Harry Whitehead

Dr. Harry Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Leicester's School of Arts, Media and Communications. He directs the Centre for New Writing and organizes Literary Leicester, an annual literature festival. His work bridges creative writing with interdisciplinary research, focusing on Indigenous histories, environmental communication, and psychoanalysis.

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His research explores how the arts can address global environmental crises, while his creative works include The Cannibal Spirit, a critically acclaimed novel on First Peoples of Canada. He has published academic papers in creative writing theory, anthropology, and memory studies.

He holds awards including the Eccles Fellowship (2017) and grants from the Arts Council and Wingate Foundation. His current projects include a second novel White Road, represented by Blake Friedmann agency.

Prior to academia, he worked in senior film/TV roles with directors like Ridley Scott and Spike Lee, managed children’s welfare initiatives, and ran businesses in the Far East.

He leads the Centre for New Writing, fostering creative research collaborations, and contributes to literary festivals and academic journals like Writing in Practice.