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Publications

(2023)

, Ryde Gemma

Writing in Practice Vol 8, pp. 100-111 (2022)

(2022)

TEXT Journal of Writing and Writing Courses Vol 21 (2017)

(2014)

(2012)

Teaching

In 2025/26, I will be running a level 4 module on 'Creative Economies and the Culture Industry', which uses case studies of Glasgow's creative industries as a way of examining the way(s) in which skills gleaned from the Humanities can be applied to the world of work. In the same vein, I'll be coordinating the level 3 workplacement module on the English and Creative Writing Programme and contributing teaching to the MLitt in Creative Writing.聽

Research Interests

Primarily a novelist, I have four fiction books to my name (So It Is, The Busker, Man at Sea, The Sleepless) and a first book of non-fiction forthcoming in 2027 from Icon Books (Rejection: a user's guide). I'm interested in all elements of the craft of fiction writing, with particular expertise in crime fiction, historical fiction and the writing of place (e.g. psychogeography). My academic work often focuses on creativity more widely, particularly the ways in which writers and other creatives engage more deeply with their process. Current research projects include one on rejection across the creative arts, as above, and a long-running fascination with the links between creativity and physical activity.

Professional Activities

Recipient

11/12/2025

Speaker

11/12/2025

Recipient

7/9/2025

Projects

Bell, Liam (Principal Investigator)

Energy Stories is a series of targeted creative, participatory workshops to develop energy literacy within Scottish communities and as an evidence-base to design ongoing educational resources. Using creative sector partners, community organisations, creative commissions and co-creation, the initial outputs will be a set of narratives (in different forms) which can then be used to inform future energy literacy interventions. Co-Investigators are Dr Jen Dickie (Stirling) and Dr Anna Wilson (Glasgow), and the project is seed-funded by the Scottish Research Alliance for Homes, Energy and Livelihoods (SRAEHL).

02-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026

Bell, Liam (Principal Investigator)

In Autumn 2025, the English and Creative Writing team ran a series of Creative Writing workshops open to staff across all grades and areas of University operations. These workshops were a sub-project of the wider Collaborative Cultures project (Wellcome Trust, PI: Churnjeet Mahn). In Spring 2026, activities will continue with a Research Assistant being appointed to facilitate an Away Day, a pamphlet publication of the creative pieces and a launch event.

08-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026

Bell, Liam (Principal Investigator)

In 2024, whilst employed at the University of Stirling, we applied for and were assigned as Creative Scotland host organisation for the Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship. This saw the writer Rachelle Atalla join us on campus for a year to research and write her fourth novel. My role was as facilitator and project manager (PI) for the awarded funding.

15-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2025

Bell, Liam (Principal Investigator)

Development programme taking published writers from other mediums and supporting them to write a short film script and a feature film treatment, with professional/industry support.

01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019