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Dr Anne Lauppe-Dunbar

Senior Lecturer

English Literature

+44 (0) 1792 604300

a.m.lauppe-dunbar@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-3814

About

Anne Lauppe-Dunbar was born in South Africa to German parents. The family left Africa during apartheid and travelled to Germany by boat, before settling in the UK. Anne Lauppe-Dunbar now lives in Wales; she is a senior lecturer at Swansea University, where she also studied for her PhD in Creative Writing. Lauppe-Dunbar is also co-editor of Swansea Review. She has written widely, including short stories, novels, poetry and a range of scholarly works.

Her 2015 novel Dark Mermaids was shortlisted for the Impress Prize in 2011, The Cinnamon First Novel Prize, The Cross Sports Book Awards: New Writer of the Year award.

Anne is currently writing her second novel that is based on the child terrorists of WW2 – Hitler’s Werwölfe. The novel will be published in 2022.

https://www.serenbooks.com/author/anne-lauppe-dunbar

Areas Of Expertise

Historical fiction
Sport doping
Hitler’s Werwölfe child army
Thriller fiction
Poetry
Short story
Writing for theatre
Editing and editorial

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Character led writing
Point of view - perspective
Thriller
Realism
Fantasy and magical realism
Editing

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Lauppe-Dunbar, A. (2023). The Shape of Her Seren.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64450
https://www.serenbooks.com/book/the-shape-of-her/
Lauppe-Dunbar, A. (2015). Dark Mermaids Seren.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22662
https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/dark-mermaids

All Research

Authored Books

Lauppe-Dunbar, A. (2023). The Shape of Her Seren.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64450
https://www.serenbooks.com/book/the-shape-of-her/
Lauppe-Dunbar, A. (2015). Dark Mermaids Seren.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22662
https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/dark-mermaids

Supervision

What the Dead Say. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alan Bilton
Using Creative Writing to Imagine and Explore a Sustainable, Optimistic Path into the Futurer (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Chris Pak
Old title 'Finding a Voce' New title: 'Talking to Marilyn' (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alan Bilton
Working title of novel: Gates and Benches (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alan Bilton
Modes of Human Plasticity in Science Fiction (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Chris Pak
The Wake (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alan Bilton
Marilyn/Marilyn (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alan Bilton

Taught Modules

EN-234 Introduction to Writing Fiction

Building on the overview of fiction genres in EN-117 and EN-118, this course, takes a practical approach to getting started as a writer of fiction. Through a combination of expert instruction and practical exercises, together with a thorough reading programme, EN-234 guides students on the path towards writing and improving their own fictional prose. The emphasis will be on the short-story form. Students will create a portfolio of fiction work, on which they will be assessed.
EN-M34 Long Fiction 1

The course begins with a consideration of the shaping of narrative, with an initial emphasis on plot and action, referring to the art of drama as a way into the basics and subtleties of plot. Matters of style and character are introduced simultaneously, as well as the relationship between memory and invention. The module then moves to voice, perspective, stream of consciousness, `free indirect¿ techniques and focalization. Dialogue, monologue and subtext follow and the course ends with an exploration of the particular qualities of long fiction and the practicalities of publication. The workshops will last for up to three hours, with, in addition, sessions of individual mentoring on a one-to-one basis. The module is evaluated by an 7,000-word portfolio consisting of consecutive prose narrative, including a 1,000-word critical essay.
EN-M38 Art of The Short Story

This module consists of a series of workshops leading the student through the theory and practice of writing prose fiction: short assignments will be set every week, and these will be brought to the workshop to be considered communally. The course will be taught by a fluid mingling of tutor led discussion and workshop-based exercises; narrative techniques will be clarified by the reading and discussion of named works and fiction, shedding light on creative practice by exercises in mimesis and parody. The workshops will last for two and a half hours, with, in addition, sessions of individual mentoring on a one-to-one basis with a tutor. It will be evaluated by a portfolio consisting of two or more short stories or part of a novella or novel, of not more than 6000 words, written in the context of the critical discussions of prose genre developed during the course.
EN-M78 Long Fiction 2

This module offers clear progression from the MA long fiction module offered in TB1 (EN-M34), the successful completion of which is a prerequisite for this module. In Long Fiction 2, students move from close study of various technical aspects of writing fiction to the issue of orchestration, which is crucial to the successful development of the first draft of a novel. Structure is observed and developed through reading published novels in varying styles, and form and voice are considered in terms of the direct contribution they make to the successful composition of a novel as a whole. The module will close with specific and practical (i.e. industry-facing) advice on how to seek publication on completion of a good novel draft, with a view especially to honing the novel synopsis, an exercise that will prove beneficial for prospective career novelists and PhD students alike.
ENMD00 Creative Writing Dissertation

Individual Creative Writing project devised and defined in discussion between supervisor and student (within the parameters pertaining to genre detailed in the MA Creative Writing handbook)

Other Roles

Editor of The Swansea Review, Swansea University

2014 - 2017

Dr Anne Lauppe-Dunbar

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Authored Books

Supervision

What the Dead Say. (current)

Using Creative Writing to Imagine and Explore a Sustainable, Optimistic Path into the Futurer (current)

Old title 'Finding a Voce' New title: 'Talking to Marilyn' (current)

Working title of novel: Gates and Benches (current)

Modes of Human Plasticity in Science Fiction (current)

The Wake (awarded 2023)

Marilyn/Marilyn (awarded 2024)

Taught Modules

EN-234 Introduction to Writing Fiction

EN-M34 Long Fiction 1

EN-M38 Art of The Short Story

EN-M78 Long Fiction 2

ENMD00 Creative Writing Dissertation

Other Roles

Editor of The Swansea Review, Swansea University