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Former Creative Writing PhD student longlisted for Booker Prize

By Hannah Collins | 07 August 2023

We are delighted to report that the debut novel by Margate-based Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow, a former PhD student of award-winning author and creative writing teacher Amy … Read more

Nobel winner Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah becomes Honorary Fellow of the British Academy

By Hannah Collins | 27 July 2023

The University offers its warmest congratulations to Nobel Laureate and Emeritus Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures Abdulrazak Gurnah, who has been made an Honorary Fellow … Read more

Pride 2023: Praise for ‘LGBTQ Narratives’ module

By Hannah Collins | 28 June 2023

To mark Pride Month, we’re celebrating some of the fantastic modules available to Arts and Humanities students that explore LGBTQ+ themes. The School of English’s … Read more

Breaking Kayfabe: Autobiographical novel published by by PhD Narrative Non-Fiction alumni Wes Brown

By Hannah Collins | 04 May 2023

We are excited to announce the launch of Breaking Kayfabe, an autobiographical novel about pro wrestling written by PhD Narrative Non-Fiction alumni Wes Brown and … Read more

All The Little Bird-Hearts: Debut novel published by Creative Writing Alumni Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

By Hannah Collins | 21 April 2023

We are thrilled that MA and PhD Creative Writing Alumni, Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow’s debut novel All The Little Bird-Hearts has been published by Tinder Press. The … Read more

Creative Writing alumnus Phil O’Neill publishes his first collection of poems

By ksl | 21 March 2023

Phil O’Neill studied Creative Writing on our MA programme in 2016-17, switching between our campuses in Canterbury and Paris. He has now gone on to … Read more

David Stirrup wins AHRC grant for ‘Métis: a Global Indigenous People’

By Hannah Collins | 14 March 2023

David Stirrup, Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies, along with his Co-I Chris Andersen (University of Alberta), has been awarded £284,000 for the project … Read more

Shreyasi Sharma awarded Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship

By Hannah Collins | 27 February 2023

We are pleased to announce The Centres for Postcolonial Studies and Creative Writing have awarded the annual Charles Wallace India Trust Writing Fellowship to Shreyasi … Read more

Kenan Malik – The Story of Race: White Supremacy to Identity Politics.

By ksl | 14 February 2023

On Tuesday 7 February the Centre for the Global Study of Empire hosted an important talk by Kenan Malik. The Story of Race: White Supremacy … Read more

100 Years: TS Eliot’s The Waste Land

By ksl | 13 January 2023

This opportunity enabled me to think thoroughly about my own research ideas and gave me the confidence to discuss my research with academic staff and … Read more

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