Community Researcher
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Simon-Peter Telford is a writer, researcher, and creative facilitator whose work spans fiction, criticism, and arts in health. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of South Australia, where his research explored the existential novel in the Anthropocene. His short fiction has appeared in Green: A Blue Feet Anthology and Verse Magazine, alongside critical and creative essays in TEXT and New Writing. Simon-Peter also teaches and mentors writers across universities and health settings, bringing his deep interest in story, voice, and meaning-making to diverse communities.
Research areas include: Health Humanities, Arts in Health, Social Prescribing, Existential Fiction, Anthropocene Fiction, Trauma Writing.
PhD in Creative Writing (2025)
BA Hons in English and Creative Writing (2019)
BA in English and Creative Writing and Performing Arts (2018)
I have taught in both the Creative Writing and Society and Justice areas including workshops and seminars on Creative Writing and The Power of Story.
HDR Representative University of South Australia’s Creative Research Strategy Group
Co-editor for TEXT Journal of Writing and Writing Courses 2019-2022
Co-editor for the Reviews section of TEXT Journal, sourcing review material, copy-editing reviews and communicating with reviewers.
Chairing of Panels
Australian Short Story Festival 2020, 2023, 2025. Held talks with authors in front of a live audience, discussed their work, and fielded questions from attendees.
Panel Member and Guest Speaker
Member of numerous University panels relating to HDR outreach, prospective students, guest lecturing, poetry readings, etc.
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
Co-editor for Verse Magazine 2019
Worked with editors, graphic designers, and communications specialists to develop and produce monthly student magazines with Uni SA’s Student Association.