Category: Alumni

Alumna Adjoa Wiredu, who studied MA The Contemporary in the School of English will publish a collection of poetry entitled On Reflection: Moments, Flight and … Read more

BA (Hons) English and American Literature alumnus Daniel Keane has recently published a children’s book entitled ‘Foxes with Boxes‘ (Olympia, 2020). Finn the Fox is the … Read more

MA Creative Writing alumnus David Ishaya Osu has published a pamphlet of poetry entitled When I’m Eighteen (Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2020). When I’m Eighteen … Read more

Gemma Jackson, a BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing and MA Creative Writing alumna, has recently published a collection of her poetry, entitled Aprire … Read more

Jessica Andrews won the £10,000 literary prize for the book that “best evokes the spirit of the north of England” on 23rd January. She began … Read more

School of English alumna Shahd AlShammari won the Social Impact Award at this year’s British Council Study UK Alumni Awards in Kuwait on Tuesday 5 March. … Read more

The acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, who studied for a BA in English and Philosophy at Kent, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017. In awarding the … Read more

Emma Scanlan, a School of English alumna, recently contacted Prof. Donna Landry to uphold ‘a promise’ she made nearly five years ago when she was a taught … Read more

The School has been overwhelmed with good news stories of late. Here are a few highlights: Film rights sold to recent graduate’s first novel School … Read more