The Open University

Since April 2004 Carol has worked with the Open University, teaching two of their creative writing courses. A174 Start Writing Fiction is a 12 week course for beginners; teaching is carried out by correspondence and through the OU's online discussion forums. A215 Creative Writing is a 32 week second level course that looks at developing students' creativity then covers the genres of fiction, poetry and life writing. The final unit in A215 prepares students for sending out their work to publishers. Over the last four years Carol's helped almost 500 students achieve their goals of developing their skills and finding creative expression through writing. For more information see here.

Community Groups

Carol also ran classes for North Lanarkshire Council for many years tutoring weekly leisure classes and while attached to the Community Learning and Development section she formed strong links with North Motherwell women's writing group The Birobabes and with Airdrie's Men with Pens. For some years she was the regular tutor for Hamilton's independent writing group Hieton Writers. Carol has also worked as a tutor through Cardonald College in Glasgow and once ran classes in creative writing (in English) for Spanish young people and adults attending the British Council schools in Madrid, which was challenging, inspiring and fun!

Scottish Book Trust

A member of the Scottish Book Trust's Live Literature Fund scheme, Carol runs workshops for adults and upper secondary school pupils. She's also available for readings and talks and as a seasoned judge of writing competitions for all ages. See here.