Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Barrie Wayne Sherwood
Associate Professor, School of Humanities
Director, Asia Creative Writing Programme, School of Humanities (SoH)
Director, Master of Arts in Creative Writing and Publishing, School of Humanities (SoH)
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Barrie Sherwood is Assistant Professor of English in the School of Humanities. He studied at Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, Concordia University and the Universite de Montreal before completing his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 2010. His first novel, The Pillow Book of Lady Kasa (DC Books) was published in 2000, and his second, Escape from Amsterdam (Granta, UK; St Martin's Press, USA) in 2007. His next book, The Angel Tiger and Other Stories, will appear in 2019 from Epigram Books. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in various journals, including Stand, Asia Literary Review, Istanbul Review, Lighthouse, Writing in Education, TEXT, Matrix, Townsend and QLRS. His research and teaching interests comprise a broad range of contemporary fiction, including narratives of photograph and text.
The contemporary novel
Narratives of photograph and text
Creative writing: research-led teaching
WG Sebald
Narratives of photograph and text
Creative writing: research-led teaching
WG Sebald
- Nanyang Educational Award (College) 2019