Royal Literary Fund Fellows

Do you need help with academic writing?

If so then you can book an appointment with one of the Royal Literary Fund Fellows in English. The Fellows are are available by office appointment to help all members of the University – undergraduates and postgraduates alike – with queries and problems relating to the practical aspects of writing.

Please sign up for an office appointment in Room 237, Department of English, Queen’s Building, Telephone 01392 722450.

James Wilson

James Wilson is the author of four novels – The Dark Clue; The Bastard Boy (long listed for the IMPAC Award); The Woman in the Picture; and Consolation, all published by Faber – and a critically-acclaimed work of narrative non-fiction, The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America, which won a Myers Outstanding Book Award. He has also written stage plays, articles, and scripts for TV and radio documentaries. James was for some years Director of Studies at the British and European Studies Group, a not-for-profit academic programme for US undergraduates in London. He was one of the founders of Bristol’s Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory theatre company, and is a long-standing member of the executive committee of Survival, an international charity that campaigns for the rights of tribal peoples.

Email: J.C.Wilson@exeter.ac.uk

Alyson Hallett

Alyson's latest book of poems is The Stone Library (Peterloo Poets). Previous books include in the time of crow, Towards Intimacy and Horizon (Queriendo Press). Besides writing for the page, Alyson is also actively involved in poetry as public art. She has a poem carved into Milsom Street pavement in Bath and text etched into a stained glass library window in Bristol. In addition to this she runs an international project, The Migration Habits of Stones, and has sited stones with poetry carved into them in the U.K., U.S.A. and Australia.

Alyson has also published short stories, written drama for Radio 4 and Sky Television and recorded an audio-diary about her journey to Australia with a stone (Radio 4, Nature: Migrating Stones). She has recently completed a year as poet-in-residence in Exeter University's geography department in Falmouth. This innovative and prestigious residency was funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

Alyson has taught poetry for the Arvon Foundation, creative writing for Bath University and Bristol University, and was Visiting Writer at the University of the West of England for two years. Last year she successfully completed a practice-based PhD in poetry.

Email: A.S.Hallett@exeter.ac.uk