This is a fansite for Martin Amis, and all very exciting.
In February 2007, Amis was appointed as a Professor of Creative Writing at The Centre for New Writing in the University of Manchester, and is due to start in September 2007.He is scheduled to run postgraduate seminars, as well as participate in four public events each year, including a two week summer school for MA students.Of his position, he said: "I may be acerbic in how I write but... I would find it very difficult to say cruel things to [students] in such a vulnerable position. I imagine I'll be surprisingly sweet and gentle with them."
He predicts that the experience might inspire him to write a new book, although adding: "A campus novel written by an elderly novelist, that's what the world wants........
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