English & Comparative Literary Studies News
AL Kennedy longlisted for Man Booker Prize
Congratulations to AL Kennedy, Associate Professor in the Writing Programme, on the longlisting of her most recent novel, Serious Sweet, for the . Reviews include , and the . She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was twice included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list. She has won awards including the 2007 Costa Book Award and the Austrian State Prize for International Literature. Her professional website is .
Shakespeare Race and Performance: The Diverse Bard
Congratulations to Dr Jami Rogers (Research Assistant, Multicultural Shakespeare, and Act for Change Committee) and Sita Thomas (PhD student) on their essays in , published this week by Routledge. The collection is edited by Dr Delia Jarrett-Macauley, formerly a postdoctoral fellow with the Multicultural Shakespeare Project (2013-15).
Palimpsest: the MA in Writing Anthology
This year鈥檚 MA Creative Writing anthology is now available! Palimpsest, is a collection of short stories that involve strangers, fire and the uncanny, to name just a few.
Antinopolis, by alumna Elizabeth Parker
Congratulations to Elizabeth Parker, ELCW alumna, on her recently published collection Antinopolis (Eyewear 2016).
"This is an exceptionally fresh debut collection. The originality, drama and memorability of Elizabeth Parker's poems work a potent magic. Antinopolis marks the arrival of an excellent new talent." David Morley
Lizzie has been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize and the Melita Hume Prize and has been published in Magma, Raceme, and The Stony Thursday Book. She lives in Bristol and is a member of the Bristol poetry group, .
Sarah Moss, The Tidal Zone
Congratulations to on the publication of her most recent novel, The Tidal Zone (Granta 2016), which has been widely reviewed.