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The School of English hosted the Amiri Baraka Retrospective conference at the Institute of Contemporary Arts  on 12 April, 2014. The conference considered and critiqued one of the … Read more

Kent Review Vol. 1 has arrived! A party at Waterstones in Canterbury on 14th May celebrated the launch of the anthology. Staff, students, and guests … Read more

School of English alumnus George Temple has been awarded a prestigious fully funded scholarship to study for a PhD at the Simon Fraser University in … Read more

On 20 May the School of English hosted a book launch to celebrate the publication of Nancy Gaffield’s most recent collection of poetry Continental Drift. … Read more

Dr Jennie Batchelor (Reader in Eighteenth Century Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Studies in the Long Eighteenth Century) has been awarded a prestigious … Read more

Kent schools involved in a Storytelling Project (coordinated by the School of English and the Partnership Development Office) closed the four-month project with a gala … Read more

A new series of free monthly events will enable academics, students and the public to make new discoveries about Renaissance drama. The Paper Stage, launching … Read more

A student from the School of English has won the inaugural Free Verse competition run by the UK Poetry Library. Danielle Burford entered her poem Yesterday, … Read more

Internationally acclaimed poets, including those from the School of English, will feature in this year’s Sounds New Poetry Festival. Jointly organised by the University’s centres for Modern Poetry and Creative … Read more

Taking place around Canterbury from Thursday 4th—Sunday 6th April, “Wise Words is a festival that reawakens wonder and encourages curiosity. It offers unexpected, intimate and … Read more