Dr Emma Parker, Senior Lecturer in English, has been recognised as an ‘Inspirational Woman at the University of Leicester’ for outstanding achievement in her career. The Inspirational Women awards, launched this year, aim to raise the profile of trailblazing women who work at the University. The awards formed part of a week of University events […]
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Melissa: Second Novel to be Published
I’m happy to announce that my second novel, entitled Melissa, will be published by Salt Publishing towards the end of 2015. Salt were also the publisher of my first novel, Entertaining Strangers, in 2012. The novel is inspired by a true story. An early draft was long-listed for the Exeter Novel Prize 2013. At roughly 2p.m. on the […]
The Soles of Harborough Folk: New Digital Resources Reveal Leicestershire’s Shoemaking Past
[Posted on behalf of Corinne Fowler] Wise souls talk to young souls about shoe soles. The Centre for New Writing’s Sole2Soul project is based in the School of English and directed by Corinne Fowler. The project is funded by Arts Council England and commissioned by Leicestershire County Council. Sole2Soul has created new digital resources for […]
Two upcoming poetry events
Science, Poetry and Creative Writing, 11-12.15pm on Sunday 16 November, Bristol Mercure Holland House. I (Jonathan Taylor, Lecturer in Creative Writing in the School of English) am hosting and giving a poetry reading at this panel, as part of the National Association of Writers in Education annual Conference. Other poets reading and speaking will be […]
Literary Leicester: Unveiling Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane
Literary Leicester 14 November, 2014 1.30, Special Collections Reading Room, David Wilson Library Unveiling Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane: A Commemorative Pot To mark the 50th anniversary of Leicester-born writer Joe Orton’s first stage play, his sister Leonie Orton Barnett will unveil a pot specially commissioned for the David Wilson Library from local ceramicist Rachel […]
Planning a Museum of the Bible
[posted on behalf of Professor Gordon Campbell] As a profession, we are uneasy about sacred texts. English Renaissance Literature courses ignore the King James Bible, and Restoration Literature courses ignore the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Academics with an interest in such texts therefore conduct research independently of their teaching, and that seems a shame, […]
Two upcoming readings
In the next few days, I’ll be taking part in two public events, at Nottingham Festival of Words, and at the London launch of a unique book of essays. Overheard: Stories to Read Aloud, Nottingham Festival of Words, 12.15-1.15pm, Saturday 18 October See also: Nottingham Festival of Words’ website, here. Overheard: Stories to Read Aloud […]
Kontakte and Other Stories
My short story collection, Kontakte and Other Stories, which was first published in July 2013, has now been republished by Roman Books in a new second edition. The book is a collection of stories based around the theme of music, in different contexts. There are stories about music and love, music and sex, music and […]
Beginnings; Queer Diasporas: a new research project
I started work on my new project, Queer Diasporas: Islam, Homosexuality and a Micropolitics of Dissent, based at the School of English, University of Leicester, in September 2014, after being awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in May. The Leverhulme Trust offers different grants depending on the career stage of applicants. In the case of […]
Glorious Debo
Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, often referred to as the “last Mitford sister”, has passed away. But Debo, as she was known to friends and family, was an institution in her own right. Under her care, Chatsworth House became one of the most profitable stately homes in the country and her work educating children […]
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