The West’s biggest Literature Festival, the 2013 Independent Bath Literature Festival will be welcomed into the city of Bath between Friday 1st and Sunday 10th March.
The city will bring the finest writers and creative minds to Bath to discuss topics as diverse as religion, science, morality, art and the environment. The focus will be on the themes of Freedom, Landscape and as the centenary of the Great War approaches, Europe in 1913.
Bath Spa University annually supports the Literature Festival and is proud to be Bath Festivals’ Creative Partner. Once again, students and staff are contributing in many ways to this year’s programme, including student-led events such as ‘Voices in the City’, sponsorship of the fantastic ‘Landscape’ strand and the popular free ‘Writers Surgery’ workshops for new, aspiring writers.
To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 7 March, the University is running two free events for the general public:
- Writers Surgery: Speculative Fiction, 6:00-7:30pm, Roscoff Deli – Have you always wanted to have a go at writing horror, fantasy or science fiction? Is your mind full of fantastical ideas? Writers from Bath Spa University will help you to explore these genres in an informal workshop.
- Pitch Perfect, 8:00-10:00pm, St James Wine Vaults Bath – Writers don’t just write: they have to research their books. Topics range from the nature of genre and issues of gender to how to create a world and write authentic historical voices. Come and hear a group of Bath Spa University’s distinguished Creative Writing PhD students pitch their projects to a panel of academics. Then vote for the winner…
Commenting on the University’s involvement, Dean of the School of Humanities and Cultural Industries at Bath Spa, Dr Steve May, said: “For many years Bath Spa’s involvement with Bath Festivals has been exciting and of great benefit to our students and the local community.
“Now that our ‘union’ has been regularised and we are formal ‘creative partners’, it gives us even more opportunities to contribute to these wonderful events.”
Bath Festivals’ Marketing and Development Director, Owen McNeir, added: “In what is a challenging climate for the Arts in the UK, the Creative Partnership between Bath Festivals and Bath Spa University stands out as a confident and dynamic collaboration. We look forward to building on our established heritage, embarking on new creative projects together and above all, to inspiring students across the University to help us grow and sustain the Arts in Bath and North East Somerset.”
Ranked in 2012 by Which? as one of the UK’s top five creative universities, Bath Spa University has creativity, culture and enterprise at its heart. Students benefit from great courses, leading facilities, enterprising staff and strong industry partnerships.
The University offers a wide range of postgraduate courses – including MA Travel and Nature Writing, MA Writing for Young People, MA Literature, Landscape and Environment and MA Creative Writing.
