On All Things Desire
When writing a story, we are told that the core of the story - the yearning of it - needs to make itself known. What do you yearn for?
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Recognising The Impact of Your Authorial Voice
What do we do when we discover that the authors we look up to turn out to be people with beliefs and opinions that we do not condone?
On Writing Love
Some might call love a clichéd subject, but it is all around us. Read on to find some thoughts on love, and how and why we write it.
Fear of the Blank Page: Overcoming Writer's Block
Follow these steps to overcome writer's block and get over your fear of the blank page.
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Call for Submissions: Issue 19
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Particle UNM
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Literary Reading and Q&A with Preeta Samarasan
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Particle UNM
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Literally Speaking
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Particle UNM
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Book Sale
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Step-by-Step to Writing Poetry (trying to, at least!)
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Jo Lynn Chong
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Hold On: A Story on Mental Illness
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Mathaelly Lam
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Ivan Ling
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What Are We Into-uiting Now?
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Julia Lai and Kaitlyn Chin
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Love in Amnesia: A Heartbreaking Parallel
Intro This piece is to both introduce to you and commemorate the 10th year anniversary of Amnesia, one of the most iconic stories in the...
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Shadia Muslim
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What Dreams are Made of When You’re Over 20
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Kishaun Xavier
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What puts the ‘guilt’ in guilty pleasure?
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6 of the best contemporary poets in the Middle East
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A (too) early morning walk with decaffeinated ruminations
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The Inconstancy of Memory
Reconstructing memories from memories
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Arvina Gill
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On All Things Desire
When writing a story, we are told that the core of the story - the yearning of it - needs to make itself known. What do you yearn for?
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Farah Nadia Zulkiflee
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Recognising The Impact of Your Authorial Voice
What do we do when we discover that the authors we look up to turn out to be people with beliefs and opinions that we do not condone?
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JY Tan
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“How To Not Be A Starving Artist”: A Panel Discussion + Q&A
A panel discussion organised by Particle UNM, featuring 5 alumni from the School of English who shared their post-graduation experiences.
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Aqil Najhan
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My Journey with Gender
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Writing the Distorted Reality of the ‘New Normal’
Humans are natural storytellers. The stories that we are familiar with, are the building blocks of how we view reality.
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Nisa Lee
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Reconciling Two Worlds: The Link Between Design and Literature with Najat Amer
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Rachel Wong
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On Writing Love
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Shafiqah Alliah Razman
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Knowing the ‘Angry Young Men’ in English Literature
Find out more about the 'Angry Young Men' in English literature. Who are they and how are they notable?
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Iyath Adam Shareef
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Fear of the Blank Page: Overcoming Writer's Block
Follow these steps to overcome writer's block and get over your fear of the blank page.
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Evelyn Ramli
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Author Reading + Q&A with Damyanti Biswas
Engaging, informative, and unexpectedly wholesome, Damyanti’s reading and Q&A session shed light on being and becoming a writer.
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Sara Mostafa
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In Conversation with Christina Yin
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Evelyn Ramli
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In Conversation with Damyanti Biswas
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