Conor Thew
Associate Drama Editor
Winter 2026 – present
Conor Thew is a poet, screenwriter and editor from the south east of England. In 2024, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production at the University of Lincoln, with an award-winning thesis on queerness in gothic film and literature. He is due to study an MA in Publishing online through Oxford Brookes University, beginning in January 2026.
Conor has held a deep love for literature and an interest in writing since 6th form, and has been writing poetry and screenplays since 2020, with poems published in literary magazines such as the BK, JAKE, Motheaten Mag, and Troublemaker Firestarter – the latter of which gained him a Pushcart Prize nomination, for his poem “Clementine.” He has hosted and taken part in a fair few spoken word events since, both at university and in his local scene, through SLOTH Storytelling Events, the university poetry society, and The Secret Poet’s Society at Komodo.
In Conor’s own writing, he explores themes of mythology and folklore, religion, trauma, death, decay, and queer identity, mirroring the experiences he has faced living as a queer transgender man in the UK. His writing favours and honours the style of classic gothic literature and its themes, his dissertation film being an adaptation of the Promethean myth that drew upon British folklore, religious symbolism and Greek mythology. He loves to read any play, poem or story that “has teeth”, and most recently adores reading anything adapted from or referencing British folk legends, like the bog bodies.
When he isn’t studying, nose deep in a book, or enjoying a cuppa at his local indie bookshop, Conor can be found raving about vampire media on his socials, herding cats, or engaging in some kind of baking experiment.
His current project is a chapbook of his own poetry within the theme of folk horror and the concept of decay, with the future goal of turning his 90-page dissertation script into a full-length gothic novel.