Personal statement

Dr Steve Hollyman is a novelist, Senior Lecturer, and Level 5 Year Leader for Creative Writing. He joined Bath Spa University in 2015.  

His novels ESC&CTRL and LAIRIES were published by Influx Press in 2022 and 2021 respectively. He is represented by MMB Creative. 

From 2017—2019 he was seconded to the role of Programme Coordinator. His pedagogic specialisms include experimental fiction, transmedia narratives and creative enterprise, and he is also interested in curriculum design and authentic assessment.  

He gained his PhD in Creative Writing in 2013, and his MA in 2009, both from the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a Fellow of the HEA, and a SEDA-accredited teacher. 

 

 

Academic qualifications

  • The Self-Begetting Novel: Metafiction in the 21st Century (PhD thesis – 2013)
  • MA (Distinction) Creative Writing (2009)
  • BA (Joint Hons) English Literature and Philosophy (2006).

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Selected bibliography

Novels:

  • Hollyman, Steve (2022) Esc&Ctrl. London: Influx Press
  • Hollyman, Steve (2021) Lairies. London: Influx Press
  • Hollyman, Steve (2010) Keeping Britain Tidy. Conwy: Transmission Print (ISBN: 978-0956658302)

Other Selected Publications:

  • Hollyman, Steve and Hindmarch, Duncan (2023). "Judging yesterday's creative work by today's standards is a tough ask" in WonkHE
  • Hollyman, Steve (2009) "Disloyal Correspondent" in BRAND Literary Magazine, no. 5, Summer/Autumn 2009 (ISSN: 1754-0593)
  • Hollyman, Steve (2009) "He Knows His Name" in Bewilderbliss 1(2) (ISSN: 1759-9695)
  • Ashton, D., Bower, G. J., Hollyman, S., & Pullinger, K. (2017). "Writing digital: Practice, performance, theory" in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 23(1), 3-4
  • Hollyman, Steve (2016). "Cathy Caruth’s Literature in the Ashes of History" in Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies, 2( 3) 68-81
  • Hollyman, Steve (2013) "New Media" in The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory. ed. Malpas, S and Wake, P. London: Routledge. (ISBN: 978-0415668309).