Hugh Stoddart

Hugh Stoddart is a Lecturer at the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University, specializing in creative writing and screenplay development. His work bridges academic and professional realms, focusing on adapting literature for film and leveraging arts for social advocacy.

• Biography: Transitioned from visual arts curation (1970s, including director of Birmingham's Ikon Gallery) to film/TV screenplay writing, adapting works like To the Lighthouse and The Mill on the Floss.
• Research & Advocacy: Co-founded Not Shut Up (2003), a national magazine for prisoner writing/art, serving as managing editor until 2012. Currently developing My Songs Inside, a film project exploring prison narratives.

Fields of Interest: Creative Writing, Screenplay Writing, Film Adaptation, Visual Arts, Prison Education, and Literary Studies.