Creative Writing Studies

Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing at Bangor University and Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries™. Editor-in-Chief of the journal New Writing: the International Journal forthe Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, his most recent creative works are:Small Maps of the World (Parlor, 2006), and Moon Dance (Parlor, 2007). His most recent critical book in the field of creative writing is Teaching Creative Writing (Ed. Continuum, 2006). In the wider academic community, he is the Creative Writing member of Great Britain's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Steering Committee on Practice-led Research and an honorary Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Bedfordshire. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and of Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) (RSA), he holds such awards as the NBCAward for New Fiction (Aust.), among others.Born in New York City, Jeri Kroll completed her Ph D at Columbia University and taught in the U.S. and England before moving to Australia. She is Professor of English and Program Coordinator of Creative Writing at Flinders University as well as immediate past President of the Australian Association of Writing Programs. On the editorial boards of NEW WRITING and TEXT, among other journals, her critical publications cover children's literature, Samuel Beckett, contemporary poetry and the pedagogy and theory of creative writing. She has published over twenty books for adults and young people, including poetry, picture books (two Children's Book Council Notable Awards), novels and anthologies, released both in Australia and overseas. Her most recent are Mickey's Little Book of Letters (novel/audiobook) and The Mother Workshops (poetry and prose).

"This is a great book, and perfect for anyone interested in creative writing - whether you're a creative writer teaching creative writing or you are a student creative writer This book is readable, thought-provoking and innovative. Wonderful!"

• Introduction - Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll1. Creative Writing in the University - Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll2. The Novel and the Academic Novel - Nigel Krauth3. Let Stones Speak: New Media Remediation in the Poetry Writing Classroom - Jake Adam York4. That Was the Answer. Now What was the Question? The PhD in Creative and Critical Writing - Nessa O’Mahony5. Six Texts Prefigure a Seventh - Inez Baranay6. Sleeping With Proust vs. Tinkering Under the Bonnet - Stephanie Vanderslice7. Workshopping the Workshop and Teaching the Unteachable - Kevin Brophy8. Creating an Integrated Model for Teaching Creative Writing - One Approach - Nigel McLoughlin9. Gonzo-Formalism: A Creative Writing Meta-Pedagogy for Non-Traditional Students - Nat Hardy10. Acting, Interacting, and Acting Up: Teaching Collaborative Creative Practice - Jen Webb11. Writer as Teacher, Teacher as Writer - Aileen La Tourette12. Raymond Carver’s Suppressed Research and the Apologetic Short Story - Rob Mimpriss13. A Translator’s Tale - Gregory Fraser14. Afterword - David Fenza