If you have OCD, don’t glance up at the electricity pylons. The thick mass of tangled wires is a good analogy for the animated streets of Ho Chi Minh. Vietnam’s largest city throbs with life from the 7 million souls who live there and the marginally smaller number of mopeds on the roads. Crossing the…
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Palairos, Greece by Emily Thompson
A sailing boat is the perfect platform for people-watching. A crowd of Greeks sit outside a bar drinking ouzo, the harbourmaster strides up and down the dock, and beautifully bronzed foreigners lounge on a yacht further along the pontoon. Across the Ionian Sea, islands appear through the haze created by the brilliant sun. But closer…
A Ginormous Texan Experience by Phoebe Barker
When Phoebe first arrived in Texas it felt like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. She had unknowingly drunk the magical potion and shrunk to the size of a white rabbit. Everything was huge. Unlike my peers who were spending their teens discovering the wonders of alcohol, snogging and spreading rumours, I spent my time hidden in a…
No Signal by Matthew Barton
Beeeeep. No signal, the phone said. I can’t call Meridith and tell her that her cat’s dead. I can’t call Terry and set up that wood delivery, get a fire going. It’s horrible cold. Beeeeep. Yes? Barbara? Yes, Agatha. Oh, ok, yeah, sorry Carol. Yeah, bye. Beeeeep. I can’t get in contact with anyone I…
White Blank Page by Carlota Maura
I closed my eyes and absorbed the darkness, letting everything around me come alive. I had roamed the streets for hours, taking it all in: the smell of melted mozzarella on the world’s finest pizzas; the ghostly decadence of the city’s oldest buildings; a loud melody, Chopin perhaps, can be heard through an open window;…
Never Judge a Book by its Cover by Victoria Knight
Graphic Story by Victoria Knight
The Hedgehogs’ Great Big Sleep by Helen Dreher
Join Henry and Holly Hedgehog in this delightful tale. Story and illustrations by Helen Dreher.
Press Announcement – Fred Holland Poetry Award
Image: (L-R): David Smith of the Frederick Holland Trust; competition winner Raef Boylan; English and Creative writing course director Alyson Morris; and senior lecturer in English and Creative Writing Tim Kelly. Student’s prize winning poetry captures Coventry’s essence English and Creative Writing student, Raef Boylan, has won the inaugural Fred Holland Poetry Collection Award, named…
Coventry Words Magazine Vol.5 Sept 2014
Please find the latest Coventry Words magazine here. The magazine for student writers at Coventry University.
A digital picturebook by Victoria Osorio Pavon
This story is for children aged 6-7. It is created and illustrated by Erasmus student, Victoria Osorio Pavon, who is studying English.