Milk Events Copy

The expectation for this brief was to create copy that promoted events in and around the local area. My aim was to turn milk into a point of contact for events of interest to our core audience. The copy produced was transferred to the Google Calendar of the magazine which is featured on the website. I included direct quotes in the writing to peak interest.

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Lyra

“Poetry is for everyone, and we’d like our audiences to feel they are able to engage with it and feel represented through it.”

Lyra, a new poetry festival, will bring outstanding poets to Bristol between the 20th and 24th of March. The festival includes spoken word and poetry features, a poetry slam, panel discussions, film screenings and poetry masterclasses.

Organised by Lucy English, lecturer of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, and Bath Spa University graduate, Danny Pandolfi, Lyra has a strong connection to the university with staff and students featuring as promoters and performers in the programme.

More here. Tickets available here.

Making Magazines

Making Magazines is a celebration of magazine publishing in the south-west. This exciting evening will comprise of speakers, networking, and pop-up indie shops and showcases in the newly designed Gallery Café at Bath Spa University, Newton Park.

The free event is a collaboration between the recently launched Society of Young Publishers south-west branch and Bath Spa University's student magazine, milk. We'll also be hosting guests from Magalleria, Bumble and Future Publishing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring together the south-west's most successful magazine brands, the creative energy of the independent magazine sector, and dynamic and skilled graduates and students from the region's universities.

Tickets available here.

Band of Skulls

“An anti-war cry for our turbulent times,” say Band Of Skulls of the new single. “All the energy we spend fighting amongst ourselves can be used to do something positive, something real. So don’t forget to go out, to fall in love and to feel alive.”

The acclaimed rock band, Band Of Skulls, will be playing at Komedia on Monday, 15th April. Their fifth studio album, Love Is All You Love, will be released on Friday, 12th April and has been described as an experimental and interesting dynamic of genres. Previously, Band of Skulls has toured with big names such as Muse and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Tickets available here.

Party in the City

The biggest night of free music is back on Friday, 17th May. From 5.00PM until late, join Party in the City for an evening of live music, food and drink in over thirty-five venues across the city. More here.

Bath Festival

The Bath Festival is a celebration of music and literature with a diverse programme of more than one hundred and twenty events spread over ten days. A full brochure of festival events is available here.

Is Feminism For All?

“A landmark anthology...frank and engaging essays on sex and religion, mental health in the Muslim community and queer identity from an impressive selection of writers and activists.”

With the launch of the anthology It’s Not About The Burqa, editor and writer, Mariam Khan, has brought together essays by a variety of women about their experience of being a Muslim woman in the west today. On Saturday, 18th May, she’ll discuss the many faces of female identity and speak frankly about the hijab, wavering faith, love, divorce, feminism, racism and more.

Tickets available here.

Killing Eve

On Sunday, 26th May, hear best selling author, Luke Jennings, talk about the novels behind the hit television series Killing Eve starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer.

As a journalist, he has written for Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Time. He is currently working on a follow-up to Codename Villanelle, the book that inspired the television series.

Tickets available here.

Cleaning Up Our Act

“We have reached the make or break years for our planet… plastic pollution, clean air acts and climate change are an intrinsic part of everyday vocabulary with devastating effects.”

Journalist, Ellie Mae O’Hagan, talks to Greenpeace’s Head of Oceans, Will McCallum, and Professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, Mike Berners-Lee, as they share advice on how we can all be environmentally proactive in undertaking individual acts that make a global difference.

Tickets available here.

Bath Spa Photography Degree Show

FORM is a photography exhibition at Candid Arts Trust Gallery in Islington, London, showcasing the work of soon-to-be graduates from the Bath School of Art and Design.

The Bath Spa Photography Degree Show will take place between the 26th and 29th of June. Students involved are hoping to raise £4,000 to support their exhibition that, currently, is not funded by the university. The money raised will help support costs such as venue hire and the opportunity to host a private viewing evening for industry professionals.

FORM is a wonderful culmination of time, commitment, effort and hard work that will act as a platform for young creatives to launch their artistic careers. Click here to learn more about the artists involved and to donate to the crowdfunding page.

Bath Spa Summer Ball

“This year we are pulling out all the stops to bring you Bath Spa Summer Ball as you’ve never seen it before. We have a huge line-up booked in, six themed areas, four bars, pyrotechnics, walkabout performers and even an inflatable bouncy fun zone. We’re throwing one hell of a party to end the year on.”

On Friday, 14th June, join the Bath Spa University Student Union at Newton Park Campus as they host the biggest event of the year. If a secret gin garden, free funfair and glitter station doesn’t entice you, surely the two-for-one cocktails will.

Tickets available here.

View the milk calendar here.