Dr Sara Read

Dr Sara Read

Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing

Dr Sara Read, FRHistS, FHEA, is Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing. She is a specialist in early modern culture and is a widely published literary historian. She’s currently completing her third novel set in the Restoration.
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Dr Kerry Featherstone

Senior Lecturer in English

Dr Kerry Featherstone, Senior Lecturer in English, is a poet and singer‑songwriter whose 2025 album Waiting for Gracenotes showcases his work. He writes about landscape and memory, publishes internationally in French and English, and loves helping students recognise the strength of their writing.

Dr Barbara Cooke

Reader in Modern Literature

Dr Barbara Cooke, Reader in Modern Literature, is a textual editor and creative non‑fiction writer whose work spans archival theory, creative writing pedagogy and multimodality. Focusing on interwar and twenty‑first‑century literature, she also writes psychogeographical non‑fiction.
Professor Jennifer Cooke

Professor Jennifer Cooke

Professor of Contemporary Literature and Theory

Professor Jennifer Cooke is an expert in contemporary literature and feminist theory who believes language can unsettle and renew perception. She encourages students to expand their creative practice. While she is primarily a poet, she is currently completing a convention‑breaking crime novel.