Subtexts: The Gaza Mono-Logues 28 February 2024
Staff, students, and guests to QM came to listen and commune on Wednesday 28th February while immersing in, channeling, and embodying a voice that says: “Enough!!! We deserve a world better than this, a world without fear, siege or occupation” (ASHTAR Theatre).A selection of monologues were read in different languages, in live translation and via the theatre's collection: https://www.gazamonologues.com/copy-of-team
Afterwards, we broke bread and enjoyed delicious food from Hiba, a family-owned restaurant specialising in Palestinian and Lebanese food.
Subtexts: Alchemy 23 January 2024
On Tuesday 23rd January, Creative Writing celebrated the launch of the first issue of Subtexts literary journal. Current and former students and enthusiastic guests packed into Burley Fisher Bookshop in Hackney to hear readings from CW tutor Brian Dillon, PhD students Kole Fulmine, Lottie Howson, and Jon Keane, and special guest Forward-prize winning poet Will Harris. The journal, to be published annually, is edited by MA and PhD students under the guidance of Rachael Allen, and features work across UG and PG programmes.
Subtexts: Transfixions 13 April 2023