Author: Joanne Dixon

States of Indie Programme 2025

In this article, published in Writers&Artists, Farhana Shaikh (Dahlia Books) reflects on a decade of Indie publishing, the impact of the pandemic and working as our industry partner in States 2021. Farhana is passionate about the Indie community and we… Continue Reading →

As a student in their first year of English and Creative Writing, the Cultural eXchanges Festival has been an interesting experience. Due to the events of Covid-19, the format in 2021 was taken online. However this did not hinder my… Continue Reading →

The Creative Writing Postgrad Performance was an immersive experience offering an array of creative pieces. It was fantastic to see the creative pieces showcased. Caroline Butterwick and Julian Pinnick presented my favourite pieces. Caroline’s piece allowed us a small glimpse into the world of… Continue Reading →

The Peacock Screen shines brightly: The Cultural eXchanges Festival ended with a bang on Friday with The Peacock Screen “Shines” event. This exciting evening celebrated Indian cinema, in particular the work of Mahmood Jamal. Mr Farrukh Dhondy, writer and ex-Commissioning… Continue Reading →

The Postgrads Showcase, hosted by Professor Simon Perril, was a brilliant opportunity to hear about the research and fresh writing of five fantastically diverse and talented authors. All the authors presented well thought-out written works, and each read with real… Continue Reading →

A Flicker of Inspiration: This event was hosted by Leicester Centre for Creative Writing at DMU. Postgrads studying creative writing at PhD level read out their beautiful words, hooking us from beginning to end. There were many different styles of… Continue Reading →

To be honest, I’ve never come across such an inspiring person as Pheebs Jameson. I’ve never been one to listen to TED talks or podcasts, but I feel that has all changed now. Truthfully, I was hooked straight from the… Continue Reading →

Last night, while scrolling through the Cultural Exchanges programme, I decided to book tickets for ‘Ok So I’m In Love, I Think’ by Danni Spooner – mostly because of the intriguing title. And wow, I am so happy I checked… Continue Reading →

To this hopeful writer Jon Wilkins’ presentation was enlightening. Talking about his writing, including his 2019 novel, Poppy Flowers at the Front, he doubled down on the importance of research when writing historical fiction, describing days spent combing historical sources… Continue Reading →