Simon-Peter Telford

Community Researcher

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

place Health and Medical Research Building

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.

Qualifications

PhD in Creative Writing (2025)

BA Hons in English and Creative Writing (2019)

BA in English and Creative Writing and Performing Arts (2018)

Teaching interests

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.

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