Continuing the theme of this year’s LGBT+ History Month: ‘Body, Mind, Spirit.’ To celebrate and recognize this, the School of English’s Centre for Gender, Sexuality … Read more
Category: Creative Writing
LGBT+ history month: Body
The theme of this year’s LGBT+ History Month is ‘Body, Mind, Spirit.’ To celebrate and recognize this, the School of English’s Centre for Gender, Sexuality … Read more
School of English lecturers contribute to Litmus Magazine #5
Many of our staff in the School of English are professional writers and publishers. Dorothy Lehane, as well as being a Lecturer in Creative Writing … Read more
MA Creative Writing Alumnus publishes new poetry book
MA Creative Writing Alumnus, David Ishaya Osu, has recently published his new book, Once in a Blue Life. David Ishaya Osu writes, “With nine poems, … Read more
School of English Creative Writing Competition
The School of English at the University of Kent is pleased to launch our Creative Writing Competition. The School of English offers a degree in … Read more
PhD student Charlotte Cornell named Poet of the Year 2020
Charlotte Cornell, PhD Candidate in The Contemporary Novel: Practice as Research, has won Poet of the Year 2020 at the Canterbury Festival, for her poem The … Read more
Alumna Neelam Saredia-Brayley performance and in conversation
School of English alumna Neelam Saredia-Brayley will give a reading, followed by conversation and Q&A session with Dr Kat Peddie, Lecturer in Creative Writing, at … Read more
Creative Writing student Caron Clifford longlisted for Yeovil Literary Prize
Caron Clifford, currently studying MA Creative Writing, has been longlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize in the Writing Without Restrictions category, for her piece entitled … Read more
Abdulrazak Gurnah publishes new novel: ‘Afterlives’
Abdulrazak Gurnah, School of English Emeritus Professor, has just published a new novel, entitled Afterlives (Bloomsbury, 2020). Afterlives tells the story of three characters whose lives … Read more
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s new novel ‘Afterlives’ reviewed in Evening Standard
Abdulrazak Gurnah, School of English Emeritus Professor, has had his new novel Afterlives (Bloomsbury, 2020) reviewed in the Evening Standard. Afterlives tells the story of three … Read more