Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
I have been nominated for the Guardian's Not the Booker and the Pushcart Prize. I have also taught at Manchester, Lancaster and on the Guardian Masterclass Series.
My first novel, Killing Daniel, was published in 2012 by Unthank Books. The second, The Sea Inside Me, is forthcoming in October 2019.
I am co-founder of aerial theatre company, Uncaged and I run the University of Sunderland in Association with Waterstones Short Story Award.
Teaching and supervision
- The Writer's Craft
- Explorations in Prose Fiction
- Writing for Stage
- Performance, Poetry and Song
- Writing the Novel
- Advanced Project
Supervision:
- Greg Forrester, novel (leave of absence)
- Julie Dickinson, fiction
- Katie Mitchelson, novel
Research interests for potential research students
- The novel
- Progressive / experimental fiction
- Hybrid writing
- Crime fiction
- Performance and narrative
Publications
Article
Dobbs, Sarah (2018) The Robin. Flash, 11 (1).
Book Section
Dobbs, Sarah (2016) Burning the Ants [Short fiction]. In: The End: Fifteen Endings to Fifteen Paintings. Unthank Books. ISBN 9781910061275
Dobbs, Sarah (2013) 'Behind all the Closed Doors'. In: Red Room: New Short Stories Inspired by the Brontes. Unthank. ISBN 9780957289734
Book
Dobbs, Sarah (2019) The Sea Inside Me. UNTHANK BOOKS. ISBN 9781910061572
Dobbs, Sarah (2014) English Language, Literature and Creative Writing: A Practical Guide for Students. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781783082889
Sarah, Dobbs (2012) Killing Daniel. Unthank Books, London. ISBN 978-0-9564223-8-5
Show/Exhibition
Sarah, Dobbs (2020) Oracles In Sepia: Sarah Jane Dobbs. .
Performance
Dobbs, Sarah (2019) Time. Celebrate Different at Washington Arts Centre. [Performance]
Video
Dobbs, Sarah (2021) Body Song. [Video]
Other
Dobbs, Sarah (2021) Interstellar. Confingo 16, Confingo. (In Press)
Dobbs, Sarah (2018) The narrative expression of grief [Research Portfolio]. Creative Writing Collection.
Dobbs, Sarah (2017) My Mother Told Me. Reflex Fiction, Reflex Fiction Quarterly international flash fiction competition..
Dobbs, Sarah (2017) As Linda was Buying the Tulips [Short fiction]. UNTHOLOGY 9, Unthank Books.
- The short story
- Creative writing and community
- Crime fiction
- The novel
- Flash fiction
- Aerial and narrative
