Teaching
I have been teaching creative writing, and more specifically poetry, since September 2019. I vary activities and techniques to make the classroom more interactive and engaging as well as to match students’ needs.
I also worked as a Post Graduate Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham and as a English Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Huddersfield. A qualified English Language Teacher (CELTA), I taught English and French as foreign languages in France, Ireland (Trinity College Dublin) and the UK.
Creative Writing
Since September 2019, I've been teaching creative writing classes at City Lit.
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I feel the need to help students reach their full potential by creating an environment where they feel safe to explore the stories within them.
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My main goal is to make my students confident enough to believe in their work. I give them the opportunity to workshop their writing and receive constructive feedback. I use various exercises and poems (from classic to contemporary poetry, English-language poems to translated works) to broaden my students’ knowledge. In my classes, they develop their critical skills by analysing carefully the way poems are crafted and apply what they’ve learned to their own practice.
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I also have in stock other creative writing classes for more advanced levels or thematic (focusing on one topic or practical-oriented). Here is a non-exhaustive list of my classes:
- Childhood
- Family
- Five senses
- History
- How to Create a Poetry Pamphlet
- How to Submit to Poetry Magazines
- International/Multilingual Poetry
- Place
- The Poetry of Displacement
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Women Poets
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Please don’t hesitate to contact me at julie.irigaray@gmail.com to learn more about it.
Academia
In 2025 I worked as a Post Graduate Teaching Fellow in English, Drama and Creative Studies at the University of Birmingham.
I taught contemporary literature and creative writing at postgraduate level, delivering seminars and organising teaching collaborations with external parties (literary agents, editors, authors) to enhance the learning experience.
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In 2021-2022, I was a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Huddersfield.
I designed and developed teaching materials (quizzes, videos, handouts, recorded lectures) for the courses
AFE1209-2122: Literary Genres and APR0085-2122 Twentieth Century Poetry (undergarduate level)
