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“Speculative Futures and Thinking” – an Event with Author Sophie Mackintosh

The University of Kent Paris School of Arts and Culture and the American University of Paris are pleased to welcome Sophie Mackintosh as our Paris Writer in Residence 2021. The Paris School of Arts and Culture will be welcoming students and guests for a presentation and Q&A with Sophie on Wednesday, 6 October from 7-8:30 pm.

Entitled “Speculative Futures and Thinking”, Sophie’s talk will explore what’s beyond what we know of as ‘speculative’, and how we can use that kind of imaginative zone as a way to think and develop our writing across all modes and genres.

Born in South Wales in 1988, Sophie is currently based in London. Her fiction, essays and poetry have been published by Granta, The White Review, The New York Times and The Stinging Fly, among others. Her debut novel The Water Cure was published by Hamish Hamilton in the UK in Spring 2018 and by Doubleday in the US in early 2019, and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Her second novel Blue Ticket was published in Summer 2020 to critical acclaim.

To attend this free event, please RSVP at this link by 5pm, Tuesday, 5 October. You must reserve your place for admittance.  A French “pass sanitaire” will be required upon entry.

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Sophie Mackintosh Named Writer in Residence 2021

The Paris School of Arts and Culture and the American University of Paris are pleased to announce that Sophie Mackintosh has been appointed to the third Paris Writer’s Residency. We look forward to welcoming her to the French capital in October to work with students at both our universities and to join our community of writers.

Sophie Mackintosh was born in South Wales in 1988, and is currently based in London. Her fiction, essays and poetry have been published by Granta, The White Review, The New York Times and The Stinging Fly, among others. Her debut novel The Water Cure was published by Hamish Hamilton in the UK in Spring 2018 and by Doubleday in the US in early 2019, and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Her second novel Blue Ticket was published in Summer 2020 to critical acclaim.

During the month-long residency Mackintosh will be leading workshops at the Paris School of Arts and Culture and the American University of Paris, and to give a public reading at the Centre Culturel Irlandais.

Learn more about our Creative Writing Master’s Programme in Paris here.