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The team includes:

Dr Graham Atkin

Graham can supervise projects on/comprising:
  • Plays for the stage
  • Screenplays

A detailed profile and contact details are available online.

Dr Peter Blair

Peter can supervise projects on/comprising:

  • Flash fiction / micro fiction / the short-short story
  • Short stories
  • Novellas and novels

A detailed profile and contact details are available online.

Dr Ashley Chantler

Ashley can supervise projects on/comprising:

  • Flash fiction / micro fiction / the short-short story
  • Novellas and novels
  • Poetry
  • Travel writing

A detailed profile and contact details are available online.

Dr Ian Seed

Ian can supervise projects on/comprising:

  • Autobiography/biography
  • Novellas and novels
  • Poetry (especially prose poetry)
  • Translation (especially from the Italian)

A detailed profile and contact details are available online.

Professor Alan Wall

Alan can supervise projects on/comprising:

  • Novellas and novels
  • Short stories

A detailed profile and contact details are available online.

Resources

The University’s Seaborne Library is well stocked with primary and secondary texts, including a wide range of specialist creative-writing textbooks. It also houses the Flash Fiction Special Collection, the world’s largest archive of flash-fiction anthologies, collections, magazines, and secondary texts.

At the start of your programme, you will receive a copy of the Department’s Learning Resources for Creative Writing Students, an annually updated handbook to help you discover what the library holds.

How to Apply

For information about how to apply, or if you have any questions, contact details are available on the Research Degrees page.