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Free reading with Michel Faber for Dying Matters Awareness Week

By EC | 04 May 2017

The acclaimed writer Michel Faber will read from his latest collection, Undying; a love story, at an event hosted by the School of English in … Read more

Abdulrazak Gurnah at the Whitstable Literary Festival

By EC | 04 May 2017

Sunday 14 May, Whitstable Castle 11am-12pm, £6 Booker shortlister Abdulrazak Gurnah talks to Jeremey Scott about his new novel Gravel Heart. Moving from revolutionary Zanzibar … Read more

Scarlett Thomas’ Dragon’s Green launched at Kent

By EC | 19 April 2017

The Centre for Creative Writing and the School of English were delighted to host a book launch for Scarlett Thomas (Professor of Creative Writing and … Read more

Holinshed’s Chronicles donated to Special Collections

By EC | 28 March 2017

On Monday 27th February, Special Collections & Archives invited academics from the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies to an event marking a very … Read more

The T. S. Eliot Memorial Lecture: Wednesday 15 March 2017

By EC | 07 March 2017

“What place is this, what land, what quarter of the globe?”: The Compass of Story in Dislocated Times Professor Marina Warner (Birkbeck College London) Wednesday 15 … Read more

David Herd’s poetry collection named Book of the Year in the Sunday Herald

By EC | 09 February 2017

David Herd’s recent collection of poetry Through has been nominated as a ‘Book of the Year 2016’ in the Sunday Herald. This is the fourth … Read more

Singing Across The Channel: Ballads of Politics and Protest in Britain and France

By EC | 09 January 2017

Singing Across The Channel: Ballads of Politics and Protest in Britain and France  A one-day workshop exploring the musical side of political protest with live … Read more

Una McIlvenna presents on ballads of the Great Fire of London

By EC | 13 December 2016

A programme of walks, talks and tours, special sermons & debates are taking place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London to mark the 350th anniversary … Read more

Vybarr Cregan-Reid at Waterstones Canterbury (Wednesday 7 December)

By EC | 29 November 2016

Vybarr Cregan-Reid, Reader in English and Environmental Humanities in the School of English and author of the acclaimed book Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human, … Read more

Shakespeare 400 Canterbury: Open Lecture (22nd November)

By EC | 16 November 2016

Shakespeare 400 Canterbury: Chapter and Verse The final lecture in a collaborative open lecture series, part of the University of Kent’s celebration of the 400th … Read more

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