Professor in Literature, Religion and Aesthetics at Lancaster University.
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‘The most deprived communities …were around four times more likely to lose a library than the richest.’
Cuts always hit the poorest hardest.
More than 180 UK public libraries closed or handed to volunteers since 2016, data shows theguardian.com/books/articl…
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If you’d love to be at #GB24 but can’t make it, then you can sign up here to take part in our free livestreaming 👉 greenbeltfestival.typeform.c…. We can’t stream everything, but we hope these handful of free streams will bring a little bit of our festival fields to your living rooms.
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ALT Friday 23. 10.30 Dreaming Justice & Peace Brooke Prentis. 18.30 The Small World Show Azariah France-Williams and Anna Robinson.
ALT Saturday 24. 17.00 The Tears of Things Richard Rohr. 18.30 The Small World Show Azariah France-Williams and Anna Robinson.
ALT Sunday 25. 10.00 Communion: Dreaming of Home. 12.00 The Power of a Dream Souls Sanctuary Gospel Choir and Ayla Lepine. 13.30 Vanessa Nakate in Conversation. 18.00 The Small World Show Azariah France-Williams and Anna Robinson.
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Our posture of hope needs to be shaped by our commitment to work for peace. May we all strive for Shalom, fullness of life, to all.🙏🏾
@churchofengland @dioceseoflondon
It is time to unite against hate and restore our shared humanity
Scapegoating particular communities for the ills of wider society is unhelpful and unjust, writes the Bishop of Edmonton in @dioceseoflondon, Dr Anderson Jeremiah (@TheOutsider40)
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
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The hardback of our ‘Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies’ is published next month & I’ve just spotted that a slightly more affordable eBook will be available routledge.com/The-Routledge-….
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And the winner of The Zeffirellis Prize for Guides & Places is…. @DrPennyBradshaw …accepting her award with delight and ‘a shout out’ to the students of @CumbriaEnglish she inspires. Published by @ByLakeland and presented by Dorothy Smith
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Dearly Beloveds @RevRichardColes @Beathhigh @jennycolgan @lemnsissay @AndresNOrdorica @valmcdermid @cerysmatthews @JackieKayPoet The Big Scottish Book Club is back! Series Six. And we're welcoming audiences :)
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Looking forward to appearing on Radio 4's Beyond Belief @BradfordLitFest tomorrow eve. To be broadcast live - my deepest fear. Pray for me, and/or book a free ticket here: bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/…
✨ Join BBC Radio 4’s Giles Fraser Fraser and a panel of poets at #BradfordLitFest to delve into the spiritual side of poetry. Don’t miss out – get your tickets today!
Book now at: bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/…
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Wouldn’t it be amazing, we thought, if we could find a way to bring to Greenbelt the best artistry, activism and belief from anywhere on the planet, without also bringing the tonnes of carbon that comes with it? That’s why we’re so thrilled to present... 🧵
ALT A woman speaking on stage at a music festival. Text overlay says "No Fly Zone"
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We’ve just found out that our 454-page ‘Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies’ is to be published on 9 August. We’d be really grateful if colleagues would consider ordering a copy for their university libraries routledge.com/The-Routledge-….
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All art is political: even, and often especially, art which claims not to be. That doesn’t mean the art speaks directly to a particular politics, simply that it’s made by a person and every person is partly a product of the political climate they became an artist and make art in.
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The #EnglishCreates week of events - co-ordinated by @UnivEnglish - takes place Monday, 3 to Friday, 7 June & is full of brilliant stuff celebrating & promoting the study of literature, language & creative writing universityenglish.ac.uk/even…
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We are devastated by the death of our beloved writer John Burnside, one of the most acclaimed of his generation. Hannah Westland, Publishing Director at Jonathan Cape, says: ‘To read him was to feel a lighting up of the darkness.’
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Calling contemporary lit experts! 10-month post
@lboroenglish
covering me while I take up my
@LeverhulmeTrust
fellowship. Come and join a fabulous team to teach our excellent undergrad & MA students in 24-25.
@BACLS_official vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_…
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JUST IN🚨: Ralph Ineson has been cast as #Galactus in #FantasticFour
The Devourer of worlds is coming…
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Here it is. Your dream ticket for this summer. We’ve got dreamers and doers, singers and seers, punks and painters, actors and activists, charities and changemakers, DJs and divas….all this to look forward to and more. Dig into the details here greenbelt.org.uk/2024-lineup…
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Do you love Emily Dickinson? Then you will love this event celebrating her writing and life!
We have exciting opportunities for poetry-lovers coming up here in Lancaster, as our own Pulitzer Prize-winning Professor Paul Muldoon takes part in two free events in the city next month.
He and Professor Sally Bushell will read and discuss the work of Emily Dickinson on Wed 8 May at @The_Storey, and Paul Muldoon will then explore the very latest trends in poetry at an event at our University Suite at Lancaster Castle on Thu 9 May.
Find out more and book your free tickets now.
📌Emily Dickinson (8 May): ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/…
📌How to Read a Poem (9 May): ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/…
ALT The view up to the Castle with the The Storey on the left of the picture
ALT Paul Muldoon
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We’ve still got a couple of spaces free for our @CASTOResearch landscape perceptions literary walking workshops in Askham on Wednesday and Thursday - details here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/landscape…
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New report: #EnglishLiterature grads are employed, earn good salaries, and experience satisfaction with their career paths 🧑🏼🎓
Some case studies from institutions with impressive career-preparation programming too 👀 maps.mla.org/content/downloa…
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The contents of ‘The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies’ I’ve edited with Neal Alexander is now listed online. The 38-chapter book will be available via libraries later on this year routledge.com/The-Routledge-….
