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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Caribbean Sexualities
An evening exploring desire and dissidence in the Anglophone Caribbean Wednesday 27 November 2013 5.30pm – 9.00pm Bob Kayley Theatre, Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading 5.30 – 7.00 Writers Lawrence Scott and Bernardine Evaristo will read from their works 7.00 – … Continue reading
Archives and Texts
We are pleased to see the return of the Archives and Texts seminar series, which will be running throughout the term. The first of these will be on Monday 21st October (wk 3) Dr Erica Brown (English, Sheffield Hallam) will be talking … Continue reading
Creative tweeting…
The Creative Writing Pathway is now on Twitter. If you want to keep up to date with our news and events, or just get a sense of the books and writers we are excited about, you can follow us at … Continue reading
Going Viral, Part Two
Matthew Sperling writes: 5 October 2013 Around midnight one day at the start of September, I got an email from an Evening Standard journalist who had found me through twitter. He was seeking comment for the next day’s paper for … Continue reading
A public poetry reading
YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED to the first Creative Writing event of 2013-14. We’re delighted to have the distinguished New Zealand poet C. K. [Karl] Stead. We are also pleased to welcome, accompanying him on a UK tour, the poet and … Continue reading
Science and Storytelling
A public roundtable discussion has been announced, involving Dr Andrew Mangham from the English Literature Department. Participants: Druin Burch, Andrew Mangham, Sally Shuttleworth, Rebecca Stott, Tim Wheeler Wednesday 6 November Wine reception: 5.30pm Museum of English Rural Life Roundtable: 6.30pm … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Mangham, Department of English, Department of English Literature, Druin Burch, English Department, English Literature, Reading, Rebecca Stott, Sally Shuttleworth, Science and Storytelling, Tim Wheeler, University of Reading
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A happy arrival…
The department is delighted to welcome Chloe Houston’s new baby boy, who arrived at 11am on 2nd October, weighing 10lb5oz. We wish Chloe and her family all the very best at this exciting time.
Going Viral, Part One
Matthew Sperling writes: 5 October 2013 I’ve had a twitter account for about a year now. In twitter terms, my follower count is woefully small – it’s roughly a fifth of the number that my colleague Grace Ioppolo has, for … Continue reading
Professor publishes prison poem to mark National Poetry Day
Professor Peter Robinson composed ‘Time for Time’ after visiting Reading Prison last year. Reading publisher Two Rivers Press, with which Peter is connected, has also published The Ballad of Reading Gaol recently. He had been invited to the prison to discuss poetry … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, English Department, English Literature, Professor Peter Robinson, Professor Peter Stoneley, Reading, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Two Rivers Press, University of Reading
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Welcome to our new Creative Writing Fellow!
We are pleased to announce that our Creative Writing Fellow for 2013-14 is A F Harrold, who will be holding creative writing workshops each Wednesday of term, 1-3pm, in HUMSS Room 110 on Whiteknights Campus. All welcome!