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)”
Page Breaks: A Piece of Work – ‘The Writing on the Wall’
For this week’s Page Breaks, we’re listening to an episode of ‘A Piece of Work’, a podcast about modern art based out of MOMA. This episode ‘The Writing on the Wall’ asks questions about how to achieve ‘authenticity’ in inherently reproducible pieces, and if words/language can be art.
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”
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.
POSTPONEMENT – Romance Reading Group: Queering the Romance, Thurs 28st January, 17:30-18:30ish
Due to sickness, the Romance Reading Group session on ‘Queer Romance Novels’ has now been postponed to next week, Thursday 28th January at the same time, 17:30-18:30ish. We are very sorry for any inconvenience. Your registration will remain the same and so will the Zoom link you have been sent, but this will now work … Continue reading “POSTPONEMENT – Romance Reading Group: Queering the Romance, Thurs 28st January, 17:30-18:30ish”
Romance Reading Group: Queering the Romance
Due to sickness, the below Romance Reading Group session on ‘Queer Romance Novels’ has now been postponed to the following week, Thursday 28th January at the same time, 17:30-18:30ish. We are very sorry for any inconvenience. Your registration will remain the same and so will the Zoom link you have been sent, but this will … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Queering the Romance”
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!
REMINDER – Romance Reading Group: Christmas Special, Thurs 10th December, 17:30-19:00
Join us for our fun, informal event on Christmas, Romance and Popular Films… Please RSVP now via our website – (https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/christmas-romance-and-popular-films) You will be sent links to Zoom, some short videos and photos to look over. When you think of Christmas romance, Disney films, and princes and princesses, you may expect fairy-tale-like heteronormative narratives of … Continue reading “REMINDER – Romance Reading Group: Christmas Special, Thurs 10th December, 17:30-19:00”
Page Breaks: Works Loved (Festive edition)
Page Breaks this week will be on Wed 09 December at 1pm. We’ll be returning to our cherished ‘Works Loved’ format. Find out more about Works Loved here: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/englitpostgrad/works-loved/
Page Breaks: The Meaning of Mariah
On Wed 2 Dec our text is the short but intriguing preface to Mariah Carey’s memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. We’ll think about Mariah’s refusal to acknowledge the concept of time… and perhaps also check in on her enduring presence as a Christmas icon.