, 2023

Every year, our MSc Creative Writing cohort publishes an anthology of new writing. We spoke to this…

Experiencing the Edinburgh festivals as an intern

20 October, 2022

English Literature student Susanna Demelas tells us about spending the summer working on some of…

Lifting the veil on poetry

28 June, 2022

Patrick Errington talks about his Emerging Writers Award win and helping his students find their…

What it is like having a writing mentor?

10 June, 2022

We talk to Creative Writing student Tim Tim Cheng about her experience as a mentee of the Roddy…

Exploring the legacies of Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific writing

30 May, 2022

We hear from the researchers behind Remediating Stevenson, a new three-year project to engage…