Mel Parks

Hi I'm Mel Parks. I love to write and since I took my first creative writing class twenty years ago, it became part of my everyday life. For the past ten years, most weeks I have delivered creative writing workshops sharing what I’ve learned along the way. Writing connects me to my intuition, the wider world and other people too. I am proud of the community I have created in my workshops, where people share their stories in a way they wouldn’t otherwise, and find confidence in their own unique voice.

I have published poetry, fiction and personal essays as well as academic articles, magazine features and many other third sector publications and web content. I have an MA in Creative Writing (Distinction) from the University of Brighton and I'm fully insured. Recently, I have been working on Moonpause: a series of plant and moon-inspired lyric essays funded by the Arts Council (DYCP fund).

I belong to the National Association for Writers in Education (NAWE) and Lapidus International - the writing for wellbeing organisation.