Writers in Residence
Better writing, better marks. Want to improve your writing?
Professional writers Elizabeth Holloway, Suzannah Evans and Matt Carr are available during term-time to advise, on a one-to-one basis, students and staff on any aspects of their writing. Whether it's essays, reports, dissertations or other written work, Elizabeth, Suzannah and Matt offer constructive tutorials of up to an hour about any aspect of your writing that you want to discuss. Whatever your science subject or level of study, our Royal Literary Fund Fellows can help you to improve your writing, from structure and argument to flow and coherence.
Contact Elizabeth, Suzannah or Matt to book an appointment. Sessions will mainly be one-to-one face-to-face but some online sessions will be available upon request.
Nicola Monaghan - nicola.monaghan@rlfeducation.org.uk
Writer in Residence: Monday and Tuesday
To book an appointment email: nicola.monaghan@rlfeducation.org.uk
Nicola Monaghan is the author of the Sian Love mystery series including the critically acclaimed Dead Flowers, which was shortlisted for the Little, Brown/UEA Crime Writing prize, and the follow up Wish You Were Here. Her debut novel The Killing Jar won a Betty Trask award, the Authors' Club Best First Novel prize and the Waverton Good Read. She also writes psychological horror as Niki Valentine.
As well as novels, Nicola writes for screen and has had several critically acclaimed short films made starring well-known actors with director Ash Morris and Council Child/Anderson Shelter productions. These include Margie’s Garden (starring Abigail Hamilton, Steven Arnold and George Newton) and Bare (starring Steven Arnold and Brendan Coyle.)
Nicola originally studied maths at university and taught the subject for several years before taking a job in finance in the City of London. She has also worked for several software companies, in arts marketing and for an energy supplier.
Suzannah Evans - suzannah.evans@rlfeducation.org.uk
Writer in Residence: Thursday and Friday
To book and appointment email: suzannah.evans@rlfeducation.org.uk
Suzannah Evans has published four poetry collections; her work has been described as ‘doom-pop poetry with an apocalyptic edge’. Her writing is concerned with the future, particularly climate change and our relationship with technology. She won a Northern Writers’ Award in 2021 and has been a writer in residence at Gladstone’s Library in North Wales. She spent seven years working as an editor and mentor with Sheffield-based publisher The Poetry Business.
Suzannah has taught creative writing in many university and community settings, and looks forward to helping students develop their own confidence and skill with writing. She will be available for appointments on Thursdays and Fridays.
Matt Carr – matthew.carr@rlfeducation.org.uk
Writer in Residence: Wednesday
To book an appointment e-mail: matthew.carr@rlfeducation.org.uk
Matt Carr is a writer and journalist. His nonfiction books include the widely acclaimed memoir of his Caribbean childhood, My Father’s House (Hamish Hamilton 1997); The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism (New Press 2007); Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain 1492–1614 (Hurst/New Press 2009); Fortress Europe: Inside the War Against Immigration (Hurst/New Press 2012), and Savage Frontier: The Pyrenees in History (Hurst/New Press 2018).
His first novel The Devils of Cardona (Penguin Random House 2017) was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His journalism has been published in The Guardian, the New Statesman, The Observer, the New York Times International and Literary Hub. He has spoken at numerous literary festivals, and taught creative writing to adults and teenagers.
A lifelong Hispanophile, Matt writes fiction and nonfiction often focused on themes from Spanish and Latin American culture, history, and politics. He is currently working on a book about Charles Darwin, racial science, and the conquest of Patagonia.