Category: Research
Research: Chasing Happiness
Everyone knows what happiness feels like, right? But how does a writer catch those fleeting moments of joy, pleasure, and bliss in writing? That’s the question I explore in my latest research article, published in New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. Could it be that happiness in […]
Research: Reclaiming the Past
My research article on ‘Reclaiming the Past: Exploring the Role of Primary Sources in Creative Writing Research’ has been published in Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research. The article focuses on finding and using sources in the creation of narrative nonfiction and memoir, and how these can be reconciled with authorial anxieties […]
Writing as Spaces 2016 Conference
This month I returned to Mansfield College, Oxford, where I studied for my BA about sixteen years ago. It felt like travelling in time, though I’m not convinced I enjoyed being reminded of being 18 again! I was there to present a paper at the 2016 Writing as Spaces Conference. As this was an Interdisciplinary […]
IABA 2016: Excavating Lives
This May I attended the IABA 2016 Conference on Excavating Lives (IABA being the International Auto/Biography Association) at the University of Cyprus. It was a fantastic experience: writers and scholars from all over the world came to Nicosia to talk about the different ways we research, uncover, present and understand lives. As well as listening […]
Coldnoon Journal of International Journal of Travel Writing & Travelling Cultures
This week a piece of my life writing work-in-progress has been published in the Journal of Travel Writing – you can also read it online. ‘Gods of Luck and Chance’ is an account of strange journey to the past, a house that never was, and a city of sleeping streets. But it also considers what we mean when […]
Bunhill Fields: Poet-in-residence
I’ve had a great time this weekend as a poet-in-residence at Bunhill Fields. I’ve met all kinds of people come to explore this wonderful historic site in the centre of London: some who live nearby, others who have travelled from abroad for the Open Garden Squares Weekend; some with an interest in plants, flowers, trees […]
Poet in Residence
This weekend, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June, I’m at the Open Garden Squares Weekend . This is an annual event where 200 garden in London (many usually kept secret or private) are opened up for exploration. This year the Poetry School has placed 16 poets in selected gardens. I’m the poet-in-residence at Bunhill Fields, […]
Views from the Beargarden
Last week I was up in Stratford-upon-Avon for a couple of days to attend #Britgrad2015 Shakespeare Conference. I had a fantastic time listening to some thought-provoking papers, and presenting my own – and to my great surprise I won the 2nd prize in the Liz Ketterer Award for best abstract! Part of the reason for […]