Graeme Harper (writer)

Graeme Harper is a fiction writer, scriptwriter and cultural critic, who writes under his own name and under the pseudonym "Brooke Biaz".

He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal ' [1] , Co-Editor (with O. Evans) of the journal "Studies in European Cinema" [2] and Associate Editor of the "Creative Industries Journal" [3] . As creative writer and as cultural critic, he is a regular international reader/speaker. His works include "The Creative Writing Guidebook" [5] , "Moon Dance" [1] (Parlor, 2008), ' [2] with J. Kroll (MLM, 2008), ' [3] with R.Stone (Wallflower, 2007), "Small Maps of the World" [4] (Parlor, 2006), ' (Wallflower, 2005), with A.Moor; "Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism" (Continuum, 2002) and "Black Cat, Green Field" (Transworld), among many others.

As Professor Graeme Harper BA MLitt DCA PhD FRGS FRSA, he is the Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries at Bangor University/University of Wales, Bangor (UK). He is also an Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Bedfordshire (UK), and a member of Great Britain's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) National Steering Committee on Practice-led Research. He holds dual British and Australian citizenship. An elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), he is a former member of the European Commission Culture and Education Directorate Panel of Experts.

As Director of the National Institute he campaigns for the development of creative practice-led research, especially in Creative Writing, and for acknowledging the critical understanding contained in creative practice. He is a strong supporter of creativity in university education, and was founding Director of the UK's Creative Campus campaign (2003-) and is current Chair of the worldwide "Creative Universities" [http://www.creativeuniversities.com] initiative.

References

1. "New Writing" - journal [http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/journals/journals_nw.asp]

2. "Studies in European Cinema" - journal [http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17411548]

3. "The Creative Industries Journal" [http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.appx.php?issn=17510694]

4. "The Creative Writing Guidebook" [http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=/Search/default.aspx&CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&BookID=124468]

5. "Moon Dance", Parlor 2008. [http://www.moondancenovel.com]

6. "Creative Writing Studies", MLM, 2008. [http://www.multilingual-matters.co.uk/multi/display.asp?isb=9781847690197&TAG=&CID=]

7. "The Unsilvered Screen", Wallflower, 2007. [http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk/publications/film/unsilvered_screen.html]

8. "Small Maps of the World", Parlor, 2006. [http://www.parlorpress.com/biaz.html]

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