Rupert Loydell
Senior Lecturer, English & Writing
Rupert Loydell is Senior Lecturer in the School of Writing and Journalism at Falmouth University, the editor of Stride magazine, and a contributing editor to International Times. He is a widely published poet whose most recent poetry books are Dear Mary (Shearsman, 2017) and A Confusion of Marys (Shearsman, 2020). He has edited anthologies for Salt, Shearsman and KFS, written for academic journals such as Punk & Post-Punk (which he is on the editorial board of), New Writing, Revenant, The Journal of Visual Art Practice, Text, Axon, Musicology Research, Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, and contributed chapters to Brian Eno. Oblique Music (Bloomsbury, 2016), Critical Essays on Twin Peaks: The Return (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), Music in Twin Peaks: Listen to the Sounds! (Routledge, 2021) and Bodies, Noise and Power in Industrial Music (Palgrave Macmillan 2022).
Born in London, Rupert attended Latymer Upper School before taking an Art Foundation course in Twickenham. He studied visual arts and creative writing for a creative arts degree at Crewe & Alsager College, Cheshire (now MMU) and took his MA in Creative Writing at Plymouth University. Rupert continues to practice as a fine artist as well as write.
External Links
- Rupert Loydell author page at Shearsman Books
- Stride magazine website
- Gists & Piths review of Dear Mary October 2017
- 'On Poetry & the Visual Arts': 2016 interview
- 2016 interview at Cervena Barva Press
- 2014 interview with Rupert Loydell at Cygnus X
- 2008 interview with Rupert Loydell at Gists & Piths
- Rupert Loydell author page at Salt Publishing
- On Writing #38: Rupert Loydell, in Ottawa Poetry Newsletter
- Process, remix, juxtaposition, assemblage and selection
- 'Three Instructive Texts' at The Fortnightly Review (2022)
Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | MA Creative Writing | Plymouth University |
| 1985 | BA(Hons) Creative Arts | Crewe & Alsager College H.E. |
Honors and awards
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Fellow of the English Association |
| 2010 | Fellow of the Higher Education Academy |
Membership of external committees
Advisory Board, The Story Republic, KEAPResearch Interests
Research interests and expertise
I am interested in the relationship between the visual arts and creative writing; in creative non-fiction (particularly psychogeography and other ways of exploring landscape and place); poetics; editing, publishing and dissemination; contemporary poetry; contemporary painting; contemporary music.
Research topics
- Contemporary Poetry
- Creative Writing
- Ekphrasis
- Place; Contemporary Music
- Poetry
- Post Confessional Narrative
- Pschyogeography
- Publishing and Dissemination
- Post-punk music
- The work of Brian Eno and David Lynch
- Remixology
- Collaborative writing
Research Outputs
Publications and research outputs
Events
Co-presented Thinking Outside the Box paper (with Kingsley Marshall) at Music & the Moving Image conference, NYU Steinhardt, New York.
Events
Co-presented Control & Surrender paper (with Kingsley Marshall) at Modular Forms conference, Roehampton University.
Events
Tower of Babel painting exhibition, Truro Cathedral
Events
Spinal Chords painting exhibition, Jam Records, Falmouth
Events
Organised and hosted English Department Science Fiction Day, Tremough Campus, Cornwall
Events
Fragmentary Evidence painting exhibition, Jam Records, Falmouth
Events
Speaker at Daphne Du Maurier Festival, Cornwall
Events
8 + 3 painting exhibition, Jam Records, Falmouth
Events
Curated and organised Explanations of Signs collaborative Art exhibition, Design Centre Tremough Campus. Edited and published catalogue.
Events
Guest Lecturer, PGCHE, University College Falmouth
Events
Exhibited four paintings in UCF staff show, The Poly, Falmouth
Events
Stations of the Cross exhibition, Truro Cathedral. [South West Arts funded catalogue and previous touring show: Gloucester, Exeter, and five venues in USA]
Events
Stations of the Cross exhibition, Devoran Parish Church [South West Arts funded catalogue and previous touring show: Gloucester, Exeter, and five venues in USA]
Events
Visual poem exhibited in Public Pages, exhibition for University Plymouth conference 'Public Language'. Also used for conference brochure design.
Events
Drawings included in one day exhibition/environment, Design Centre foyer, Tremough Campus, November (curated by Gareth Davies).
Teaching
Areas of teaching
- academic writing
- Creative Writing
- English
Courses taught
- BA(Hons) Creative Writing
- BA(Hons) English
- BA(Hons) English with Creative Writing
- BA(Hons) Journalism and Creative Writing
Policy engagement within Cornwall
Engagement with organisations which contribute to the development of educational, cultural or socio-economic policies in Cornwall
Advisory Board, The Story Republic [KEAP]
Professional Engagement
Social, community and cultural engagement
Solo reading at Barbara Hepworth Garden, Tate St Ives, for Hepworth Live! event, April 2016.
Reading with Dr Kym Martindale for Tate St Ives' W.S. Graham event, Autumn 2015.
