MA Creative Writing and Critical Life
Develop skills with acclaimed writers
We have a great history of alumni and former staff, including Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Geoffrey Hill, JRR Tolkien, and our recent Douglas Caster Poetry Fellows Helen Mort, Vahni Capildeo, Malika Booker and Zaffar Kunial.
Our current staff includes Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Kimberly Campanello, Zaffar Kunial, Karina Lickorish Quinn, Alison Peirse, Jay Prosser, and John Whale.
Access extensive resources
Throughout your studies, you'll be able to work with materials ranging from Shakespeare's First Folio and the Simon Armitage Archive to the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture and the Leeds Playhouse Collection.
The University of Leeds Library is one of the UK's leading academic research libraries and offers a huge range of printed and digital materials, including Special Collections featuring rare books, manuscripts and art.
Take a 360 tour of our academic research libraries.
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