The Australian Association of Writing Programs

A new resource for the teaching of Creative Writing in Higher Education created by Creative Writers.

Creative Writing: Teaching, Theory & Practice

This developing online resource will include: peer-reviewed scholarly articles, book reviews, practitioner interviews, a discussion forum and helpful links to other sites, online articles and other resources to help colleagues reflect on their own teaching practice.

The resource aims to be particularly relevant to lecturers new to the field and students taking modules on Teaching Creative Writing. It will also be invaluable to those who teach modules related to the pedagogy of writing.

We need your help.Let's share our views and our knowledge on how, why and what we teach, when we teach Creative Writing…

In the first instance, we invite scholarly articles which consider the following

topics:

• Are there theories of Creative Writing? If so, what are they?
• What constitutes Knowledge and Research in Creative Writing?
• Why do we teach the way we do?
• What skills do we teach our students?
• Creative Writing & Pedagogic Research: How do they fit together?

Join the debate!

First Deadline: August 31st 2008 with rolling deadlines thereafter.

Send articles and all enquiries by e-mail to:

Dr Nigel McLoughlin

nmcloughlin@glos.ac.uk

Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Gloucestershire

English Subject Centre Project Holder

Vice-Chair, National Association of Writers in Education

Committee Member, NAWE Creative Writing in Higher Education Network

For further info:

http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/resources/creative/index.php