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Writer, Educator, English Literature Prof. Author of Right in the Head and Writing under Fire. Project Lead on Novel Perceptions and The Big Bookshare.

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3 years
My research for @bbcarts is included in the podcast series #TurnUpForTheBooks: The 1st episode stars @skinskinny, @irenosenokojie, @SavidgeReads & @bastilledan. My bit starts 9:30. Help our work by rating contemporary fiction:
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Utterly disgusted with people who praise Trump and who pretend to support Ukraine at the same time. Time to leave this platform long overdue.
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RT @CTTR19: Our own Dr Helen Davies and Maria Isabel Romero-Ruiz, University of Málaga, share the following CFP for an exciting conference….
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RT @CLSinfra: CLS INFRA Newsletter Spring '25 -
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RT @wlv_uni: Professor in English Literature, @basgroes, is leading a creative writing programme at the Univeristy to help stroke recovery….
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RT @RMFrancis: I feel very lucky and grateful to work with @basgroes at @wlv_uni . Check out this lovely write up about the amazing work we….
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5 months
Last week I started trialling VR technology on my module Literature in the Digital Age. The students are creating their own VR builds, 3D essays that offer the user a spatialised and embodied experience. They loved this new way of communicating whilst building new skills.
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Last Saturday, I had a great time chatting to @tiffanymurray at the Wolves Lit Fest @WolvesLitFest about My Family and Other Rock Stars. The room was packed. Tiff sold and signed all of her books. This is her book's wonderful soundtrack: Enjoy!
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Today I had the humbling pleasure of testing creative exercises w volunteer's @ @wlv_uni's Walsall campus for the Write in the Head project funded by @ace_national. BBC's Alice Cullinane is creating a story about it. Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest
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6 months
🧠🧠❤️‍🔥🔥To celebrate the release of the audio version of Right in the Head's Chapter One, Jetstone is temporarily offering the e-book 📚 at a discounted price of only *£2.49*: . Listen to Chapter One, here:
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6 months
🎸🥁Next week Sat, 1 Feb, 6PM, Wolverhampton, I'll be talking to @tiffanymurray about her riveting memoir growing up in the Rockfield Studios in the 1970s. ❤️‍🔥🔥. Come along to hear about her encounters w/.Queen.Hawkwind🤘🏼.& many more. Tickets here: 👏🏼🙌🏼
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RT @CTTR19: 🔥The English Team @wlv_uni is proud to work w/ the amazing 🖊️ @yomiadegoke, @WaterstonesWton & @WolvesLitFest on the Wolverhamp….
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RT @RMFrancis: Don't miss my Geopoetic Wayfinder workshop at this year's @WolvesLitFest
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RT @DaisyEBlack: My new storytelling show, 'Yde and Olive' will premiere at @WolvesLitFest on Saturday the 1st Feb!. .
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RT @basgroes: On Sat 1 Feb, Wolverhampton, the team delivering the Arts Council funded #writeinthehead project - creative writing for strok….
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RT @diffstrokes: Has someone in your family had a stroke? Want help with talking to your children about it? We have a whole range of resour….
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6 months
Here's a video featuring @jon_mcgregor explaining the problems and benefits of doing creative writing with stroke survivors. Come & talk to us on Sat 1 at the #wolveslitfest to test out some exercises! . More info here:
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On Sat 1 Feb, Wolverhampton, the team delivering the Arts Council funded #writeinthehead project - creative writing for stroke survivors - invites volunteers, carers and healthcare professionals to test new exercises. More info here: #wolveslitfest
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RT @WaterstonesWton: New in stock this week, Lie of the Land is the latest slice of unsettling Black Country fiction from Kerry Hadley-Pryc….
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