Ma Creative Writing Uk

Our acclaimed department includes: Andy Brown has a notable national reputation as a poet, poetry commentator and poetry tutor.

Our acclaimed department includes: Andy Brown has a notable national reputation as a poet, poetry commentator and poetry tutor.

While studying at Exeter you can also access a range of activities, advice and practical help to give you the best chance of following your chosen career path. Exeter’s creative writing staff practise and publish in a range of literary genres.

Their experience of the literary world is not limited to writing and teaching.

They also worked – and continue to work -- as editors, publishers, agents, radio producers, and journalists.

This wealth of experience is reflected in the vibrancy and diversity of our workshops and tutorials.

Her books have been translated into twenty languages and serialised by the BBC.

Before becoming an academic in English Literature and Creative Writing, Vesna spent fifteen years in publishing and as a producer at the BBC.

You will also be able to take a range of optional modules and explore literary genres and forms with a mutually supportive, like-minded group of fellow writers.

You will be taught not only by our teaching staff, but also by a range of visiting authors, literary agents and publishers.

Former University of Exeter students who have gone on to develop a writing career include poets such as Luke Kennard, Abi Curtis, Eleanor Rees, Izzy Galleymore, Jaime Robles, Jos Smith, Sally Flint, and Samuel Tongue; novelists Virginia Baily, Lucy Wood, and Ruth Gilligan; and non-fiction writers such as Miriam Darlington.

Many of our former students now work in film, broadcasting, advertising, journalism, PR, publishing, teaching – including the teaching of creative writing – as well as other careers in the growing number of fields where good writing is an asset.