I’ve flipped back and forth between writing and academia throughout my working life.
This site is mostly about my life as a creative writer with pages of boasting about what has been published or performed. And what self-respecting writer these days doesn’t have a blog. Sometimes memoir, sometimes essay, sometimes art review, I write to turn down the noise in my brain.
The writing career highlights – my short stories have been published in several literary magazines and some of my stage plays have been professionally performed with the support of Arts Council England. Taking a break from scriptwriting, I find myself writing more and more essays. One of these was shortlisted by Wasafiri Magazine for their Life Writing Competition and others have found their way into literary magazines.
As a linguist, I’ve authored four textbooks, including Digital Textuality (2015, Palgrave Macmillan), and I’ve had my research published in several books and journals. I’m the Book Reviews Editor for Open Learning. I’m also a regular contributor to the Literary Encyclopedia, writing on literary and linguistic topics.
Member of East Anglia Writers and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists (SWWJ)
Paola Trimarco 