Conversations with Writers

Bollocks to Brexit: an Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (CivicLeicester, 2019) is now available .* We are inviting, and are accepting, poems and short fiction on the theme, Bollocks to Brexit . Brexit has polarised the country and led to the normalisation of xenophobia, Islamophobia and hate crimes. Can the harm it is causing be stopped? Can it be reversed? Who should clean up the mess which the politicians have made and are making? What will the future be like for Britain? Who will be the winners and who the losers? Should it be like this? Should the country be divided in two? Please send the poems and short fiction to civicleicester@gmail.com by 11pm on Friday, 29 March 2019 . Submission Guidelines ● Poems should be 40 lines or less, and short fiction, 100 words or less. ● The poems and short fiction should be on the theme, Bollocks to Brexit . ● Submissions must be in English. In the case of translated work, it is the translator’s responsibility to obtain permis...

Leicester 2084 AD: New Poems about The City is now available .  An introduction to the anthology can be read on the Creative Writing at Leicester blog.  Could you write a poem or short fiction that shares an experience or aspect on or of future Leicester? Your poem or short fiction could be about life, personalities or relationships with, within or around the city, its people, features, landmarks, peculiarities, history, or future. What will Leicester be like in the year 2084? How will it get there? Where will it go or where did it go along the way? There is a legend, at most points into the city, that says, Welcome to Leicester Historic City . Will this legend still be there in the year 2084 or will it have been replaced by another one? What greeting will people get when they come to future Leicester? What will they be coming to? What or where will they be coming from? What meaning will Leicester have in the year 2084? What will Leicester mean to its ...