Department of English and Modern Languages

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      Hilary Mantel

      “The university is internationally recognised as a leader in Creative Writing” »

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      Philip Pullman

      “Among the Creative Writing courses that I’ve seen – and I’ve seen quite a lot now – the one I’ve seen at Oxford Brookes is certainly one of the best.” »

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      Annie Murray

      Her final project novel, entitled A New Map of Love was published by Pan Macmillan under the name Abi Oliver and she continues to write bestselling historical novels as Annie Murray, for Pan Macmillan.

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      Anne Youngson

      MA graduate and current PhD student, her first novel (2018), has already sold around the world »

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      Linni Ingemundsen

      Our 2016 graduate visited in 2018 and read from her debut novel The Unpredictability of Being Human »

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      Helen Eve

      Her debut novel, Stella, was published by Macmillan in 2014 »

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      Catherine Chanter

      Her first full length work of fiction, The Well, won the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2013 »

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      Kit de Waal

      Shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Short Story prize »

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      Liam Brown

      His debut novel, Real Monsters, published in 2015 by Legend Press »

  • Creative Writing

    The MA Creative Writing course will grow your writing through work with established writers, industry professionals, teaching specialists and your peers, whilst you experience this most literary of all cities.

    Getting you published

    Our graduates’ recent achievements mean that agents and publishers really listen when they hear you’re with us. Among many other stand-out successes, in 2018 Anne Youngson's Meet Me at the Museum has met with international success, and Linni Ingemundsen launched the first novel of her two-book deal with Usborne’s young adult list. In 2016 Kit de Waal (pictured with Philip Pullman at our 2013 showcase) published My Name is Leon, which was immediately taken up for adaptation by BBC radio, TV and film; and in 2015 Catherine Chanter’s The Well appeared to international acclaim and was chosen by the Richard & Judy/WH Smith Book Club.

    All Major Projects gaining a Distinction are looked at by top agents Felicity Bryan Associates (who visit us each year), with a view to representation, and by legendary London publisher Philip Gwyn Jones, who has commissioned some of the biggest names in fiction. People like this are the gatekeepers of literary success; our aim is to get them to open those gates for you.

    Discover more of our publishing success stories »
    Kit de Waal talking with Philip Pullman

  • Be Inspired

    Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes can open doors to your creativity that you didn't even know existed.

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    Anne Youngson

    Watch the inspirational story of the Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum, who found acclaim in her retirement after studying Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes.

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    Loraine Fergusson

    Loraine Fergusson explains why studying MA Creative Writing has been so valuable for her as a writer.

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    Maria Suarez Ruiz

    Maria Suarez Ruiz talks about studying MA Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University.

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    Kat Lund

    Kat Lund talks about her experience of studying MA in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University.

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    Hilary Mantel

    I mean it sincerely when I say how honoured I am to receive a doctorate from this university ― a special honour for an author because the university is internationally recognised as a leader in Creative Writing and Publishing Studies

    Hilary Mantel, on being awarded an honorary doctorate, June 2015

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    Kit de Waal

    Kit de Waal, an alumni of the MA Creative Writing talks about her experiences on the course, her path as a writer and gives advice to current students on their own careers. Kit has recently secured a three book deal with Penguin.

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    Philip Pullman

    Among the Creative Writing courses that I’ve seen – and I’ve seen quite a lot now – the one I’ve seen at Oxford Brookes is certainly one of the best.

    Philip Pullman

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    Soundings

    An Anthology of Oxford Brookes Creative Writing

    With readings from Patience Agbabi, Freya Alexander, Philip Pullman, Rose Stevens, James Meek, Eleanor Lowe, Kate Clanchy, Isobel Brown, Nikita Lalwani, Harry James Woodward, Rachel Norman, Debbie Wedge, Mandy Robotham, Alexander Jacoby, Sarah Dunant, and Simon Kövesi.

    Meg Rosoff on Voice

    Meg Rosoff on Voice

    Author Meg Rosoff in conversation with Helen Newdick and Rachel Norman, two MA Creative Writing students, about Voice: How to figure out what you should be writing about.

    Philip Hensher and Zaved Mahmood

    Philip Hensher and Zaved Mahmood

    Novelist Philip Hensher discussed his new novel Scenes from Early Life with his husband, Zaved Mahmood, on whose early life the work is based at this year’s Oxford Literary Festival.

    Creative Writing Showcase

    Creative Writing Showcase

    Annual showcase of the MA Creative Writing course at the Pegasus Theatre, Thursday 10 May 2012

    Open lectures

    Open lectures

    Student Sophie Flynn reflects

    Student Sophie Flynn reflects

    Crying at journalists, meeting literary agents, having mini breakdowns and hating Cloud Atlas: how I spent my first year as a master's student