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New MA Creative Writing Pathway in Literary Non-Fiction

New MA Creative Writing Pathway in Literary Non-Fiction

  • Date01 February 2019

As our Creative-Writing programme continues to flourish, we’re delighted to announce that we intend to run a new pathway in literary non-fiction. The MA is taught in Bedford Square, in the heart of London’s Bloomsbury.

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Some of the most exciting and innovative writing of recent years has been in non-fiction. It’s a genre that is reinventing itself while challenging literary conventions and boundaries. Literary prizes increasingly recognize and celebrate non-fiction while publishers are building successful and wide-ranging non-fiction lists.

Building on our reputation for producing writers of original and experimental work, this pathway will enable you to explore the possibilities of non-fiction while learning how to make the form your own. We will consider the conventions of memoir, travel writing, polemic, the essay, biography, nature writing, etc., alongside works that borrow from a number of these and defy categorization. You will also learn how to use the tools of fiction while working in this genre.

Whether you come with a project in mind or want to explore different approaches, the course will help you find your voice and your form.

Writers teaching on the programme include Lavinia Greenlaw, author of The Importance of Music to Girls and Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland, and Eley Williams, author of Attrib and Other Stories.

To register your interest or to find out more, please contact Humanities-school@rhul.ac.uk. 

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