Wes Brown
Lecturer
Department of Music, Writing & Performance
, School of Arts and Creative Industries
Dr Wes Brown is a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing Programme and managing editor of UEL's annual publication of new writing by UEL students, The Gallion.
Areas Of Interest
- Narrative Non-Fiction
- Book Publishing
- Video Games, Social Media & Narrativity
- Novels & Short Stories
- Masculinity
OVERVIEW
Dr Wes Brown is a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing Programme. He is a writer, editor and critic with a background in the publishing industry. His reviews and essays have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review and New Humanist among others. He was the founding editor of Dead Ink Books, has freelanced as an editorial consultant and worked for many years for the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). His most recent novel, Breaking Kayfabe (2023), is an autobiographical work about masculinity, class and identity based on his experiences as a pro wrestler.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Selection of Publications
'Young Stalin's Unlikely Holiday': a review of 'Sell Us The Rope' in The Critic, April 2022
'Gods of the Green Fields' in New Humanist, March 2022
'Burgess Reborn': a review of 'Three Graves' in Literary Review, September 2021
'Works soil, fists, lore': a review of 'Male Tears' in the Times Literary Supplement, May 2021
'Kansas City', Storgy, April 2022
'The Wrestlers', Litro, June 2019
'Breaking Kayfabe', The Real Story, July 2018
'The Trial of Shelton Mathis', Mechanics' Institute Review, October 2018
Conference Papers
'UEA Future and Form: Creative Writing in the Digital Age', NAWE, March 2021
'Research Methodologies on Future and Form', CHASE Encounters, October 2020
'Breaking Kayfabe: Pro Wrestling, Masculine Performativity and Narrativity', NAWE, October 2019
PUBLICATIONS
- Breaking Kayfabe: A Novel (2023)
MODULES
- Book Publishing 1
- Book Publishing 2
- Agency 2
- Signs and Symbols