January 9, 2014
Alex Preston has been commissioned by Birkbeck for a short story in our annual anthology, The Mechanics’ Institute Review (MIR). Here he discusses his short story and writing life with Kieran Falconer.
December 9, 2014
Hubbub will take place at The Harrison on February 29th and we are delighted to be joined by Paul McVeigh and Toby Litt. This will be the final Hubbub before we change over to MIRLive!
November 2, 2015
‘Red Meat’, by Kate Whiteside, was first published in MIR11, Kate also has a story in MIR12.
December 2, 2015
Once again we’re looking for high-quality writing to publish in The Mechanics’ Institute Review (MIR), Birkbeck’s critically acclaimed literary anthology.
February 29, 2016
Birkbeck Alumnus, James Mitchell, has been awarded The Fiction Desk’s Newcomer Prize.
February 29, 2016
A fully funded scholarship opportunity for a budding writer to hone their skills has been created at Birkbeck, University of London.
March 13, 2016
Birkbeck Poets join the events for Arts Week 2016.
March 18, 2016
Melanie Jones talks through the features of our brand-new website.
April 1, 2016
Stefanie’s short story, Eel, has been shortlisted for the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, she tells us a about the inspiration behind the story.
April 13, 2016
Our first MIRLive will take place on May 13th 2016 and we are looking for readers to join Benjamin Wood and Courttia Newland.
May 2, 2016
Our first MIRLive will take place on May 13th 2016 and we are joined by Benjamin Wood, Nadim Safdar, Courttia Newland, Gilli Fryzer and Anne Rabbit.
May 3, 2016
Birkbeck Arts Week, 2016 runs from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 May and the Creative Writing department will be hosting two events during Arts Week. These events will be complimented by MIRLive on May 13th and Birkbeck Poets on May 22nd.
May 21, 2016
Melanie Jones speaks to authors Dan Powell, Toby Litt, Nikesh Shukla, and Courttia Newland about Being Dad and the effects fatherhood has had on their writing
September 29, 2016
MIRLive returns on October 24th 2016 for an anthology special. We are joined by Elizabeth Freemantle, Melanie Jones, Aliyah Keshani, Melody Razak, Chris Lilly, John Forde and Claire Montell.
October 3, 2016
On Tuesday we celebrated the launch of our thirteenth anthology in the Keynes Library at Birkbeck.
October 9, 2016
A short story by Melanie Jones first published in MIR11
October 20, 2016
The 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize has been won by Stefanie Seddon, who has just completed an M.A. in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. The Prize is a prestigious international writing competition open to writers worldwide which is now in its 9th year, and received 2,160 entries this year. […]
October 24, 2016
Nomads writing group recruiting for new members.
October 25, 2016
Our next MIRLive takes place on December 5th at the Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, King’s Cross, WC1H 8JF. This will be a Christmas Special and we are looking for work inspired by folk tales, fairy tales and magic. The deadline for Submissions is November 18th.
November 1, 2016
The first of our monthly book recommendations. The MIROnline team have chosen the books they are most enjoying this month.