BCU Creative Writing Summer Show 2026!

Get ready for a summer showcase of amazing creative writing talent at the Creative Writing Summer Show 2026!

You're warmly invited to join us for our Creative Writing Summer Show, where we will launch LARK - this year's anthology of new creative writing by students and staff at the Department of English and Media, Birmingham City University.

The show will include readings of exciting new work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

We are thrilled to announce that our special guest speaker is , winner of the Goldsmiths Prize for Fiction 2025, who has also contributed a foreword to LARK!

This is a FREE event - simply register through Eventbrite.

Wine and canapés will be served - and you will be able to take away FREE copies of the anthology!

This event is brought to you by the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing in the Department of English and Media at Birmingham City University. Led by Professor Gregory Leadbetter, the Institute exists to cultivate the literary arts and the life of ideas, and runs a rich programme of events throughout the year.

The Creative Writing Summer Show 2026 will be held in room P230, Parkside Building, City Centre Campus.

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