This week, we’re revisiting a favourite Page Breaks author: Patricia Lockwood, whose John Updike takedown brought us much joy last year.
11 June 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
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Page Breaks – Right On Track (2nd June)
Our reading for this week will be two short essays about train travel.
24 May 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Research Day – 26th May
On Wednesday 26 May (from 9:30 am), we will be hosting our monthly Research day. This is an opportunity to work on your own research (while knowing that others are working at the same time), with periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals.
13 May 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks: The World Amazon Made – 5th May
This week, we’re reflecting on a gazillionaire, capitalism, space, and a company that began with books but ended up selling everything.
1 May 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Research Day – 28th April
On Wednesday 28 April (from 9:30 am), we will be hosting our monthly Page Breaks Research day. This is an opportunity to work on your own research (while knowing that others are working at the same time), with periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals.
26 April 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks: Books We Hate
In a counterpoint to our long-running session theme, Works Loved, this week we’re thinking about books that inspire the opposite emotion. Listen to the podcast ‘Books We Hate’, and come along to reflect on the discussion and share your own dislikes. (But don’t worry – Works Loved will be back soon, to remind us of … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Books We Hate”
1 March 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks – Book Covers (1pm, Wed 17 Feb)
Love them or hate them, book covers are often the first thing we encounter when browsing different forms of literature. In this week’s Page Breaks, we invite you to reflect on aspects of choosing and responding to a book cover. Do you have favourite examples? Least favourite? How would you choose your own? Come along … Continue reading “Page Breaks – Book Covers (1pm, Wed 17 Feb)”
10 February 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks: My Year of Making Lists
We’re back! For our first Page Breaks of the new year, we’re reading Hua Hsu’s short essay, ‘My Year of Making Lists’. The start of the year is a time when we’re often prompted to make lists: resolutions, memories, favourite things, plans for the future. We’ll reflect on Hsu’s article, our own ways of using … Continue reading “Page Breaks: My Year of Making Lists”
28 January 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Postgrad Work in Progress Workshop – Wed 27 January
Organised by PhD students Will Carroll and Rob Fitt, this is a friendly postgraduate workshop designed to provide feedback on work in progress for research peers.
25 January 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks – back soon!
Who knows what 2021 has in store for us – but Page Breaks, our weekly reading group for postgraduate researchers in english lit, will be back in the w/c 1 Feb. We’ll continue to meet weekly online via Zoom, and we look forward to seeing new and familiar faces!
4 January 2021 by Dorothy Butchard