Creative Writers in the department

Conor Carville writes:

Last year the writer Jo Baker came to the English Department to teach a
masterclass when she shared the secrets of being a successful novelist with
15 lucky undergraduates. In the weeks following, her novel Longbourn was
the subject of a bidding war between several British and American
publishers.

clifford harper illustration

If you read the review below from the Guardian you will see why.
Creative Writing at Reading regularly hosts masterclasses by professional
writers, keep am eye on this blog for more details in the coming year.

https://www.owamail.reading.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=N5Wrk0cPy0W4vOck6hcPGvouamVdcNAI_C8cvJqt7b-n7GhlRcRFbui5NqFRKDsA5chLIokmrj8.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fbooks%2f2013%2faug%2f14%2flongbourn-carriage-house-austen-review

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Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading. Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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