Creative Writing at the University of Leicester
Creative Writing offers a broad range of exciting and challenging options in a dynamic environment of practising writers. Undergraduate students will be able to study creative writing throughout their time at Leicester. We offer:
- A variety of modules in poetry, prose and writing for the screen
- An MA in Modern Literature and Creative Writing
- A PhD in Creative Writing.
Honorary Visiting Creative Writing Fellows
We also host a number of distinguished Honorary Visiting Creative Writing Fellows, including the pioneering Jamaican dub poet, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Forward prize nominated poet John Siddique, the poet SuAndi OBE, the poet Sean Body, and the celebrated stage and screen writer Jez Simons.
Creative Writing Events
Annual Creative Writing Lecture
English hosts an Annual Creative Writing Lecture, in its first year delivered by Booker Prize-winning author (and later visiting professor), Ben Okri OBE.
Since the first Annual Creative Writing Lecture talks have been delivered by Michael Morpurgo, Laura Esquivel, Jonathan Coe, Edna O'Brian, Robert Macfarlane, and most recently Lemn Sissay.
Other Events and Activities
- Throughout the academic year, the Centre for New Writing organises lectures, masterclasses and workshops by staff and visiting authors.
- We are engaged in a number of dynamic, ongoing creative research projects (an example being Grassroutes: Contemporary Leicestershire Writing and Colonial Countryside).
- We are connected to all kinds of creative groups, activities, research organisations and collectives in Leicester, the UK and the rest of the world.
- The Student Union's Creative Writing Society is very popular and dynamic with many events and workshops throughout the year.
