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
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Abdulrazak Gurnah at the Whitstable Literary Festival
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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)
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)
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