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Romance Reading Group – April Session: Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice

Monday 29th April, 18:30 – 19:30 GMT, Zoom For our next meeting, we’re reading and discussing Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice, a novel written by the self-coined “romcomoisseur.” Babalola made waves with her Love in Colour anthology, while Honey & Spice is her first romance novel. Fake-dating? Check. Clever banter? Check. Issues of gender, race and love? Check, check, and check … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – April Session: Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice”

24 April 2024 by romancereadinggroup

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 24th March)

Our next session will be on Wednesday 24th April, from 5-7pm, looking at Sara Ahmed’s ‘Complaint!’

16 April 2024 by Rowe Georgina

Page Breaks: Works Loved (12pm, Mon 22 April)

In ‘Works Loved’ sessions, we invite you to share a text that you enjoy or has been important to you. We’ll each share a text: this could be a poem that convinced us not to drop out as an undergraduate, a novel that suggested we might need to do an MA to understand it, or … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Works Loved (12pm, Mon 22 April)”

27 March 2024 by efa035

Romance Reading Group – March Session: Ashley Herring Blake’s Delilah Green Doesn’t Care

Monday 18th March, 18:30 – 19:30 GMT, Zoom The Romance Reading Group’s March session is welcoming spring with the popular f/f romance Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake. Filled with some of our favourite romance tropes (childhood crush, small town setting, bookstore!), this is a queer romance novel that we would love to … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – March Session: Ashley Herring Blake’s Delilah Green Doesn’t Care”

15 March 2024 by romancereadinggroup

Page Breaks: K-pop (1pm, Mon 18 March)

Following our session last term on fandoms, we are delving deeper into the world with a Page Breaks dedicated to K-pop (Korean pop music)! We will focus on the parasocial relationships found in the K-pop fandom and the different iterations, meanings, and implications of the fandom. Reading an article from Teen Vogue about fandoms, specifically … Continue reading “Page Breaks: K-pop (1pm, Mon 18 March)”

11 March 2024 by efa035

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 13th March)

This week we’ll be discussing adaptation theory via Julie Sanders’ Adaptation and Appropriation.

5 March 2024 by Rowe Georgina

Page Breaks: Bests of 2023 (1pm, Mon 4th March)

We might be now three months into 2024 (!), but we wanted to reflect on our best reads of 2023 – come with books in mind to discuss! How it works Come with a book or several books (or tv/film/music) in mind and ideas about what you liked and why, and leave with more recommendations … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Bests of 2023 (1pm, Mon 4th March)”

29 February 2024 by efa035

Romance Reading Group – February Session: Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing

Monday 26th February, 18:30-19:30 GMT, Zoom The Romance Reading Group’s second session in 2024 focuses on another hit from last year: We might be late to the party, but at least we’re going! And by “party,” we mean the BookTok sensation Fourth Wing(hyperlink) by Rebecca Yarros, and by “going” we mean a nerdy get together … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – February Session: Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing”

21 February 2024 by romancereadinggroup

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 28th Feb)

This week we’ll be thinking about the portrayal of Ancient Egypt in heavy metal music.

20 February 2024 by Rowe Georgina

Page Breaks: Book Swap! (2pm, Mon 12th Feb)

After the success of previous Book Swaps, we’re back for more. Come with a book – and leave with a new one! How it works: Please bring any book you’d like to swap (something you loved, something that wasn’t for you – anything you’d like). We’ll provide envelopes so you can ‘wrap’ your book, and … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Book Swap! (2pm, Mon 12th Feb)”

5 February 2024 by Dorothy Butchard