Research outputs per year
Research outputs per year
Personal profile
Summary
I am a lecturer in Creative Writing, with interests across the full range of literature, but with a specific focus on prose. I was the founder of National Flash Fiction Day in the UK, and am known for my work in flash fiction, and non-linear narratives particularly.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., The Multiple Perspectives of Jekyll and Hyde: Hypertext and Rewriting, Manchester Metropolitan University
1 Sept 2001 → 5 May 2005
Award Date: 5 May 2005
MA, Creative Writing (Novel), Manchester Metropolitan University
1 Sept 1999 → 1 Jun 2001
Award Date: 1 Jun 2001
BA (Hons), English Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
1 Sept 1993 → 1 Jun 1996
Award Date: 1 Jun 1996
External positions
Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing, University of Southampton
1 Oct 2013 → 11 Jan 2019
Keywords
- PE English
- PR English literature
- Flash fiction
- novels
- short stories
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A tale with two centers: narrative structure in The Kite Runner
Kerr, C., 1 Jun 2020, Critical Insights: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Tredell, N. (ed.). Ipswich, Mass: Salem Press, p. 33-48 16 p. (Critical Insights).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Discovering The Kite Runner
Kerr, C., 1 Jun 2020, Critical Insights: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Tredell, N. (ed.). Ipswich, Mass: Salem Press, p. xvii-xxvi 10 p. (Critical Insights).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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From the Great Game to 9/11: the historical context of The Kite Runner
Kerr, C., 1 Jun 2020, Critical Insights: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Tredell, N. (ed.). Ipswich, Mass: Salem Press, p. 3-15 13 p. (Critical Insights).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Girl in his Home
Kerr, C., 31 Jul 2020, Southampton, UK: Gumbo Press. 144 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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“I always felt like Baba hated me a little”: fathers and sons in The Kite Runner
Kerr, C., 1 Jun 2020, Critical Insights: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Tredell, N. (ed.). Ipswich, Mass: Salem Press, p. 126-140 15 p. (Critical Insights).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
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Speaker in a panel discussion at Portsmouth Comicon '22
Dylan Pank (Speaker) & Calum Kerr (Speaker)
7 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation