Travel Writing

Want to be the next Paul Theroux? The Travel Writing tutorial encourages students to develop their own, creative writing skills while exploring a variety of texts. Students will think critically about the travel genre and examine a variety of narratives, with aim of absorbing writing techniques utilised by established authors. Students will gain an understanding of both the critical and creative nature of travel writing, as well as hone their own writing skills through regular in-class exercises and the use of a class travel writing blog. Weekly reading and writing assignments will feature in students’ final portfolios of written work. Students are encouraged to use their study abroad experience of travel, both locally and further afield in the UK and Europe, to stimulate their own writing.