Category: News

“The subject of my work can often be emotive and engenders strong responses from an audience, which is after all the aim of the writing.” … Read more

School of English PhD student Winsome Monica Minott has recently been nominated for the major literary award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Her second book … Read more

The Division of Arts and Humanities is delighted to announce a number of new PhD completions. The following doctoral candidates have recently passed their vivas … Read more

The School of English is proud to be a sponsor of this year’s Republic of Consciousness Literary Prize. Now in its sixth year, the Prize is open to works of fiction … Read more

The Menteur is a literary magazine written and produced by Master’s students studying at Kent. It was launched in 2012 by students at the Paris … Read more

“The standard of applicants this year was incredibly high, but Babatdor’s writing really stood out to the judging panel as exceptional. We look forward to … Read more

MA Creative Writing graduate, Jessica Andrews, has had her second novel Milk Teeth picked up by the publisher Sceptre. Andrews’ 2019 debut novel, Saltwater explored the … Read more

It is with great pleasure that the School of English announces that MA Postcolonial Studies student Nicola Wheeler is the runner-up in the Postcolonial Studies … Read more

What are you doing now? I am working part-time as a paediatric physiotherapist in a GP surgery in Tenterden, Kent. What attracted you to your … Read more

Alumnus and Honorary Graduate, Patrick Wright (English and American Literature 1970-73), will be talking about his latest book ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’, at Waterstones in Canterbury on Wednesday … Read more