The Letters Page is a University of Nottingham project, and benefits from the support of the School of English.
The Editor
Jon McGregor is the Writer in Residence at the University of Nottingham’s School of English, where he works alongside his Creative Writing colleagues to produce The Letters Page and associated projects.
Jon’s recent books include a short story collection, This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You, and his third novel, Even the Dogs, which won the IMPAC Dublin Literature Award in 2012. His first two novels, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways to Begin, were both long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and his stories have twice been runner-up in the BBC National Short Story Award. Jon's fourth novel, Reservoir 13, was published in April 2017 by 4th Estate. Reservoir 13 was also long-listed for the Man Booker prize 2017. Jon has previously been a writer in residence at a secondary school in Aspley, Nottingham, and on the RRS James Clark Ross in Antarctica.
Creative Writing Students
Students taking the University of Nottingham MA in Creative Writing will have the opportunity to be involved with The Letters Page by taking a new module in ‘Letters, Literary Journals, and Online Writing’, which will include practical work on the production of the new issue. Undergraduate English students will also have opportunities to become involved on an extracurricular basis. If you’re an English student and you’re reading this, get in touch!
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