Welcome to my website! Here you can find out all about me, my books, the Birkbeck Writing Programme as well as watch some of my films and read some of my work. I...

You can find Julia Bell at: In 2012 I will be teaching at Lumb Bank with Yemisi Blake and at Ty Newydd with Peter Benson further details coming soon . . . On the...

I also write poetry. A list of forthcoming publications coming soon. In the meanwhile - here are two new ones and further down the page links to some poetry films...

An exclusive extract from my new novel, Class Work. Martin gave his coat and satchel to a small brunette with a lumpy figure and scanned the crowd for someone he...

Weight is a big issue in Carmen's life - not surprising when her mother is obsessed with dieting and is determined that her daughter will be thin. But with a long...

'Like Patricia McCormick’s Sold, this novel gives headlines about sexual slavery a human face.' Booklist‘Bell’s debut, Massive, was a powerful exploration...

Maybe you don’t need The Creative Writing Coursebook. Maybe you can just get on with it. Writing, though, is a solitary business, and the voices in this book...

The Birkbeck Writers' Hub The new Writers' Hub website from the Birkbeck Writing Programme. Birkbeck Writing Programme We offer writing courses at all levels...

Essays, lectures, podcasts. Here are some articles on creative writing, commissioned for Mslexia and The Birmingham Post and the Writing the City website in...

stuff I like: Magazines The Believer New Yorker Fiction McSweeneys Granta Litro Paris Review Aesthetica Ploughshares Narrative Poets and Writers Mslexia ...

Get in touch! You can email me at juliabell@juliabell.net * There are quite a few of us out there . . . what an amazing coincidence . . . if you're...