Qualifications
University of East Anglia (UK), MA in Creative Writing, 1988.
University of York (UK), BA Hons. 1st, English and Related Literature, 1979.

Post-secondary/Continuing Education
Short contracts and single workshops are not listed.
Since 2004: Part-time Instructor, Malaspina University College, BC. First and second year fiction courses.
1987-2001: Part-time instructor for the Open College of the Arts (affiliated to the Open University) UK. University creditable distance learning courses in creative writing and writing fiction affiliated to the Open University.
1986-1996: Part-time Lecturer, Birkbeck College, London University. Creative Writing, Starting to Write, Writing Fiction, Fiction Workshop and Twentieth Century Women's Writing.

Photo credit Barbara Machin

1998: Visiting Lecturer, University of Vaasa, Finland. Writing and Reading the Contemporary Short Story and Creative Writing Workshop (undergraduate courses).
1994: Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Humanities in Tallinn, Estonia, funded by the British Council. Contemporary British Women Writers & Writing Fiction (undergraduate courses).
1987-200:1 Regular Course Tutor for the Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank, UK: week-long residential courses on various aspects of writing.
1993-1996: Part-time Lecturer, the Mary Ward Centre, London. Creative Writing and Writing Fiction.

Residencies
1998: Writer in Residence University of Vaasa, Finland.
1994: Writer in Residence at the Institute of Humanities in Tallinn, Estonia.
1991-1992: Writer in Residence at HMP Nottingham UK; a year long residency working with inmates to produce an anthology of writing, a play, and a literary festival behind bars.
1990-1991: Village of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. 16 weeks working with various groups in the community to produce an exhibition of text, photographs and art for the library service.

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Work in Schools
Day workshops/talks for children 8 and up, for example: 'Creating Characters' at Salt Spring Centre School, June 2005, sponsored by Off the Page.
Long-term work:
1987-1991, long-term residencies in a series of UK secondary schools:
Cambridge University School of Education, 32 weeks. Email novel-writing project with five separate secondary schools.
Samuel Ward Upper School, 54 weeks. Pupils writing and desktop publishing novellas.
Holywells High School, 12 weeks. Pupils researching and writing a group novel.
SEEVIC College, 12 weeks. Writing short fiction, including a teacher training component.

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