Launching ‘Blessed Assurance’ by Stewart Ennis

Stewart Ennis, Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance PhD scholar is launching his first novel titled ‘Blessed Assurance’ in Autumn 2019. “The fact of the matter is Joseph Kirkland was afraid.  Afraid of not being Saved.  Afraid of being Saved. Afraid of the transformation that would occur the moment he uttered those words, Jesus! God! I want you to come into my heart!” Blessed Assurance is a coming of age novel […]

Pause: new writing about time and change

The Creative Arts Strand of the Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance recently launched Pause: new writing about time and change, a collection of 18 new works of fiction, memoir and poetry from current postgraduate students and recent alumni of the University of Aberdeen and Curtin University. At the launch, Professor John Cordery, Curtin Provost, spoke about the growing relationship between the two universities, and three […]

Causeway / Cabhsair: Special 10th anniversary edition

Two creative writing PhD students, studying in Aberdeen as part of the Curtin-Aberdeen Alliance, are leaving their mark on the University’s creative scene. Ashleigh Angus and Adam Kealley are the current editors of one of its journals, Causeway/Cabhsair. Causeway/Cabhsair is a magazine of Irish and Scottish writing, published by the University of Aberdeen’s Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies. The magazine embraces […]