English Literature and Creative Writing
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Official Twitter for English Literature & Creative Writing @LancasterUni. Dept info, events, alumni links, all socials & more https://t.co/gX8vRYBH8d
Lancaster, UK
Joined January 2013
What's it like to study English literature @LancasterUni ? Our students, Catryn Thomas and Chiana Dickson share their views #studyEnglish #studyEnglishLiterature
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6.30pm, 16 /12 @Litfest Int. Fic. Online Book Club discuss Milan Kundera's 1984 classic 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (tr. Michael Henry Heim, @FaberBooks). 'I return to the book again and again. Teacher, touchstone, style guide' @taiyeselasi. To join📩 bill@litfest.org
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Very excited about this event on 9th December, organised by our colleagues @lancaster_words! A screening of the film Bye Bye Tiberias and Q&A with director Lina Soualem.
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Beyond delighted that my manuscript Wooden Dolls won the @PageTurnerAward for Best Contemporary Fiction. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way, especially @sarahcorbett70, MA friends and beta readers!
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Explore The CounterText Interview with our very own Professor John Schad as he delves into the intersections of literature, theology, and spectrality! A compelling journey through post-criticism and the transformative power of misreading. Read here: https://t.co/bQWsQCvTmT
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The launch of the 3rd issue of Errant is just round the corner!! 🥳🎊 On the 23rd of November we will be at the iconic Lancaster Castle for a very special afternoon of post-critical erring. Register for free here: https://t.co/4uPywWh4gX
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Incredible keynote lecture by Prof. Mark Knight @LancasterUni on reading George MacDonald, precarity, and eschatological hope…!
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🎉 Support a weekend of FREE fun for Children at Litfest 2025! 🎉 Help us to fund a full weekend of outstanding fun events and activities to delight and inspire children across the region! Please donate to our Crowdfunder and help spread the word! 👉 https://t.co/rGmsvmGozm
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GREAT NEWS! AK Blakemore will be in conversation about 'Gender, Witchcraft, and History' in The Lecture Theatre at @The_Storey on Monday 18 Nov. at 6pm. Organised by the History Dept at @LancasterHistor, this is going to be fascinating. Register at: https://t.co/MaU2vpYMdl.
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6.30pm, 18 /11 @Litfest International Fiction Online Book Club will discuss Marguerite Duras' classic 'The Lover' (tr. Barbara Bray, @HarperPerennial). First published 1984, it won the Prix Goncourt. 'Duras is at the height of her powers' Edmund White. To join📩 bill@litfest.org
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Special issue of Journal for Cultural Research on "Perversion and Power" that I co-edited with Arthur Bradley @lancaster_words is out. Featuring: Bradley, Bunta, Bielik-Robson, Johnston, @miselnarajza and myself. All articles (except one) are open access:
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Volume 29, Issue 3 of Journal for Cultural Research
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Tonight (21/10/24 at 6.30pm) you can hear Guadalupe Nettel talk about her extraordinary novel Still Born (@Fitzcarraldo) with her translator @Rosenkrantz at the @Litfest International Fiction Book Club. Tickets: £3 https://t.co/96lFN7siAM
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@pollyrowena and @ZoeFLambert at @Litfest’s Autumn Weekend in a packed Lancaster Library. Polly reads from her magical new book Company of Owls (@eandtbooks) about the owls that surround her Lake District home in Grasmere.
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Clare Egan (@lancaster_words) and Jonathan Healey in Lancaster Library at @Litfest’s Autumn Weekend. @SocialHistoryOx asks what if parliamentarians like Thomas Rainsborough or John Lambert rather than Cromwell had emerged as leaders? Would there have been a civil war?
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The 'On Writing for Young People' Conference 2024 is just a week away. The papers are all pre-recorded and are ready to view. Ticket-holders, see your tickets, or the Eventbrite event page, for details on how to access the talks before the Q&As start on 24th! #OnWriting2024
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This is what Weaving History was all about: connecting people to forgotten histories and inspiring new kinds of creativity 💪 I'll be at @RochdaleTH on 27th October for a FREE poetry workshop with the amazing Jayran Lear. 🎟️Tickets here 🎟️ https://t.co/KVHHyxcsaB
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1 WEEK TO GO until our Autumn weekend! Have you booked your tickets? Attend in-person £5, watch online £3 (prices differ for Joe Boyd's event). Book now: https://t.co/Mr2wNAP30C Ft @Storywheel, @followtheyellow, @pollyrowena, @CamilleRalphs_ @Shadow2train @InesGLabarta & more!
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It's *today*! ✨We are very excited to co-host Claire Jeantils' seminar 'Reading Chronicity, Translating Temporalities' this afternoon with @globalaffairslu and @FASSHealthHub- all welcome! 📢09.10.2024, 4-5pm, County Main SR1 @ LU https://t.co/0oAIKM9HKm
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Leaf Journal's conference returns 24-25 Oct to share ideas & insights in the academic field of creative writing for children/YA. Featuring creative workshops, a wide range of panellists, keynote by Darren Chetty, & it's 100% online! #OnWriting2024Tickets📷 https://t.co/3zIP7A4foR
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'On Writing for Young People' Conference, 24-25 Oct, Online. KEYNOTE by writer, lecturer and philosopher @rapclassroom on ways in which children's writers can position their work in relation to 'classic' stories. Info: https://t.co/tXyglilPKv
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There's just under a week left to enter our Poetry Pamphlet Competition in partnership with Wayleave Press! Learn more: https://t.co/YHmwzQQ7Bn And book to attend the shortlist reading MC'd by @lancaster_words' @eoghanwalls at 2pm on 18/10 here: https://t.co/Mr2wNAP30C
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