Novelist James RuncieÌý²¹²Ô»å broadcaster Katie Thistleton will chair the judging panels for the 2021 and with Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥, and submissions are now open.
A wave of children’s fiction which tackles subjects such as suicide terrorism, militant jihadism and counter-terror violence is helping young readers to rethink and resist extremism and Islamophobia, new research suggests.
Booker Prize shortlistee Daisy Johnson and beatboxer Testament have today been announced as judges of the BBC’s Ìý²¹²Ô»å with Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and First Story – as submissions for the 2019 competitions open.
Trinidadian writer Ingrid Persaud, has won the thirteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ for ‘ ̽»¨Ö±²¥Sweet Sop’, her first short story about a young Trinidadian man reunited with his absent father via the power of chocolate.
̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is partnering with BBC Radio to promote the BBC National Short Story Award, the BBC Young Writers’ Award and the BBC Student Critics’ Award in a three year collaboration starting in 2018.
Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the "magic potion" for writing a thriller.
Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the year he spent sitting behind author Lee Child as he wrote the latest Jack Reacher novel.
̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s first Master of Studies (MSt) in Creative Writing will explore the art of writing in all its many forms and guises, not just novel writing, according to Course Director Dr Sarah Burton.
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