Jill Damatac’s paper, ‘Literatures of the left behind: Missing mama and papa in the Philippines’, examines poetry, short stories, and novels focusing on family members left behind by parents working overseas as part of the Philippine labor export industry. It is presented on the second day of the conference, Friday 28 January, in the closing […]
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Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi wins the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award
Mathelinda Nabugodi, has won the 2021 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for her “engaging and fascinating” work of non-fiction The Trembling Hand: Reflections of a Black Woman in the Romantic Archive. The Award gives £10,000 to an unpublished writer with outstanding literary talent, to enable them to complete a first book, either fiction or non-fiction. Dr […]
Continue Reading‘The Cambridge Companion to Prose’, edited by Daniel Tyler, is published by Cambridge University Press, November 2021
This Companion provides an introduction to the craft of prose. It considers the technical aspects of style that contribute to the art of prose, examining the constituent parts of prose through a widening lens, from the smallest details of punctuation and wording to style more broadly conceived. The book is concerned not only with prose […]
Continue Reading‘Reading Religion & Conflict’: Theology & Literature Online Study Evening for Year 11 & 12s, Thursday 27 January
The Faculty of English and the Faculty of Divinity are holding an joint online study evening on Thursday 27 January 2022. The event is aimed at students in Years 11 and 12 with an interest in literature, performance, theology, religion, and philosophy of religion – especially those who may be considering studying these subjects at […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Sarah Dillon was on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Free Thinking’ to discuss ‘The Day of the Triffids’, Thursday 2 December 2021
Professor Sarah Dillon joined presenter Matthew Sweet to discuss the resonance of John Wyndham’s novel, The Day of the Triffids, 60 years on from its publication. Other guests were writers Amy Binns and Tanvir Bush, and broadcaster Peter White. Sarah Dillon is a Radio 3 New Generation Thinker. Her most recent book is ‘Storylistening: Narrative […]
Continue ReadingDr Helen Thaventhiran is quoted in Guardian article about PM’s oratorical style, November 2021
Link to the article: ‘The Peppa problem: why did Boris Johnson’s CBI speech bomb so badly?’
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