BIRKBECK CREATIVE WRITING MA SUMMER LECTURES
I write and deliver one of these a year. They sort of build, but you can start anywhere. I’d recommend Sensibility or The Secret Lecture.
Simple, Stupid – Minimalism in Prose (2009)
Sympathetic Central Characters (2013)
Sutherland – What is Literature? (2015)
Sport – or, What Can Writers Learn From Athletes and Coaches? (2016)
Self – Some Notes on the ‘I’ in Non-Fiction (2018) (You can also watch this one.)
The Secret Lecture (2019) (You can also listen to and watch this one.)
Story – in an Adventure with Zombies! (2020) (You can also watch this one.)
Satire – How to Be Funny in Words on a Page for Good Reason (2021)
If you find these interesting, you might like to read the other literary essays in my book Mutants.
