I supervise PhD research in multiple areas connected to my own specialisms as well as past and current research areas. These include the short story, connected short story collections, short story cycles and novels in stories. Writing that explores issues of chronic illness, care, caring roles and disability. I’m also interested in ways writing can write about trauma, and specifically religious trauma. I’m interested in playful and experimental ways in which writing can imagine the future. Previous supervision facilitated projects around writing about war. I supervised Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s work, which became her internationally best selling and award winning novel, Dust Child. I also supervised Naji Bakhti’s novel, From Beirut to the Moon.

Find out more here. If you want to work with me, please contact me via my university portal and email.

Writing for Wellbeing

My new area of research is into how writing can enhance wellbeing. Please see this pagehttps://zoelambert.org/writing-for-wellbeing/ for fuller details.  My focus is specifically on writing and religious trauma. But my work has wider applications for workshops that can support anyone who wishes to explore writing and wellbeing, as well as workshops tailored for specific demographics. For example, I have been working with survivors of sexual trauma as well as carer’s groups.

‘Translating Chronic Pain’, Podcast with pain charity Pain Concern

https://audioboom.com/posts/7252745-113-translating-chronic-pain

‘Translating Pain’ workshop at the Anthony Burgess Centre