Page for Postgraduate Events and Research in English Literature
For our final Page Breaks of the year, we will be discussing arts sponsorship. We will be primarily looking at the recent controversy with Baillie Gifford, an investment management firm that invests heavily in the arts, particularly in literary festivals across the UK. At Hay Festival 2024, the literary festival was boycotted by authors and … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Arts Sponsorship (3.30pm, Mon 15 July)”
Tuesday 18th June 2024, 18:30-19:30 BST, Zoom Sign up for the Zoom link here: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/bridgerton-season-3 We waited and waited, and since May 16th, we’ve waited some more. But four days is the absolute maximum we can wait for you to watch part II of Bridgerton, Season 3 (Penelope’s & Colin’s story), after it drops on June … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – June Session: Bridgerton: Season 3”
PCTG will be back at the start of June to discuss queer podcasts and audio fiction.
Monday 20th April, 13:00 – 14:00 BST, Zoom Sign up for the Zoom link here: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/jodi-mcalisters-not-here-to-make-friends We’re so excited for the third novel in the Marry Me, Juliet series by romance author and scholar, Jodi McAlister, Not Here to Make Friends, we’re jumping on it early! Described as “a full-on villain romance novel, filled with lying, scheming and … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – May Session: Jodi McAlister’s Not Here to Make Friends”
This week, we are moving to a later time and to Zoom for a change! We will be discussing ‘retellings’ or ‘revisions’: those films and TV shows that have been recently remade (Mr. and Mrs. Smith; One Day), as well as novels that rewrite old works, picking out ‘forgotten’ characters (Sandra Newman’s Julia – a … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Retellings (3pm, Mon 13 May, Zoom)”
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”
Our next session will be on Wednesday 24th April, from 5-7pm, looking at Sara Ahmed’s ‘Complaint!’
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)”
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”
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)”
