Dr Sarah Dillon talks to the Times Higher about the launch of BACLS

  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 […]

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Do 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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