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Senior Lecturer (Creative Writing)

Telephone : +44 (0)20 8392 4427
Email : L.Tondeur@roehampton.ac.uk
Department : English and Creative Writing
Office location : Fi. 114

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About

Since graduating from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA, 
Louise Tondeur has published two novels and has just 
finished a third. She has a PhD in English Literature (Reading) 
and has worked at Roehampton since 2005. She was made a 
Roehampton Teaching Fellow in 2007. 

Louise teaches across the Creative Writing programme at BA 
and MA level, specialising in fiction. She is currently on 
maternity leave.

Research Interests

Her research interests include writing the novel and short fiction, 
community theatre, women's history, queer and feminist theory, 
and cultural interpretations of the body. Louise contributed to 
the first collection of essays on body hair, The Last Taboo: 
Women and Body Hair, Karin Lesnick-Oberstein ed (2007).

Research Project Undertaken

Examining Experience

Louise was, until recently, external examiner on the Bath Spa MA in Creative Writing.

Membership of Professional Bodies

The Creative Writing Programme is a member of NAWE and English Pen.

Publications

The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls, London: Review 
2004.
The Water's Edge, London: Review 2003.
‘The House’ in Groundswell: The Second Diva Book of Short 
Stories, London: Millivres-Prowler. 2002. 
‘Red Roof’ in Pretext, v. 5, Norwich: Pen & Inc. 2002. 
‘Elizabeth Siddal’s hair: a methodology for queer reading’, 
Women: a Cultural Review, 21:2, 2011. [forthcoming]

'Creative Visualisation’, Writing in Education, No. 47, 

Spring 09

‘A History of Pubic Hair, or Reviewers’ Responses to Terry 

Eagleton’s After Theory’, Karin Lesnik-Oberstein ed., 
The Last Taboo: Women and Body Hair, Manchester 
University Press, 2007.
‘Holistic Learning: wider application of creative thinking 
strategies, with practical suggestions for the seminar-room.’ 
Learning and Teaching Conference, Roehampton, 29th April 
2010. 

‘Connectivity and Creative Learning: A Holistic Approach’ 

ReWrite seminar series, Roehampton, 3rd March 2010.

'Queering the narrative line: queer reading as a disruptive 

methodology.' Fractured Narratives in Writing & Performance 
in the Postcolonial Era, seminar series. Goldsmiths, 24th Nov 
09.
'The awkward lesbian body & "the caricature of the Ugly 
Feminist."’ Brighton & Sussex Sexualities Network Conference: 

Academy & Activism. 24th Sept 09. 

Tondeur, L. ‘The importance of building communities when 

considering retention and student achievement.’ Learning and 
Teaching Conference, Roehampton, 28th April 2009.

‘Can Creative Writing be taught? Examining the pedagogical 

implications of creativity.’ The Great Writing Conference, 
University of Bangor. July 2007.

‘Hairy Lesbian Medusas.’ Mind Body Conference, School of 

English and American Literature, University of Reading, July 
2007
'Mind Mapping for Better Learning.' Learning and Teaching 
Conference, Roehampton, 18th April 2007.

'Body hair and Wolf's “Ugly Feminist Caricature”: the 

implications of a historical perspective on the “unsexed 
woman.’ SeGS seminar series, Roehampton. March 2007.
'Body Hair', The Encyclopaedia of Gender & Society, Jodi 
O'Brien ed., Sage, 2007.

'Lookism', The Encyclopaedia of Gender & Society, Jodi 

O'Brien ed., Sage, 2007.

PhD thesis 

Reading Hair Queer, unpublished doctoral thesis, 
University of Reading, 2007.
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