2020-2021 Program
Below are all the sessions in the TCW program. The dates link to the eventbrite pages for each date, and all video footage will be linked under each section.
TCW | Creative Writing Pedagogy: past, present and future
The first session of the 2020-21 TCW program is a lecture by Andrew Cowan, followed by a Q&A, covering the past, present, and future of creative writing pedagogy.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Pedagogy in practice: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting
The second session features presentations and run-through sessions from Jake Huntley, Steve Waters, Clare Hynes, and Andrea Holland, moderated by Yan Ge, discussing four aspects of creative writing pedagogy in practice.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Can You Teach Creative Writing
The third session features a panel between Julia Bell, Philip Langeskov, and Hirsh Sawhney, who will be discussing the practicalities of teaching creative writing and organising writing workshops.
Unfortunately, due to a technical issue the footage of this session is not available.
TCW | Decolonisation and inclusivity in creative writing
The fourth session of the 2020-21 TCW program is an exploration of decolonisation and inclusivity in creative writing, featuring a panel between Colin Grant, Aki Schilz, and Tessa McWatt.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Writing in the Community
The fifth session begins with Lewis Buxton and is followed by a Q&A and further discussing, focussing on how creative writing and its place in the community setting.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Creative Writing and Recovery
The sixth session of the 2020-21 TCW program is a discussion between Lily Dunn and Claire Williamson, moderated by Ellen Hardy, and focuses on the role creative writing can play in recovery.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Access to Creative Writing
The seventh session of the 2020-21 TCW program raises questions of representation in writing, publishing, and higher education. The panel between Natasha Carthew, Isabel Farchy and Andrea Holland, and is moderated by Ashley Hickson-Lovence.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Show don’t tell: feminist pedagogy in the creative writing classroom
The final session is made up of a lecture by Kate Moorhead and subsequent Q&A, discussing feminist pedagogy in the creative writing classroom.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
2021-2022 Program
TCW | Teaching Life Writing
The first session of the 2021-22 TCW program features presentations and writing exercises by Tessa McWatt, Hope Wolf and Margaretta Jolly on themes of teaching life writing and panelists own life writing projects, moderated by Hannah Davita Ludikhuijze.
Further information on this session can be found here.
TCW | Teaching Creative Non-fiction with a Black Feminist Methodology
The second session of the 2021-22 TCW program is led by Minna Salami, discussing teaching creative non-fiction workshops and her book Sensuous Knowledge: a black feminist approach for everybody.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Neurodiversity and the University
The third session of the 2021-22 TCW program features a panel between Nick Walker, Lizzie Huxley-Jones and KR Moorhead, who will be discussing the current academic landscape of neurodiversity studies as it pertains to creative writing and publishing, moderated by Hanna Randall.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Teaching Word-Image Relationships
The fourth session of the 2021-22 TCW program features a panel between Bethan Stevens, Sophie Herxheimer and Emily Haworth-Booth, who will be discussing techniques for teaching word-image relationships and describing their own projects, moderated by Hanna Randall.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Queer Space and Place
The fifth session begins with Declan Wiffen presenting his own research on writing queer space and place, and leads a short workshop that explores the relationship between queer ecologies and creative writing pedagogy.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Widening Access to African Literatures
The sixth session features a panel between Vimbai Shire, Zaahida Nabagereka and Olivia Danso, who will be discussing the importance of widening access to African literatures in UK secondary schools and in higher education, moderated by Frank Sayi.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | Literary Translation and Creativity
The seventh session features a panel between Carolina Orloff, Polly Barton and Cecilia Rossi, who will be discussing the recent boom in translated fiction and what this means for creative writing researchers, moderated by Ashley Barr.
Video footage of the session can be found here.
TCW | The Value of Creative Writing Retreats and Writer’s Awards
The final session features a panel between Mary Morris and Rachel Humphries, who will be discussing the value of creative writing retreats and writer’s awards, and how they design/organise workshops, moderated by Karítas Hrundar Pálsdóttir .
Video footage of the session can be found here.