Emily Perkins visits Chinese Universities
The author and IIML Senior Lecturer showcased New Zealand creativity on a recent visit to China.
Fiction writer Emily Perkins has addressed student audiences at a number of Chinese universities, about creative writing and approaches to creativity in the New Zealand education system.
Emily, who is a Senior Lecturer at the IIML, co-convening the MA in Creative Writing, visited China in March as a guest of the 2014 Shanghai Literary Festival.
In addition to her Festival commitments, she spoke to students in popular sessions at Fudan University and Shanghai International Studies University in Shanghai; and Sun Yat-sen University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou. She spoke from her experiences as a student, artist and creative writing tutor in New Zealand and fielded questions about her own fiction and the study and practice of creative writing. Read the coverage on the Education NZ website.
Emily is the author of four novels, including The Forrests, and Novel About My Wife, and a collection of short stories, Not Her Real Name. She has taught in the UK and New Zealand and presented TV books programmes 'The Book Show' and 'The Good Word' from 2006-2011. Her books have won and been shortlisted for major local and international awards, and she was named an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2011.
Read more about Emily Perkins and the MA in Creative Writing.