Monthly Archives: September 2013

Debating the Man Booker Prize

David Brauner writes: On the morning of 18th September I took part in a live discussion with the author and critic Philip Hensher on the BBC Breakfast Show, debating the pros and cons of the decision by the Man Booker … Continue reading

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Staging Beckett: Ian Rickson in conversation with Mark Taylor-Batty

The University of Reading, the Staging Beckett project, and the Beckett International Foundation are delighted to present a conversation with acclaimed theatre director Ian Rickson, who will be talking about the challenges of directing the work of Samuel Beckett and … Continue reading

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Literary readings: all welcome!

You are warmly invited to literary readings by Curdella Forbes and Roger Robinson, of Peepal Tree Press.  ‘Caribbean Voices’: Peepal Tree Press Literary Readings Monday 18th November :: 6:00pm :: G09, Old Whiteknights House, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading  Curdella … Continue reading

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Place and Preaching

Mary Morrissey writes: On September 6th and 7th  I joined my fellow editors of John Donne sermons and other scholars of early modern preaching at a conference on ‘Place and Preaching’ in St. Paul’s Cathedral. We heard papers on everything … Continue reading

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Natalie Pollard on Don Paterson and Light Writing

Natalie Pollard, Britrish Academy Research Fellow, is giving a paper at the Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Conference 2013 later this week (Saturday, 14th September, University of Manchester). The keynote poets at the event are: Paul Muldoon and Don Paterson. Abstract: … Continue reading

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Beyond the Text: literary archives in the twenty-first century

In April 2013, the Beinecke Library at Yale University, one of the world’s great research libraries, celebrated its fiftieth birthday with a two-day event entitled Beyond the Text: literary archives in the twenty-first century.  Dr David Sutton, Director of Research … Continue reading

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‘Was I sleeping while the others suffered?’

In late August Associate Professors Conor Carville and Mark Nixon staged a major exhibition of manuscripts and other materials for the Happy Days International Beckett Festival in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The Festival is a five-day celebration of the Nobel Prize-winning … Continue reading

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Black History Month

Reading Borough Council has just published its programme of events for Black History Month 2013. Two of the events are being run by our department (and INSET day for teachers and an Archives & Texts talk by Nicola Abram). Full details of … Continue reading

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Ethel Carnie Holdsworth

Nicola Wilson writes: One hundred years ago today, on the 4th September 1913, Methuen published what is believed to be one of the first novels by a British working-class woman. Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886-1962) was a mill girl, brought up … Continue reading

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