‘The Functions of Criticism’ will be a two-day conference held on 19-20 May 2023, at the University of Cambridge. The keynotes will be Rita Felski (University of Virginia), Jonathan Kramnick (Yale University), and Sarah Dillon (University of Cambridge), with further speakers to be announced. This event will be an interdisciplinary conference exploring questions of function, […]

This volume provides a major assessment of the work of Walter de la Mare, and promises to restore his reputation as one of the most memorably haunting of poets, as well as a peculiarly unnerving writer of ghost stories. The collection includes wide-ranging essays on de la Mare’s poetry, stories, novels, reviews, and lectures, as well as […]

Link to further information: https://hopkinssocietyuk.co.uk/2022/03/19/stonyhurst-weekend/

In celebration of National Poetry Day, Waterstones, Cambridge, will be hosting a poetry reading with a number of local authors including their headline poet,  Mina Gorji. The reading will be followed by a 30 minute open mic session.  The National Poetry Day theme for 2022 is ‘The Environment’. All are welcome but booking is required. […]

The names on the shortlist are: Kerry Andrew, Jenn Ashworth, Anna Bailey, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Saba Sams Jenn Ashworth, an alum of the Cambridge English Faculty and Professor of Creative Writing at Lancaster University, has this year published her fourth novel, Ghosted. Link to further information about the shortlisters: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3mQlv5FsMJPkqwmFw1wMDlW/meet-the-shortlist-2022