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Creative Writing Seminar: Sharing a Mystery: The Science of Stories
Sharing a Mystery: The Science of Stories
Chris Barkley’s debut novel, The Man on the Endless Stair was released in summer 2025 and was described in The Times as ‘An eerie, deeply atmospheric tale of hidden treasure and trauma.’ He was appointed Writer in Residence by the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2022 and has won the Oxford University Kellogg Writing Competition as well as the Bedford International Writing Prize. He achieved a distinction on the MSt in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford and has taught creative writing at Yale. Edinburgh is where he stays.
The Creative Writing Seminar Series is convened by Dr Clare Morgan, Director of the Centre for Creative Writing at Kellogg College.
The event begins with refreshments at 5pm, with the seminar taking place from 5.30-6.30pm. All are welcome, no bookings are necessary.
Date:
4 February 2026, 17:30
Venue:
Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Speaker:
Chris Barkley (Author)
Organiser contact email address:
events@kellogg.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Lucy Phillips
