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Luke Williams is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication at Birkbeck, University of London, teaching prose fiction and creative-critical writing across all Creative Writing programmes. He is a founding member of Birkbeck's Compass project supporting individuals with forced migrancy backgrounds in higher education and integrates literary, visual art, and community contexts in his practice.
His educational background includes an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia where he collaborated with Natasha Soobramanien.
Williams' research centers on collaborative writing, creative-critical writing, and politics of migration narratives, deeply influenced by Black Studies scholarship. His work actively challenges individualism through community-based literary practices and explores contested spaces between literature and art, as evidenced by projects like Plastic Words at Raven Row. His co-authored novel 'Diego Garcia' (2022) won the Goldsmith's Prize while 'The Echo Chamber' (2011) received the Saltire Award for Best First Book.
His publication record from 2014-2018 reveals consistent engagement with migration, community, and political resistance through experimental literary forms in journals including The White Review and BOMB Magazine, demonstrating thematic continuity in exploring collective identity formation.
His notable awards include:
- Goldsmith's Prize (2022) for 'Diego Garcia'
- Saltire First Novel of the Year (2011) for 'The Echo Chamber'
Williams currently supervises two doctoral researchers: Azad Sharma developing a practice-based PhD on Post-Apartheid traumas through creative-critical testimony, and Shaniqua Harris. He previously supervised Lily Dunn to completion on hybrid literary memoir and healing, consistently integrating critical discourse with creative narrative in his supervisory approach.
He maintains active community engagement through Compass project initiatives, previously co-founding Akwaaba's storytellers' group in Hackney that produced collaborative texts performed at Stoke Newington Literary Festival and published in 'Tales of Two Londons', alongside his ongoing work with the Plastic Words events series.
