Second language writing in literary and academic contexts: exploring the interface Dr. Gerard Paul Sharpling CELTE, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. CELTE University of Warwick Coventry CV47AL United Kingdom Tel: +44 2476 572885 Fax: +44 2476 524318 Email address: gerard.sharpling@btinternet.com Dr. Gerard Sharpling has worked at the universities of Nantes and Birmingham (UK), and currently lectures in English for Academic Purposes at the University of Warwick, UK. He has published a number of articles in the fields of literary and cultural studies and language teaching methodology. His book The Role of the Image in the Prose Writing of Erasmus. Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre and Montaigne was published in 2004. He has particular interests in language assessment practices, the teaching of writing skills to non-native speakers of English and issues of equal opportunities in language teaching and academic/critical discourse.