Creative Writing and English Maynooth University

Overview

At the  Creative Writing and English  programme from Maynooth University  you will learn:

• how to develop your creative writing (fiction/poetry/ memoir/creative non-fiction) through intensive workshops;
• the practicalities of creative literary industries;
• about the development of literary genres and practices;

• about the conditions that shape literature – from history and geography to questions of gender, race, sexuality, and class.

Career Paths

• Graduates of the BA in Creative Writing and English will be equipped with: skills in creative thinking; the ability to
• Formulate, present and disseminate complex issues; excellent communication skills; a highly-tuned sensitivity to language usage; the ability to tell and organise stories in compelling ways; an understanding of how to inhabit alternative viewpoints and outlooks. As such, graduates of the programme will be well- prepared for the world of work and will have the capacity to be flexible, inventive and adaptable in their chosen careers.
• Maynooth UniversityÂ’s Department of English includes award- winning creative writers as well as internationally acclaimed scholars of Irish, American, Arab, African, and global literatures. We offer MA programmes in Literatures of Engagement and in Creative Writing, and also offer PhDs in Creative Writing and in critical literature.