The Network aims to:

• Encourage research and scholarship into literature, criticism and theory from the 1880s to the present day - in both the UK and worldwide.
• Foster links and enhance co-operation between all those who are concerned with and interested in the above, including creative practitioners, those in the scholarly and academic worlds, and all other intellectuals.
• Facilitate publication opportunities for participants in events and members of the UKNMFS, subject to normal peer review processes.
• Inform our members and affiliates regarding relevant issues and debates via this website and the newsletter which is circulated by email.
• Help develop critical and pedagogic perspectives on contemporary fiction and theory.
• Aid research into relevant areas through the organization of seminars, conferences and symposia.
• Cooperate and collaborate with other like-minded organizations and relevant insitutions.
• Promote the growth of both critical and creative culture, especially by encouraging postgraduates, doctoral students, teachers and academics working in this field.

The aim of this website is to provide a point of contact for all those interested in The UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, publicise events and to act as a resource for those interested in the general field as well as disseminating information about literary and critical studies more broadly.