Hey Newts!
I don’t really have any news, but I know that the list has been useful to members in terms of finding external consultants to courses (I’ve done a few, and open to others,) and probably finding external examiners. In fact there is evidence now of quite a bit of linguistically innovative creative writing (for want of a better word) being taught across the country, from Roehampton to Salford, Bangor to Dartington, Roehampton to Royal Holloway (oh, that’s just down the road).
One member asked me what Newt was doing. Well, newts don’t do much. But that is a question I’d like to put to the group. In fact, I did have a question last time about resources, about what we teach, and teach from, but received no supplies. (We are all busy: for details of my busyness see www.robertsheppard.blogspot.com for my publishing news, including my critical vol The Poetry of Saying which some might find useful, though it isn’t a creative writing workbook like Hazel Smith’s)
Perhaps there is room for this kind of exchange here. Perhaps there are lessons to be learnt from each other. Perhaps there is a book to be edited that would make all of our lives easier, or some other form of UK-wide exchange. Any ideas, why not use the REPLY TO ALL facility and share it with the group?
