Second year MA Creative Writing and Publishing student Eve Kenworthy talks about her experiences on the course during the last term, the guidance and support provided by the course tutors and dreams of her future as a writer.

By Pam Hamilton, MA Creative Writing & Publishing student

On the first day of my MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at West Dean College I was terrified. It was two decades since I’d been in formal education, I was worried the tutors had over-estimated my potential, and I was scared of the other students. I had spent my career in the corporate world and felt like a fraud....

A blog post by Mark Radcliffe, Subject Lead MA Creative Writing & Publishing.

I have a new novel out on March 2nd called Three Gifts. It is about a boy given the opportunity to trade in years from his own – as yet unlived – life, in exchange for his mother being cured of cancer. It is I think, a happy book. I may be wrong, it is hard to tell at this point.  Find out more

For National Writing Day, MA Creative Writing and Publishing alumnae Jenny Browning and Emma Ward share what they are currently working on, reflections on their time at West Dean College and how they continue to pursue the dream of becoming published writers.

By Eve Kenworthy, MA Creative Writing and Publishing student Imagine the perfect place to study creative writing. It might be a grand house filled with creative people. You could be in an oak paneled library with large windows facing manicured gardens, towards the rolling Sussex countryside. From your desk you can see sheep safely grazing under a blue cloudless sky. Eight other students c...

By Sara Bryce-Gordon, MA Creative Writing & Publishing student, Second Year 

By Jane Freimiller, MA Creative Writing & Publishing Alumna I chose to study at West Dean College because I knew I would have a draft of my novel by the time I received my degree. My notebooks were filled with story fragments, character sketches, ambitious research plans but nothing that could be described as finished. When I left the College in the summer of 2019 (the worst thing about ...

By Jim Green, MA Creative Writing & Publishing, 2nd Year "Back in February, before we knew what Covid-19 would do to our lives, I wrote about “Crossing the Line,” being an Ambassador, taking prospective students around our college, showing them what a wonderful place it is, hoping they would join our creative community. That seems strange now, hard to reconcile with...

By Jim Green, MA Creative Writing & Publishing, 2nd Year I played the Student Ambassador role recently, resplendent in my red West Dean College of Arts and Conservation sweatshirt, a full-on member of Team West Dean’s Recruitment Squad for Open Day. As I wait nervously to be called before the next would-be creative writer, adrenalin starts to pulse through my veins. I begin to p...

Sharon Duggal was West Dean College's Writer-in-Residence from 4-8 November 2019. The Creative Writing residencies are hosted by the Creative Writing and Publishing MA. The residencies provide research and development opportunities to writers whilst enhancing the student experience through tutorial sessions, workshops, public presentations and networking events. Sharon Duggal...