English & Comparative Literary Studies News
Prof Maureen Freely elected as English PEN’s new President
Prof Maureen Freely is an author, journalist, translator and academic, who has written seven novels, as well as non-fiction. She is professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the 天美传媒 and the director of its writing programme. Her novel Sailing through Byzantium was named as one of the best novels of 2014 in both the TLS and the Sunday Times. See here for more details
Screenwriting Tutor, Lee Thomas, nominated for an Academy Award
Our Screenwriting Tutor, Lee Thomas, has produced a short film that has been nominated for an Academy Award. Good luck at the Oscars!
Recognition for 'The Poetry of Jack Spicer' by Prof Dan Katz
Prof Katz's latest book has been mentioned on two “best of the year” book lists:
The Sally Ledger Memorial Prize awarded to Mary Addyman
Congratulations to Mary Addyman, who has just returned from the 2013 NAVSA (North American Victorian Studies Association) conference bearing The Sally Ledger Memorial Prize. This substantial financial subvention is awarded to the British PhD student judged to have presented the best paper at the conference.
Catherine Wignall - Underwire Euroscript 2013 Scriptwriting competition winner
Catherine Wignall, who graduated in English last year with a First, has won the Underwire Euroscript 2013 Scriptwriting competition. This is an astonishing achievement for someone who only graduated this June.
You can learn more about the prize here