Advanced Writing Courses

Richard Skinner is a novelist, poet and critic. His most recent book, The Mirror, was described as ‘beautifully written...

Jessica Moor grew up in south-west London and studied English at Cambridge before completing...

C.J. Skuse is a bestselling author of young adult and adult crime novels. Her debut Pretty Bad Things was published by The Chicken House in 2010 and her other Young Adult novels, including...

Maurice Riordan was born in Co. Cork. His most recent book from Faber is Selected Poems, chosen and introduced by Jack Underwood, which appeared in 2025...

Natasha (she/her) is a cross-genre author and researcher. She's published two novels...

Richard T. Kelly is the author of the novels Crusaders (2008), The Possessions of Doctor Forrest (2011) and The Knives (2016)...

Sarah May is the highly acclaimed author of seven novels, including The Nudist Colony, (shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award...

Nikesh Shukla is an novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of Coconut Unlimited (shortlisted for the Costa First Novel...

Shelley Weiner is an acclaimed novelist, short-story writer and journalist who has, over the years, established a reputation...

Joanna Briscoe is the author of the novels Mothers and Other Lovers, which won the Betty Trask Award; Skin; Sleep With Me, which...

Rose Tomaszewska has worked in publishing for over ten years, helped to set up riverrun, the literary imprint of Quercus, and is...

Jenny Savill is a primary agent and Director at Andrew Nurnberg Associates,

Nilesha Chauvet is a British Indian novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel...

Phoebe Morgan is the Executive Publisher at Simon & Schuster UK, running the Adult Fiction list.

Rachel Long’s debut collection, My Darling from the Lions was published by Picador in the UK, in 2020, and by Tin House, in the US, in 2021. It was shortlisted for...

Richard Scott was born in London in 1981. His pamphlet Wound (Rialto) won the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2016 and his poem...

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds...

Denise Riley’s books are War in the Nursery: Theories of the Child and Mother (1983), ‘Am I That Name?’ Feminism and the Category of 'Women' in History...

Jane Yeh was born in the US and has lived in London since 2002...

Lavinia Greenlaw was born in London and is currently the Poetry Editor at Faber...

Bohdan Piasecki is a poet from Poland based in Birmingham. A committed performer, he has taken his poems...

Eimear McBride grew up in the west of Ireland and trained at Drama Centre London. Her first novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing...

Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British author whose work pushes the boundaries of form, language and ideas. Her novel, Butterfly Fish, and short story collections...

Ova Ceren writes bittersweet tales of heartbreak and magic, often inspired by Turkish and Ottoman folklore...

Keith Ridgway is from Dublin. He is the author of A Shock which was the winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2021, and shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize...

Diana Evans is the award-winning, bestselling author of A House for Alice, Ordinary People, The Wonder and 26a...

Nicola Dinan grew up in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and now lives in London...