Academics tend to write alone. Even when we are contributing to an edited volume, we rarely gather to write in the same place and at the same time. Which is what made our writing experiment so unusual ...

For academics, faculty and staff at any level, academic writing skills can be the difference between being published in academic journals, funded or employed or their hard work going unrecognised.

It is your job as the writer to help readers understand what they will gain from reading your work. What will they learn? What questions will they have that you can answer? Considering the lessons and ...

A few years ago, when I was a graduate student in English, I presented a paper at my department’s American Literature Colloquium. (A colloquium is a sort of writing workshop for graduate students.) ...

Benjamin Miller works for the University of Sydney. University students across the nation will be handing in their first assignments of the academic year over the next few weeks. Academic staff will ...

Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House presents: “Writing Lessons”, a podcast that explores the foundations of creative writing. March 5, 2025 • In the eighth episode of Writing Lessons, host Silas House ...