Emma has appeared at many literary festivals, including Hay, Oxford, Brisbane and Guildford: see News and Events for forthcoming appearances. As well as lecturing on creative writing and creativity she has given readings to a wide variety of groups, ranging from the Richard III Society to the audience at Jazz & Poetry at the Poetry Café. She is an experienced editor and teacher of Creative Writing, an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing with the Open University and a tutor for Writers’ Workshop. Emma holds an MPhil in Writing  from the University of Glamorgan, and is about to finish her PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Emma would be happy to discuss what she can offer your course or group, whether it’s a reading, a talk or a writing workshop. As well as general topics to do with writing fiction, her special interests include:

• getting started with your novel
• self-editing for writers
• historical fiction
• short fiction
• creative writing in the academy
• getting published and surviving it
• the writer as live performer
  

If you would like to enquire further, please use the Contact form, and she will be in touch as soon as possible.