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Reading Year of Culture and our department

The Department of English Literature at the University of Reading is delighted to announce its first public creative writing competition, for 11 to 14 year olds from the Reading area. This is part of the 2016 Reading Literature Festival (4-13 … Continue reading

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Talks by Creative Writers

On 23 February, 7 March and 21 March, the Department of English Literature will be hosting three internationally acclaimed writers, who will read from and discuss their work. These talks are an absolute must for anyone interested in literature, particularly … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Nicola Abram – doctoral success!

Nicola Abram recently gained her PhD, with a thesis entitled ‘Intersectional aesthetics: black British women’s theatre (1981-2011)’, supervised by Professor Alison Donnell. She gives more details here: In my thesis I excavate the archival collections relevant to black British women’s theatre, … Continue reading

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Sleeping with books

Nicola Abram writes: Sleeping with Books: My stay at Gladstone’s Library In residence from 3 – 10 April 2013  I was delighted to win a scholarship for a residential stay at Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, Flintshire, in early April. The … Continue reading

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Nicola Abram writes on her Prison Reading Group

Since June, I’ve been voluntarily co-running a reading group at HMP/YOI Bronzefield, a women’s prison in Middlesex. Ours is one of 32 groups supported by the Prison Reading Groups project, a partnership between the University of Roehampton and the Prisoners’ … Continue reading

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Postgraduates welcome to training session on careers development

The second Departmental Postgraduate Research Group session is taking place next week. It will be held 1-2.30pm on Tuesday 6th November (week 5) in HUMSS 110 and is a training session on Career Development, to be led by Chloë Houston.

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Supporting our postgraduates

  A reminder that on Tuesday 16th October, in HUMSS Room 110, Whiteknights Campus, we are offering postgraduate students in English the opportunity to come along and talk to an experienced doctoral researcher and a member of academic staff about the challenges and excitements of … Continue reading

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Postgraduate Research Group

This term we are pleased to be able to offer our postgraduate students a new form of support: a forum which combines subject-specific training, guided discussions and problem-solving presentations. The first of these is to be held in HUMSS 110 … Continue reading

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Reflections on a conference

PhD student Nicola Abram reflects on her recent conference participation: With the generous financial support of a Graham Robertson award from the University of Reading and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Research Training Support Grant, I was recently able … Continue reading

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The Process of a First Publication

    Nicola Abram writes:  It’s not quite the first time I’ve seen my name in print: even if you don’t count the folded and stapled poetry anthology I sold to raise money for charity when I was at primary … Continue reading

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