Monthly Archives: October 2014

Mark Nixon at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Cindy

Mark Nixon, editor of Beckett’s story Echo’s Bones (Faber, 2014), joined actor Lisa Dwan, star of the acclaimed one-woman trilogy of Beckett plays at the Royal Court, and Dan Gunn (co-editor, The Letters of Samuel Beckett 1957 – 1965) at this … Continue reading →

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The Tony Watkins Lecture: 30th October 2014

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Cindy

Tony Watkins Annual Lecture on Children’s Literature, Culture, Media 2014 CIRCL is very pleased to announce that the Tony Watkins Annual Lecture for 2014-15 will take place on October 30th 2014, at 6 pm in Palmer Building room 109: Dr … Continue reading →

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Research Seminar – all welcome!

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Cindy

  Early Modern Research Centre Seminar Series, Autumn Term 2014 Wednesday 29th October Dr Djoeke van Netten, University of Amsterdam Investigating, not spreading, knowledge. Early Modern cultures of secrecy 1.15 pm HUMSS 127, Whiteknights Campus

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Andrew Mangham at Misericordia University

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Cindy

An extract from the US blog: Local students will be introduced to BA to MA program with University of Reading in England English majors at Misericordia University are about to see – and benefit from – a collaboration with some friends across … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts Seminar

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Cindy

We are delighted to present the first talk in the Archives and Texts seminar, which will be held in Special Collections  at the Museum of English Rural Life:  Monday 27th October (wk 5) 5-6pm, MERL Dr Innes M. Keighren (Geography, … Continue reading →

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Chloe Houston: book launch

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Cindy

On Wednesday 26th November,1.15 pm: Dr Chloe Houston, from the Department of English Literature, University of Reading, is speaking on ‘Too Good to be True: Reforming Utopia in Thomas Nicholls’ A pleasant Dialogue… (1579) and Thomas Lupton’s Sivqila (1580)’, at an … Continue reading →

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Thomas Glave reads his work…

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Cindy

The award-winning author Thomas Glave will give a reading of his work in support of LGBT Plus – a network for University of Reading staff on Monday 24th November 2014, at 6.30 pm, in Palmer Building 103, Whiteknights.   For further information … Continue reading →

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A YouTube first for the department

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Cindy

The department has just published its first British Sign Language interpreted screencast. ‘The Punctuation Pathway’, one of our first ever screencasts, is now available in this format for viewers on our YouTube channel ‘English Literature at the University of Reading’ and can be found … Continue reading →

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Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture 2014

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Cindy

On Friday 7 November, acclaimed poet Don Paterson will deliver the Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre (L22) at the London Road campus. The Finzi lecture is one of the major public events in … Continue reading →

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Start Scribbling!

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Cindy

Emily Upson, a member of our student-led creative writing group, writes: Start Scribbling! is our biggest event yet – open to everyone, it will be an evening filled with writing advice and information on the opportunities in Reading. We have guest speakers … Continue reading →

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