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    • BA English Literature with Creative Writing
    • MA Creative Writing
    • MA Modern and Contemporary Literature
    • MA Playwriting
    • MA Screenwriting
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    • Jeanette Winterson
    • John McAuliffe
    • Kaye Mitchell
    • Luke Brown
    • Horatio Clare
    • Gareth Gavin
    • Vona Groarke
    • Jonathan Hourigan

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    • Kaye Mitchell
    • Luke Brown
    • Horatio Clare
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Take your place among great writers

The Centre for New writing is where your writing talent can be nurtured by our acclaimed academics. Explore our undergraduate, Masters, PhD, and short courses.

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Courses

Discover Creative Writing courses at The University of Manchester.

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Our people

Meet our teaching staff, a team of published and prize-winning writers.

Meet the team

Frances Leviston.

Why study here?

Explore some of the opportunities available to you as a student at the Centre for New Writing.

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Alumni

Find out about a selection of successful authors who studied at the Centre of New Writing.

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Gurnaik Johal.

Events

See what's coming up in our Literature Live reading series, download the brochure, or view it online

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Publications

View recent novels and publications by our Creative Writing staff. 

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The Manchester Review

We publish two issues per year, in spring and autumn. Read and submit to our online journal.

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The Observer's 'faces of fiction' from 2017

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