Monthly Archives: October 2012

T S Eliot Prize discussion

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Cindy

    Do come along this Thursday (1 Nov) in Room 110, HUMSS Building, Whiteknights Campus, to the next meeting of the CONTEMPORARY POETRY   DISCUSSION GROUP This week we will be reading some of the work of the poets shortlisted … Continue reading →

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Open Day

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Cindy

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Open Day on Saturday. We enjoyed meeting you and hope that we were able to answer all of your queries. Thanks also for leaving us your email addresses – we will … Continue reading →

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Literary Mondays

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Cindy

  Details: Monday 29 October, 5-6:30pm in HumSS 125, Whiteknights Campus Dr Peter Fifield, E.M. Forster and BBC Radio, chaired by Dr Mark Nixon Peter is the third invited speaker in our new series of Monday Lit talks, organised between … Continue reading →

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Talks to finalists

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Cindy

On Tuesday 20 November at 5.10 pm in Humss 125 (Whiteknights Campus) we are holding a postgraduate presentation, giving our Finalists the chance to learn more about life as a postgraduate at Reading. Finalists are also warmly invited to the University Postgraduate Open Day … Continue reading →

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From microscopes to cloud cameras

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Cindy

‘From Microscopes to Cloud Cameras: The Poetry of Science’     Dr John Holmes and the poet Lesley Saunders will be appearing next week at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. John wil be reading some modern and … Continue reading →

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Scottish Writing

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Cindy

Scottish Poetry   This week on Thursday, 5:15 pm, in HumSS 110, Whiteknights Campus, we will be discussing some contemporary Scottish poetry – the poems are:   W. S. Graham – ‘Language Ah Now You Have Me’ Hugh MacDiarmid – ‘Scotland’ Edwin … Continue reading →

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Nicola Wilson curates a new exhibition in the main library

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Cindy

  Authors, Publishers and Readers, 1880-1940   How did the novel as a form change between 1880 and 1940? What was the impact of the growth of the reading public and the circulating library market on authors and the publishing … Continue reading →

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Margins to Mainstream: The Story of Black Theatre in Britain

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Cindy

A public film screening followed by a wine reception, in celebration of Black History Month   Monday 29th October, 6.30pm for 6.45pm start       Minghella Cinema, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Shinfield Road, Berkshire, RG6 6UR This event is free of … Continue reading →

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Dickens in December

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Cindy

The Department of English is heavily involved in the university event ‘Dickens in December’, with the following events: Tuesday 11 December, 8pm (Palmer G10, Whiteknights Campus): Screening of Scrooge, the Alastair Sim version, introduced by Dr Pete Orford from the … Continue reading →

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Professor Tim Armstrong joins our Monday Literary Seminar

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Cindy

If you are free this Monday at 5pm do come along for the Monday Literary Seminar – this time by Prof Tim Armstrong on Social Credit Modernism. Details: Monday 15 October, 5-6:30pm in HumSS 125. Prof Tim Armstrong: Social Credit Modernism … Continue reading →

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