Dr Sarah Dillon gives an interview to the Times Higher about the launch of the new British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies which she will Chair from January 2018. BACLS opens for membership in January 2017 with the following mission statement: The British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies brings together scholars and practitioners from across the […]
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Dr. James Riley interviewed for Otherzine
Between 2003 and 2009 Dr. James Riley ran a series of DIY film shows, events and film tours across the UK. He’s now writing up this long, strange trip in the form of a psychogeographical travelogue with the working title of Road Movies. A key influence on the project was the site-specific work of Craig […]
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright Presents Radio 4’s Word of Mouth
Throughout March and April 2016, Dr Laura Wright co-hosts BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth, a series which explores the world of words and the ways in which we use them. Listen to Michael Rosen and Dr Wright discussing Shakespearean speech with Linguist David Crystal in a clip from the Radio 4 in Four podcast.
Continue ReadingDr Lucy Allen – Positively Medieval on BBC Radio 4
Dr Lucy Allen presents a new episode of Four Thought, a BBC Radio 4 series of thought-provoking talks in which speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society. In Positively Medieval, Dr Allen argues that the way in which medieval society is often presented – as indifferent to sexual violence […]
Continue ReadingDr Sarah Dillon Investigates the Story Behind the Story of Literature’s Great Works – BBC Radio 3
Faculty of English academic Dr Sarah Dillon is to become a literary detective in a new Sunday Feature series on BBC Radio 3 exploring great works of literature and how they came to be written. The series, called Literary Pursuits, begins this Sunday (10th January) with a look at the story behind Great Expectations by […]
Continue ReadingDo rave reviews on book covers count as literary criticism?
Dr Ross Wilson discusses the nature of the rave review in The New Statesman and asks whether it counts as criticism. Getting to put “Booker Prize Winner” and, perhaps, a puff from the panel of judges on your dust-jacket is priceless. But can puffing – the practice of lauding a book’s merits in a few […]
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