Hosting a suite of ambitious degree programmes, a vibrant series of public reading events and a major international writing competition, the Manchester Writing School at MMU is a thriving centre of creative excellence, working to benefit the literary community at large.

Creative programmes of study based in the Manchester Writing School at MMU include:

• BA English and Creative Writing
• MA Creative Writing: Novel and Poetry routes
• Online (distance learning) MA Creative Writing: Novel, Poetry and Writing for Children routes
• A course in literary translation
• A pedagogic studies route for those interested in teaching creative writing
• Coming in 2011, a new unit in Crime Fiction

Tutors include Simon Armitage, Sherry Ashworth, Heather Beck, Andrew Biswell, Carol Ann Duffy, Paul Magrs, Jenny Mayhew, Livi Michael, Michael Symmons Roberts, Jackie Roy, Nicholas Royle and Jean Sprackland.

For further information, see the Manchester Writing School at MMU or contact James Draper on j.draper@mmu.ac.uk or +44 (0) 161 247 1787.

MMU’s Association for Creative Writing and English (ACWE) is home to a leading outreach network, supporting schools and colleges across the region in taking a creative approach to reading and writing. ACWE offers continuing professional development courses for writers, teachers and those interested in delivering workshops in schools and community settings.

The following continuing professional development units are available:

• Teaching Creative Writing Workshop
• Literature and its Readers

For further information, or to join the ACWE network, click here or contact Kaye Tew on k.tew@mmu.ac.uk.