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Come along to one of our many public lectures and Topical Talks throughout the year. These talks are given by leading experts from the University of Cambridge and beyond, and are an important part of our commitment to public engagement. Learn more about a new subject and join the discussion.

Forthcoming Lectures

Event date: 
Thursday, 8 May, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Fraser Grace, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with non-fiction writer and creative writing tutor Midge Gillies in this free Zoom event on Thursday...

Event date: 
Thursday, 26 June, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Creative writing tutor Derek Niemann will be in conversation with fellow nature writer Nic Wilson about her debut book, Land Beneath the Waves: Nature, Place and Chronic Illness in this free Zoom...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 12 August, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Dr Joe Reed will be in conversation with fellow ICE creative writing tutor Dr Alycia Pirmohamed about his new novel, Terrestrial History in this free Zoom event on Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 7pm,...

Past Lectures

Event date: 
Monday, 11 December, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

In this brief introductory lecture we will explore the fundamental concepts of strategic analysis. We will discuss the importance of strategic analysis in making informed decisions and achieving...

Event date: 
Thursday, 7 December, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Join us as we discuss three new poetry collections. Kaddy Benyon’s Robbergirls, Lucy Hamilton’s Viewer | Viewed and Lucy Sheerman’s Pine Island are all published this Autumn.  

Kaddy, Lucy...

Event date: 
Monday, 20 November, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual (free)

This event is an opportunity to join a conversation with Dr Gill...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 14 November, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Yvonne (current Academic Director of Creative Writing at ICE) and Midge Gillies (previous Academic Director) will be talking about writing routines, teaching, publishing and generally shooting the...

Event date: 
Thursday, 7 September, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Zoom/Virtual

Join us as we discuss Laura Shepperson's new book, The Heroines.

"Full of rage, mesmerising twists and pathos, Shepperson's enthralling debut mines the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus...

Event date: 
Thursday, 13 July, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Nick Bradley, author of the best-selling The Cat and The City, will be talking to Joe Mungo Reed about his new novel Four Seasons in Japan – set in rural Japan, in a town called Onomichi...

Event date: 
Friday, 30 June, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Join us as we discuss writing fiction with award-winning, Manchester-based writer, Okechukwu Nzelu.

In 2015 he was the recipient of a Northern Writers' Award from New Writing North. His...

Event date: 
Monday, 12 June, 2023 - 11:00
Venue: 
Virtual

We are living in a digital age in which advances in technology are changing almost every aspect of our life, including education. Led by Elaine Schmidt, this lecture will discuss some innovative...

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