Andrea Holland
Poet - Collaborator -Tutor

Andrea was co-winner of The Poetry Business competition 2006, and her collection ‘Borrowed’ was published as a pamphlet by Smith/Doorstep books, summer 2007. The pamphlet can be purchased from Smith/Doorstop for £3. (See below for details.)

Reviews appear in: Seam magazine (no 27) New Hope International (Summer 2007) Stride Magazine (June 2007) and Wayfarers (Summer 2007).



I am a writer and lecturer in Creative Writing at both UEA (University of East Anglia) and Norwich School of Art & Design, where I am also Course Leader for a cross-arts  Master’s Degree called MA Writing the Visual.

I have collaborated with visual artists for commissioned work synthesising writing and visual arts, and worked as an editor, freelance reader and  tutor for The Literary Consultancy and New Writing Partnership,

I have also written for American journals such as Rain Taxi and Dream Girl. My poems appear in both UK and US publications such as The Rialto, Reactions (1-4), Smith’s Knoll, The Greensboro Review, New Writing and Other Poetry. I have a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts and lived in the USA for nearly 15 years. I now reside in Norwich, UK with my sons, Austin and Caleb.

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Andrea Holland was born in Romford, Essex in March 1965 and grew up in Staines, Middlesex until her family moved to New York in 1980. She followed them over in 1981 and after a year at High School, at 17 she began a BA in English at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. After the BA she won a fellowship to the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets (one of ten awards given nationally in the US). She then began a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (a 4 year degree, equivalent to PhD in Literature) at The University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 1991 she moved to Blacksburg Virginia to lecture full time in English at Virginia Polytechnic & State University (VA Tech).

In 1993 and 1995 Andrea taught Creative Writing at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg VA. She moved back to England in 1995 and has worked part time at Norwich School of Art & Design since 1996, teaching Creative Writing (and supervising dissertations). In 1999 her eldest son, Austin was born. Andrea began teaching Creative Writing part time at the University of East Anglia in 2000. In 2005 a second son, Caleb was born, and 3 weeks later she was appointed Course Leader for MA Writing the Visual. As well as teaching Andrea continues to write and collaborate with visual artists. A list of publications and collaborations appear in Publications and Awards pages.

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Current Posts
0.2 Course Leader: MA Writing the Visual, Norwich School of Art & Design
Associate Tutor in Creative Writing, LIT, University of East Anglia
Part Time Lecturer: BA Creative Writing, Norwich School of Art & Design

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Monday 12 November
Andrea reads for Café Writers, Jurnets Bar, Wensum Lodge, King Street, Norwich
Reading with Matthew Hollis, 7.30 pm, £2 donation suggested

Monday 13 November
Andrea reads for CB1 writers, Michaelhouse, Trinity Street, Cambridge
Reading with Michael Laskey 8.00 pm


‘Borrowed’
Andrea’s pamphlet of poems published by Smith/Doorstop, available from publisher for £3
ISBN 978-1-902383-91-3

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