Adrian Barnes
Graduated 2008
Adrian Barnes was born in Blackpool, England but moved to Canada in 1969. He taught English at Selkirk College, British Columbia. He received an MA in Creative Writing…
Published Students
Marie Basting
Graduated 2017
When Marie Basting was fifteen, she was told by a careers advisor that girls like her don’t become writers. For a long time, she believed this – but…
Diana Bradley
Graduated 2007
In 2005 Diana was due to start an MA in the History of the Manchester Region at Manchester Metropolitan University. But, when the course was cancelled at the…
Natalie Burdett
Graduated 2017
Natalie Burdett is from the West Midlands, and divides her time between there and the North West. Her poems have been published in magazines and anthologies including…
Anne Caldwell
Graduated 2007
Anne grew up in the north-west of England and lives in West Yorkshire where she lives with her son. Anne teaches creative writing at Bolton University and for the…
Fiona Campbell
Graduated 2006
Fiona Campbell is a science graduate who studied psychology and zoology at Bristol University and UCL. She then moved to Tokyo to work for Unilever and began writing.…
Neil Campbell
Graduated 2006
Neil Campbell was born in Audenshaw, Manchester in 1973. While working variously as a warehouseman, bookseller and teacher, he had poems and stories published in…
Richy Campbell
Graduated 2014
Richy Campbell mostly writes to capture moments and, sometimes, to make sense of “all of this”. He is equally invigorated by walking through trees and…
Ali Cargill
Graduated 2006
Ali Cargill is an experienced teacher and tutor of English. She has examined for AQA in English, at both GCSE and A level. She has written the York Notes A level…
David Chadwick
Graduated 2011
David’s debut novel, Liberty Bazaar, is set in Liverpool during the American Civil War and was published by Aurora Metro in 2015. He is a journalist who has…
James Clarke
Graduated 2017
James Clarke grew up in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. His short fiction has appeared in Ambit, Banshee, The Lonely Crowd and Confingo journals. His debut novel The…
Michael Conley
Graduated 2013
Michael lives in Manchester and teaches English at a sixth form college. His first pamphlet, Aquarium, is with Birmingham-based award-winning publishers Flarestack. He…
