MA Creative Writing and Publishing

Learning skills in editing, public relations and marketing, design, production, and budgeting will help you develop your creative writing in a variety of forms, with a focus on transmedia storytelling. Examine the societal and literary influences that have shaped the publishing and writing industries as well as your own work.
Learn the techniques necessary to produce publishable writing that is both creative and effective for a range of audiences and media.
Work on actual publishing projects with Fresher Publishing, BU's own publishing house.
Learn from accomplished authors and professionals who have their own doctorates or master's degrees in English or creative writing. Take advantage of renowned guest instructors from the writing and publishing industries.

Flexible study 

You have the choice of taking the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing full- or part-time, on-campus or online. To delve deeper into important texts, ideas, and concepts, weekly small-group seminars are combined with lectures and online resources. If you are an online student, all of your classes will be held virtually. This will allow you to interact with a diverse group of classmates from around the globe as well as the most diverse range of literary, media, and business practices.

• bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent.

• if English is not your first language you'll need IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in speaking, listening and reading.

You will learn the advanced techniques of creative writing as well as the theory and practice of publishing in this course. Additionally, you will examine how culture and criticism have influenced the author and the sector. Group publishing projects for the university's own publishing press, Fresher Publishing, will put newly acquired skills to use.
You will acquire a variety of skills in this course that will prepare you for work in the media and related fields, such as:

• Authorship
• Media writing
• Publishing
• Journalism
• Advertising
• Public relations
• Teaching