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Tag Archives: Dr Conor Carville
A God in Every Stone
Conor Carville writes: You are invited to a reading by the award-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie on Monday 16th March in HumSS 125 at 5.00 pm. The event is free of charge and all are welcome. Kamila Shamsie is the author … Continue reading
Untouchable England a great success
With 5 seminars down, and 4 to go, the ‘Untouchable England’ series of lunch time talks at MERL seminars have been a great success. I especially enjoyed Greta Bertram’s exemplary introduction to the complexity of ‘intangible heritage’, and Jonnie Robinson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, Dr Conor Carville, Dr Neil Cocks, English Department, English Literature, Jonnie Robinson, Obby Robinson, Reading, Simon Costin, University of Reading, Untouchable England, Wig Sayell
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Jane Yeh reads her poetry
Please come to hear the excellent Jane Yeh read from her poetry at 6.00 pm on Monday 24th Feb. in Palmer 106. Praise for The Ninjas (Carcanet 2012) “Funny, clever, and downright charming. . . . This quirky and wise … Continue reading
‘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
Creative Writers in the department
Conor Carville writes: Last year the writer Jo Baker came to the English Department to teach a masterclass when she shared the secrets of being a successful novelist with 15 lucky undergraduates. In the weeks following, her novel Longbourn was … Continue reading
English Department in the wider community: Sixth Form Lectures
Our Sixth Form Lectures are a welcome addition to the school calendar of many secondary schools in our area and continue to be a successful element of our engagement with the wider community. This year the programme has, as usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Department of English, Dr Conor Carville, Dr David Brauner, Dr Faustus, Dr John Holmes, Dr Neil Cocks, Dr Stephen Thomson, Frankenstein, Gothis, Othello, Paradise Lost, Poetry of World War I, Professor Grace Ioppolo, Reading, The World's Wife, University of Reading
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