Dr Joe Moshenska speaks about his book, A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby, at the Lichfield Literary Festival on Saturday 4 March. http://www.lichfieldfestival.org/events.htm

“Tragic Decisions and Historical Forces”: an after-film talk by Dr Jennifer Wallace at the inaugural tragic film festival (London SadFest 2017) at Genesis Cinema, Mile End, London. Sunday 5 March. London SadFest, 3-5 March 2017, is a unique film festival that celebrates and explores the world of sad films. http://www.londonsadfest.com/

POETRY PERFORMANCE SERIES #3: JESCHKE/BEYNON ~ SPOTT ~ KEMP ~ SMEATON Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 3 March 2017 Book table LISA JESCHKE & LUCY BEYNON Have made theatre together since 2007, in Cambridge, London, Berlin, etc. Some of it has been published, including David Cameron (Shit Valley Press, 2015). VERITY SPOTT Is a poet and musician based in Brighton, […]

The paperback of Dr Joe Moshenska’s book on  Sir Kenelm Digby, ‘A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby’  is published on 2 March. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1097776/a-stain-in-the-blood/9780099591764/

Steven Connor discusses his book Living by Numbers at the Words By The Water Festival of Literature and Ideas, Keswick, on 3rd March 2017.

Literature Cambridge presents Literature Study Days at Stapleford Granary. Lectures by Cambridge academics, open to the public. Booking essential. Saturday 25 February – Alice in Space. Gillian Beer and Zoe Jaques Bookings: https://staplefordgranary.org.uk/whats-on/lcaas17-alice-in-space.aspx Saturday 18 March – Tragedy: Past and Present. Jennifer Wallace, Adrian Poole, Alison Hennegan Bookings: https://staplefordgranary.org.uk/whats-on/lctd16-tragedy,-past-and-present.aspx Saturday 29 April – Reading Pride […]

Dr Sophie Seita is invited to present her work at the University of Southampton, as part of a new poetry and performance series called Entropics, curated by Dr Sarah Hayden: https://entropicsblog.wordpress.com/ Monday 27 February 2017

What possibilities and challenges does the digital age pose for the cultural archive? How do the portals through which we approach the text (tags, hyperlinks, indexes) change the nature of what we access? How can computational technologies not merely represent, but also remediate, large corpora or datasets. How might current and prospective projects distinguish themselves […]

Dr Mina Gorji joins Melvyn Bragg on ‘In Our Time‘ to discuss the poet, John Clare.  Listen to the repeat on BBC Radio 4 at 9.30pm, Thursday 9 February.

The Emergence of Standard English in Multilingual Britain, c.1300-1800 A Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS) Workshop Thursday 20 April 2017 (08:30am – 6:30pm) and Friday 21 April 2017 (9:00am – 2:30pm) Venue: Room GR06/07 Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Organiser: Dr Laura Wright, Reader in English Language at […]