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For our first Page Breaks of 2023 we’re talking about literary prizes: what’s the point? Which are are our favourites? How do they influence our literary interests? We’ll read two short texts on this topic and compare their perspectives with our own. When and Where 1pm, Monday 2nd October, Arts 237 The room is on … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Book Prizes (1pm, Mon 2 Oct)”
Page Breaks is back for Autumn 2023. We’ll be meeting from October onwards – check back here for more details soon!
On Thursday 28th September 2023, we’ll have a welcome event for all new postgraduate researchers in English Literature. This will complement the Graduate School and EDACS inductions, and offer you a chance to meet fellow new starters in the department. It’ll be informal and friendly, so please do come along! This event will be hybrid: … Continue reading “English Literature Postgraduate Researchers – Induction and Welcome 2023”
Join us on the 14th June for our Romance Reading Group session on Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation (aka You and Me on Vacation). I bet you’re thinking “this sounds like a book club session” Yes! It is! Are you as excited as we are? So grab a copy from your local library, RSVP to our event, and join … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Emily Henry’s ‘Vacation’ Romance”
Disney has recently released its own romance novel series “Meant to Be,” with modern retellings of Cinderella, Belle and Ariel (forthcoming). What an excellent opportunity to discuss 100 years of Disney influence on romance! What do you anticipate the (hideous ?) progeny of such a coupling to be? Join us for the next Romance Reading … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Disney Romance”
After the success of our last Book Swap, we’re back for more. Come with a book – and leave with a new one!
Join us for the first in a new series of informal research + conversation sessions for distance learning postgraduate researchers in English Literature. Monday 24th April 4:30pm, via Zoom.
This will be on Wednesday 15th March at 6:00pm BST via Zoom: RSVP here. The Romance Reading Group is giddily welcoming its two new organizing members – Carly and Katie – and celebrating with its first spring session on popular romance covers. We have put together a selection of romance book covers that showcase different design styles … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Popular Romance Covers”
Book Swap For our last Page Breaks session of the semester, we’re trying a new (festive!) format. Come with a book – and leave with a new one! Text 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 … Continue reading “Page Breaks: 1st Annual Festive Book Swap!”
This week’s Page Breaks session will return to our ‘Works Loved’ format. We often have a cohering theme, but this week we invite you to bring any favourite text. Are there books that you return to in difficult times? Passages you read for pleasure or relaxation? A text you’ve read recently but anticipate will stay … Continue reading “Works Loved”
