We are pleased to announce Caroline Magennis’ workshop on Wednesday 16 July for Jot Books in Manchester. The event will feature a short reading, group discussion and a writing workshop focused on the theme of intimacy in fiction, life-writing and hybrid forms. For more information, please see this link.
Alicia Rouverol is currently touring Europe with her novel Dry River, giving presentations and performances at venues in France, Germany and Sweden before heading to North Carolina for a project connected to her previous work at a male prison there: The Men of Brown Creek: Lessons from a Penitentiary. You can read about Alicia’s upcoming […]
We are delighted to confirm that postgraduate researcher Elsie Unsworth will be speaking about her research at the International Postgraduate Conference on Irish Studies in Prague this September. The theme of the conference will be ‘Voices from the Margins: Ireland Seen and Unseen’. Elsie is undertaking research on contemporary Irish folklore and the ways that […]
Jack Wilson’s latest article ‘The foundational role of sound quality for understanding demonstratives’ is about to be published in Intercultural Pragmatics. Looking at the theme of demonstratives (words like ‘this’ and ‘that’) in language, Jack utilises a unique interdisciplinary approach, drawing not only on linguistics, but also philosophy and psychoacoustics. Jack hopes to help change […]
The Arts for the Blues team have presented their work in Riga, Latvia at the 7th European Dramatherapy Conference, also the 2nd International Dramatherapy Conference on the 2 and 3 May. The theme of the conference this year was ‘Human and Nature in Dramatherapy’. This was an incredibly well-attended and diverse conference with around 250 […]
“I will not have chutney on my periodicals!” As part of the Manchester Festival of Libraries, Phillip Tipton will be giving a talk at Bury Library on 5th June on Victoria Wood’s work and its relationship to civic life and popular culture. There will be screening of the short playlet ‘The Library’, followed by Phillip’s talk […]
We are delighted to report that postgraduate researcher Alex Herod has just published her first academic article in the journal Studies in the Fantastic. The piece is entitled ‘Survival and Recovery: Addiction and the Therapeutic Potential of Horror Writing.’ The publication came about from Alex’s presentation at the Horror Studies Now conference at Northumbria University […]
Join us on Wednesday 23 April 2.30-4.30pm for the next English Research Seminar, presented in-person by guest speaker Éadaoin Agnew (Kingston University). The talk will be livestreamed in Lady Hale 100 and on Teams. Please contact Prof Scott Thurston (s.thurston@salford.ac.uk) for the link to join online. The Practice and Politics of Raja Yoga (1896) Swami […]
We are pleased to announce that the Northern School of Writing at the University of Salford is welcoming school teachers, educators, librarians, publishers, community organisers, academics and artists to a free, one day symposium on 30th June to explore challenges related to literacy and literary engagement in the City of Salford. Anyone interested or working in areas related to reading, […]
We are delighted to report that the general public in Scotland and elsewhere are being asked to choose which three quotes from previous Scots Makars, including Salford’s own Professor Jackie Kay, should feature on the Scottish Parliament’s Canongate Wall to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the building. Jackie’s work, alongside that of Liz Lochhead and Kathleen […]