For the fourth year running I’ve been teaching the prose element of the Newcastle University International Summer School (NUISS) creative writing module (with Stevie Ronnie taking able care of the poetry element). This morning was my final seminar with Nathalie and Elina, and tomorrow I’m nipping across the border to teach on the SUISS creative writing course. I’ve had a lot of fun over the last three weeks and hopefully some of that will have translated into my students sharing my joy in writing, ducklings, secondhand books, coffee breaks and talking to other writers about their work. After the success of last year’s inaugural creative writing taster session with the Fulbright Scholars before the main NUISS programme started, I was delighted to be asked to run a similar session this year, repeating the popular backstage tour of Northern Stage and incorporating the fortuitous discovery of a flip-chart in my teaching room. Here’s a mini photo-diary of a few of the sessions:














