School of English

Creative staff

Our creative writing and drama staff are all experts in their field. You’ll find published authors, poets and playwrights wanting to share their experiences, critique your work, and encourage you to develop your own voice.

Meet the team:

christophercollins

 

As an enthusiastic teacher I enjoy making concepts understandable and relatable to everyday life.  
 
- Chris Collins, Assistant Professor in Drama
 
SarahGrandage
My approach to teaching drama, especially with Shakespeare, is to explore it collaboratively, 'on its feet'.
 

- Sarah Grandage, Lecturer in Drama, Performance and Language

 
SpencerJordan
One of the great things about creative writing is that it forms its own unique relationship with each and every writer, each time they take up a pen or strike a keyboard.
 

- Spencer Jordan, Assistant Professor in Creative Writing

 

PeterKirwan

Every person who sees a play brings fresh eyes and their unique perspective to it. 
 

- Peter Kirwan, Associate Professor in Early Modern Drama

 
thomaslegendre
I am interested in helping students to produce fiction of all shapes and sizes. My classes are devoted to not only rigorous writing exercises but also careful attention to the process of reading published works from a writer's perspective. 
 

- Thomas Legendre, Lecturer in Creative Writing

 

LilaMatsumoto

I am committed to connecting the practice and study of creative writing to wider research culture.
 

- Lila Matsumoto, Assistant Professor in Creative Writing

 

Jon McGregor

My work in the school draws extensively on my  professional experience as a fiction writer.  
 

- Jon McGregor, Professor of Creative Writing

 

jamesmoran

When we read fiction we may find our usual ideas and experiences challenged. Performing drama takes this to a greater extreme: encouraging us physically to speak, move, and interact as though we were someone other than ourselves. It is very difficult to remain focussed narrowly on one perspective when thinking about that complex interaction between actor, character, and audience. 
 

- Jim Moran, Professor of English Literature and Drama 

 
joannarobinson
My interests in theatre history and contemporary theatre practices, theatre audiences, and place, space and memory are reflected in my teaching. 
 

- Jo Robinson, Professor in Drama and Performance

 
Lucie Sutherland
I am motivated by working in a school where the practice, history and theory of performance are explored through a range of courses.
 

- Lucie Sutherland, Assistant Professor in Drama

 

MatthewWelton

I am a practising writer, and have published two collections of poems with Carcanet Press and a pamphlet with EggBox. 
 

- Matt Welton, Associate Professor in Creative Writing

 

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