Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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.
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...
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,...
Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton will be in conversation with Dr Midge Gillies about her new book, Atlantic Furies in this free Zoom event on Thursday 23 October, 7-8pm, GMT.
Midge will talk about...
Creative writing tutor Dr Lucy Durneen will be in conversation with Julian Hoffman in this free Zoom event on Tuesday, 16 December, 7-8pm, GMT.
Julian was born in the northeast of England...
Maurice Blik is a sculptor who, at the age of 4, was taken from his birthplace in Amsterdam, and with his family was sent to the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
Finally liberated,...
In this short course, MSt Crime and Thriller Writing course director Sophie Hannah will share with participants her golden rules for getting your crime novel off to a good start, in a way that...
MSt in Crime and Thriller Writing course director Sophie Hannah interviews Sunday Times and Amazon bestselling author Harriet Tyce about her career as a crime writer, how she created such...
Derek Niemann, creative writing tutor and author, will be talking to Dr Midge Gillies, Academic Director of Creative Writing, about how she wrote and researched her new book, Piccadilly, The...
Joanne Limburg, tutor in creative writing at ICE and author of Letters To My Weird Sisters, will be talking to her colleague Alycia Pirmohamed about Alycia’s debut collection, Another Way to Split...
Debut children’s author AF Steadman will be discussing her novel Skandar and the Unicorn Thief with Rupert Wallis, a Course Director of the MSt in Creative Writing. The novel has been one of the...
Acclaimed historical novelist, creative writing tutor and mentor, Jill Dawson will be talking to ICE's Academic Director of Creative Writing, Dr Midge Gillies about her keenly-anticipated novel...
Nick Bradley, tutor in creative writing at ICE and author of The Cat and the City, will be talking to his colleague Joe Mungo Reed about Joe's second novel, Hammer. Described by Kirkus Reviews as...
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