Creative Writing

BSU alumna and lecturer Samantha Harvey crowned winner of the Booker Prize 2024

Renowned as one of the UK’s most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize features the most impressive works of sustained fiction and has catapulted exceptional literature into the spotlight for the last 55 years. 

Sam’s novel, Orbital, takes place over a single day in the life of six astronauts. During those 24 hours, they observe 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets over their silent blue planet, spinning past continents and cycling past seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans.

Research

Bath Spa University Research Centre in Creative Writing is a prospering centre of excellence, representing perhaps the strongest academic teams of creative writers in the country.

We believe that writing is a powerful instrument for discovering new ideas; that the development of writing skills is a vocational commitment, and that all writers benefit from sharing work in progress.

Courses on offer

We’ve got a wide range of undergraduate courses. Unsure of the right course for you? We give you plenty of options and our combined courses mean you don’t have to limit yourself to one programme if two tempt you.

Your next challenge

What does your life have coming up next? Fancy jetting off to the other side of the world, founding a business, mastering a new hobby or landing your dream job? You could achieve all this and more studying with us.

What do writers do after completing an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa?

In this recorded online event, six former MA students from our MA Creative Writing share their experiences of the course along with insights into their careers and paths to publication. Our guest speakers write fiction, poetry and non fiction. They also organise events.

This event is sponsored by Bath Spa University and delivered in partnership with Novel Nights, a literary events organisation set up by Bath Spa University alum, Grace Palmer.