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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Professor Jackie Kay launches Selected Poems and celebrates a life in poetry.
Salford professor Jackie Kay CBE is set to release a new definitive legacy collection of her acclaimed poetry later this month. The former Scots Makar will release Selected Poems 1991 – 2026 on Thursday 22 October. The collection will include a selection of Jackie’s pieces from the last three decades of her trailblazing career, with…
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NSW Creative Writing Student Sells option on Screenplay
Creative Writing (Multidiscipline) graduate Alan Taylor has sold options on his debut feature screenplay Amongst Sheep to Italian Production Company Geko Movies for a four figure sum with five figures on the table for development. Geko, a production company whose clients include Italy’s major broadcaster Rai, and international companies like Mercedes Benz and Ducati, will…
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BBC Contains Strong Language Poetry Festival Hosted by Northern School of Writing
The Northern School of Writing will be co-hosting the BBC’s biggest poetry festival this September, with events planned at the University of Salford Media City campus. The school’s Professor Jackie Kay will be a keynote speaker, sharing her life and work. For a full list of events featuring the nation’s premier poets, BBC TV and…
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.
