Dr Elen Caldecott

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing

Research Overview

I am a creative writing practitioner with a successful fifteen-year career in the publishing industry. My creative career has dovetailed with practice-led research in academia.

I specialise in writing, researching and teaching literature for young people. Much of my work is concerned with positive representations of working class childhoods and of non-traditional families. I also have an interest in transnational literature, especially the creative potential of artists working between languages.

I am interested in supervising projects in the field of writing for young people.

Cheltenham Literature Festival
Oral presentation

Pushing the boundaries and getting pushed back; ecocritical rejections
Oral presentation

Ploughing the Field Roundtable
Invited talk

National Association of Writers in Education
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Transnational Writing
Invited talk

Conference Keynote
Invited talk

Conference Panel: The Short Knife
Invited talk

Conference Panel: The Blackthorn Branch
Invited talk

Borders and Crossings
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Carnegie Medal - longlisted
Prize (including medals and awards)

Tir Na n'Og Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)

Young Quills - shortlisted
Prize (including medals and awards)

UKLA Book Award - shortlisting
Prize (including medals and awards)