About us
The Creative Writing group is a community of authors and academics based at the University of Southampton. We share a particular focus on innovative creative non-fiction.
Among our recent publications are Alice Hunt’s and Kevin Brazil’s ?
Our renowned Writers in Conversation series regularly engages with some of the most exciting writers of the present day – for example, Xiaolu Guo () and Lex Croucher ().
Our writers are involved in interdisciplinary collaborations between the arts, science and law such as those showcased in the sold out event at Winchester Cathedral, .
We run and judge the Philip Hoare Prize for Non-Fiction, established in 2025 to celebrate the achievements and spirit of our much-loved colleague.
Graduating MA students edit, publish and publicise Avenues, an annual anthology of their best creative writing.
Collaborations
We work with , an internationally recognised contemporary art gallery based at University of Southampton.
