Iain Robinson
- Lecturer , School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
- Member , Creative Writing Research Group
1.07 Arts and Humanities Building
Accepting PhD Students
Personal profile
Key responsibilities.
Module Organiser - LDCL4020B Writing Texts.
Module Organiser - LDCL6176A Imaginary Endings: British Fiction and the Apocalypse.
LDC Digital Champion (HUM Digital Transformer)
Academic Link with Partner Institution: City College Norwich
Full Time Member of the Humanities Faculty Appeals and Complaints Panel
OFFICE HOURS (by appointment): 1-2 MONDAYS, 9-10 THURSDAYS
Iain Robinson is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University and holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from UEA. Before commencing his PhD he had a career in bookselling and internet retailing. He has taught on the undergraduate program in LDC since 2003. His literary criticism on the works of Sarah Hall, Will Self, and Rupert Thomson have been published as book chapters and in peer-reviewed journals. His short stories have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies, including Best British Short Stories: 2018 (Salt). His novel, The Buyer , was published in 2014.
Key Research Interests
Creative writing, twenty-first century fiction, dystopian literature, post-apocalyptic literature, cli-fi, and nature writing.
My current writing project, The Wood and the Road , is a work of creative non-fiction, in part nature writing, in part a memoir, but also concerned with issues such as the crises in biodiversity and climate, and the ethics of ecology work.
Teaching Interests
Creative writing, apocalyptic literature, dystopian literature, contemporary literature, and literary and cultural theory.
Areas of Expertise
Creative writing, dystopian literature, post-apocalyptic literature, digital pedagogy in the humanities.
Academic Background
BA English Literature (Lancaster)
MA Creative Writing (Lancaster)
PhD Creative and Critical Writing (UEA)
PgCert in Higher Education (UEA)
Certified Practitioner - Designing Digital Teaching and Learning (Blackboard Academy)
External positions
Member of the Advisory Group for the Creative Writing Subject Benchmark Statement , The Quality Assurance Agency
30 Jan 2023 → …
External Examiner, Royal Holloway, University of London
2019 → 2022
Research output
- 5 Other contribution
- 3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Research output per year
The wood and the road: My battle to save an irreplaceable ecosystem
Research output : Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Dredger (Short Story)
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Birds. Light. Water. Sky. On Writing 'Dazzle'
Research output : Other contribution
Dazzle (Short Story)
- 1 Examination
- 1 Network, Working Group or Professional Association
- 1 Public/government panel or group
Activities per year
QAA Advisory Group for the Creative Writing Subject Benchmark Statement (External organisation)
Iain Robinson (Member)
Activity : Membership › Public/government panel or group
External Examiner (Creative Writing) at Royal Holloway, University of London
Iain Robinson (Examiner)
Activity : Examination
Advance HE (External organisation)
Activity : Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
I campaign locally on environmental issues.
Iain Robinson (Contributor)
Activity : Other activity types › Other
Press/Media
Critics warn ancient trees facing chop on western link are 'irreplaceable' (may 2021).
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media : Press / Media
Standing in a Fictional Landscape – Dan Coxon In Conversation with Iain Robinson & Lander Hawes
1 item of Media coverage
Being Dad: Iain Robinson
1 Media contribution
- Australia edition
- International edition
- Europe edition
Is the UEA creative writing course still the best?
A mid all the hoo-ha over one of the writers shortlisted for this year's Costa book awards being a nurse lies a more interesting nugget. Christie Watson , is a graduate of the creative writing course at the University of East Anglia. Watson, whose book Tiny Sunbirds Far Away is nominated in the first-novel category, chose her course wisely. The MA was founded in 1971 by Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury for writers "of originality and potential". Among its alumni are Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Enright and Trezza Azzopardi.
So how come the UEA course packs such a punch? Novelist Giles Foden, who teaches on the course, thinks: "It works because we admit very good students; because of the long culture of helping writers to find the right form for their ideas; and because of the emphasis placed on reading other writers' work."
Don't other courses do that? Yes, says Juliet Brooke, an editor at Chatto & Windus, who agrees that UEA has a high status in publishing – but says similar courses at Bath and London's City University do too. "Ultimately, it doesn't really matter whether the writer has done a course or not – if a book's brilliant, it will stand alone."
Recent UEA graduates
Susan Fletcher : graduated in (2002): won Whitbread First Novel Award 2005
Naomi Alderman : graduated in (2003): Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2007
Diana Evans : graduated in (2003): won Orange Award for New Writers 2005 with her novel with 26a.
Emma Crowe : graduated in (2005): plays include Charged and Kin
- University of East Anglia
- Costa book awards
- Awards and prizes
- Higher education
- Creative writing
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