Tuition

Your tutors will provide you with the support, guidance and encouragement you need to succeed.
Our courses have been carefully designed to provide an up-to-date and practical educational experience to ensure that you are primed to succeed upon graduation.

Your supportive tutors will nurture your individual talents to help you achieve success. You will receive constructive feedback on your assignments as you progress through the course which is essential to developing your creative writing skills.

All our tutors are creative writing professionals working in the industry - take a look at their profiles below.


Stuart Johnstone

Stuart Johnstone

Stuart Johnstone is an Edinburgh-based author of crime novels and short stories. He was previously selected as an “Emerging Writer” in 2015 by UNESCO and is currently the Writer in Residence, for City of Literature Trust in Edinburgh. He has three published novels as well as several short stories in various genres to date. Stuart has a BA (1 st Class Hons) and MA (Distinction) in Creative Writing and has taught introductory modules as well as advanced courses in Creative Writing.

Roy Calley

Roy Calley

Roy is a former BBC journalist of 26 years. He is also an established author with fourteen books published, all of which can be seen on Amazon. These cover different genres, from fiction to non-fiction, sport to history. He is an experienced ghostwriter with numerous clients and has helped young authors realise their dream of writing their own book.

Philip Webb Gregg

Philip Webb Gregg

Philip studied at Cambridge School of Art and has a 1st in Creative Writing and English Literature. His short stories and flash have been widely published and nominated for various awards including the Bath Flash Fiction Award, Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Award and the Desperate Literature Prize. He has extensive experience as a reader, ghost-writer and commissioning editor. He currently works as a freelance storyteller, writing everything from fantasy video games to Shakespearean academic papers.

Dane Cobain

Dane Cobain

Dane Cobain is a published author, freelance writer, writing coach, poet and musician. After graduating from Roehampton University with a creative writing degree, he worked in marketing before leaving the rat race to spend his days writing. Since 2015, he’s published a dozen books and ghostwritten many more, as well as helping hundreds of first-time authors to build their publishing businesses.

Tracey Hammett

Tracey Hammett

Tracey Hammett is a script writer, story writer, poet, lyricist, editor, creative writing tutor and mentor for adults and children. She was a member of the Southbank New Poets Collective from 2022/3, performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and participating in the Poetry Takeaway. Her story “Bare Earth” was the Lambeth winner of the Spread the Word City of Stories writing competition and her adult poetry has been published in Release A Rage of Red, The Bread and Roses anthology and as part of Luke Jerram’s Bread project. She has been writing and editing scripts, stories, poems and lyrics for children since the birth of the BBC Digital Children’s Channels in 2000 and in that time has written for many award-winning and hugely popular children’s programmes. She has also written two children’s picture books, both published by Graffeg. Her work is featured on The Book Trust’s Monster reading list, The Empathy Lab’s reading list and can also be found in The Poetry Library.

John Scott

John Scott

John has a BA in Scriptwriting and an MA in Theatre and Script. He runs a freelance creative writing business and worked with Oscar nominees and in Japanese Feature Film Animation. He’s passionate about teaching and works regularly with Live Theatre Newcastle and various charities. Besides being a writer, John has been a pro-comedian and comedy writer for over two decades. He has written and performed for ITV, BBC, BBC Radio, and many online platforms.

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