29 Jul 2014
The Student Wordsmith’s You is for University now available nationwide
Creative platform The Student Wordsmith’s first anthology – You is for University – is now on sale nationwide.
Studio tenant and PhD student Sophie-Louise Hyde invited contributions to the collection via a competition – and was overwhelmed by the response.
According to Sophie: “Entries flew in from across the UK, and the standard of writing was extremely high.”
The anthology written by students for students – and issued by Loughborough’s student-led publishing house, Lamplight Press – offers a perfect A-to-Z of university life – making it ideal reading for Freshers and current – not to mention, former – students alike.
Indeed sales of the limited first edition were brisk, and reviews of the publication have been very positive.
The two established writers involved in the project – who helped judge which submissions should feature in the collection – have been unstinting in their praise of the writing and Sophie’s vision.
Writer and poet John Osborne – whose work includes critically-acclaimed BBC radio show John Peel's Shed – describes You is for University as a “one-of-a-kind university toolkit” with wide appeal.
Meanwhile, poet Kate Rhodes – whose latest work A Killing of Angels was released earlier this year – said: “You is for University is both a handy guide and heady collection of creative writing. Written by students for students, it has a contemporary edge which is its greatest strength.”
Sophie is thrilled by the success of the collection: “Bringing You is for University to print has been a challenging but exhilarating experience – one that has taught me many important lessons on how to succeed as a writer and businessperson. It’s given me the confidence to develop the Student Wordsmith further, and I’m hard at work on my first poetry collection.”
Find out more about You is for University by visiting The Student Wordsmith’s website.