Our Story begins…
“Writers give readers courage – the courage to be utterly your complete and complex self.”
Jackie Kay, Professor at The Northern School of Writing, University of Salford
A collaborative school of novelists, poets, screenwriters, dramatists, journalists, podcasters, video-game and film-makers, The Northern School of Writing at Salford is a community of staff and students at The University of Salford, who read, write, research and innovate in a tradition that is rebellious, risk-taking and brave.
Our teaching, mentoring and nurturing of writers extends beyond the 15 degree courses at the University where we work, to our literary community in the north of Britain and the 24 publishers of the Northern Fiction Alliance.
Inspired by our Professor, Jackie Kay, we empower voices by working with our community and schools in the North of England, enriching lives through reading and writing, with a focus on those too often left out of our cultural conversation.
Our professors and lecturers research in interdisciplinary and applied creative writing, language, and media, putting arts to work in the community, health and wellbeing.
Join the Northern School of Writing at Salford when you choose a course at The University of Salford, and make us the next chapter of your writing life.
Latest News
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Aviva Studios runs Networking night for Working Class Creatives
At the Northern School of Writing, part of our core business is inspiring and lifting the voices of our working class creatives. None of us gets ahead without networking. Aviva Studios are running a valuable networking event for Working Class creatives on December 9th. Get involved by the following the link here.
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English Multidiscipline Student lands dream job through Work Placement module: “I believe in creating change, strengthening community and that knowledge is power.”
Tell us about your ambition to work in archives, how did you discover you wanted to do this? When it came to looking at career choices in sixth form college, I had just decided I no longer wanted to be a lawyer and realised how much I loved organising, filing and spending time in libraries. I…
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Children’s author Matt Lucas visits Northern School of Writing
Children’s Author Matt Lucas will be visiting The Northern School of Writing on Friday November 28 2025 to entertain over 300 school children as he launches his new children’s novel Bobland. Matt’s visit is a result of The Northern School of Writing’s partnership with The National Literacy Trust to support and celebrate Literacy in the…
Spotlight Of The Month
Northern School of Writing English Multidiscipline Student Nyx Robertson has landed work in her dream career of Library Archivist. Find out more about Nyx’s inspiring story, about what this kind of career involves, how she used her work placement module to further her ambitions, what it takes to make it when you come from a marginalised demographic, and the best things about studying English Multidiscipline.
