Creative Writing
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Only you can write the book that you would write, be it a collection of poetry, a novel, a memoir… Nobody else could write it like you could write it. The purpose of the UCC MA in Creative Writing is to give you the tools to write that book, and many more after it. As well as honing the techniques and craft of creative writing, the UCC MA in Creative Writing is also designed to prepare you for a career in publishing, and the creative arts; to introduce you to the publishing industry (engaging on a weekly basis with published authors and publishing professionals) and to connect you to your most creative and productive self; to provide access to the community of writers that exists, both in the wider world and in Cork, a thriving literary scene; to give you time to write; to introduce you to other emerging writers, like-minded individuals on the same pathway as you. To empower you.The School of English in UCC treats writing as a living, evolving practice: students taking the course will read and write in a context in which literature is being performed, transformed and adapted, and in doing so offer you a safe space to learn, to practice, and to develop your craft towards inventive and authentic forms of expression. The course as a whole encourages and supports a full exploration of the creative self while also maintaining a strong vocational emphasis.Directed by 2021 IMPAC longlistee Dr. Eibhear Walshe, all of our courses are embedded in Cork’s thriving artistic scene, rooted in expert practice and taught by highly accomplished professionals. A rich variety of modules are available, including Fiction, Poetry, Life Writing, Creative Non-fiction, and reading creatively (through Craft of the Novel). Additionall, the Business of Writing module is dedicated to the professional life of the creative writer, including work placements, and a series of visiting speakers such as Mike McCormack, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Nicole Flattery, Lisa McInerney, Tramp Press, The Stinging Fly and many more.Some of Ireland’s greatest writers have studied or taught at UCC, including Frank O’Connor, Sean O’Faolain, Nuala Nà Dhomhnaill and John Montague, while more recently the Creative Writing programme boasts published graduates like Madeleine D’Arcy, Tadhg Coakley and Laura McKenna. Notable poets associated with UCC include Mary Noonan, Doireann Nà GhrÃofa, Ailbhe Nà Ghearbhuigh, Thomas McCarthy, Sean Dunne, Paul Durcan, Theo Dorgan and Eiléan Nà Chuilleanáin. The School of English hosts an annual Writer-In-Residence and holders of this prestigious post have included Mary Morrissy, Claire Keegan, Danielle McLaughlin, Thomas Morris, Eimear Ryan, Danny Denton and Matthew Sweeney. In addition to this we have regular masterclasses, some of which have been taught by luminaries including Richard Ford, John Banville, Catherine Ryan Howard, Danielle McLaughlin, Sandra Beasley, Colum McCann and Paula Bohince, and a reading series which has included guests such as: Kevin Barry, Claire-Louise Bennett, Conor O’Callaghan, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Nuala O’Connor, Brian Turner and Zadie Smith .Writing and reading are intertwined as acts—opposite ends of an attempt to understand what it’s like to be in the world. Never has that been more important. Never has the world needed more writers, and more readers, and an over-arching guide to the UCC MA in Creative Writing’s approach is to foster such readers and writers in achieving their potential.
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1st March; Minimum H2.2 degree GPA equivalency (typically 3.2 GPA from North America)
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Rotterdam
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3053 CE
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