Liv Bird

Livia Bird is a PhD Student at Teesside University, having graduated from Northumbria University with an English literature BA (Hons) and English literature MA (Distinction*). After graduating from Northumbria, Liv was voted into office at Northumbria Students’ Union, serving as Vice President for Education for two years, sitting on Northumbria University’s Board of Governors and Northumbria Students’ Unions Board of Trustees, advocating for the student voice at all levels of the University.

She is now a full time PhD student in English literature at Teesside University, with a working thesis titled ‘An Ecofeminist Exploration of Poverty and Class in American Women’s Literature,’ exploring the effects the environment had on economy during the Great Depression.

“I’m over the moon to be working with New Writing North, as everything about their message and mission appeals to me. As a local girl from Wallsend with a passion for English literature and the written word, I could not be happier being part of an organisation that has the arts, literature and writing in the North East at the very heart of it. I am a huge advocate for the North East and believe we are an absolute powerhouse for writing talent, and I am so pleased to be part of an organisation that fuels and nurtures that talent. It’s not so grim up North.”