Creative Writing is a particular strength at Teddy Hall. We encourage and foster writing among our students, Fellows, and staff through events, workshops, publications, and prizes.

Over the past decade, St Edmund Hall has regularly hosted writing events for its community of writers, such as the Hall Writers’ Days and the current Meet the Poet Series. The College also keeps the Hall Writers’ Directory, a record of writers who have studied at the Hall; it includes poets, comedians, journalists, and various other writers.

In addition, we are home to the Centre for the Creative Brain, which aims to encourage interdisciplinary discussion about neuroscience and creativity. The Centre organises free termly events, open to all, with guest speakers. These combine cutting-edge research in neuroscience and related fields – all presented with a non-specialist audience in mind – with insights from the fields of literature, art, philosophy, ethics, music and sociology.