Events

What's on in English Literature.

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Event listing

Aug 16 2023 17.45 - 18.45

Being and Otherness

A unique performance and pamphlet launch by poet Marjorie Lotfi (MSc in Creative Writing) and playwright Hannah Lavery that explores Edwin Morgan's poetry through the lens of their experiences as 'mixed-race' women in Scotland. Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Aug 16 2023 17.15 - 18.15

Jokha Alharthi: The James Tait Black Event

A conversation between Jokha Alharthi, a shortlisted author for this year's James Tait Black Prize for fiction and PhD graduate in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, her translator (and former Iraq Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies) Marilyn Booth, and lead fiction judge Benjamin Bateman (English Literature). Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Aug 14 2023 14.15 - 15.15

Women in Writing

A conversation between Kim Sherwood (English Literature) and Jenny Brown about women and women's roles in literature as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Aug 14 2023 11.45 - 12.45

Different Futures are Possible

A conversation between David Farrier (English Literature) and musician Karine Polwart about today's ecological crisis, hidden histories, and how to transform planning for the future. Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Aug 13 2023 18.00 - 19.00

Hillfire Press at the Book Fringe

An evening of poetry and fiction reading by a range of the featured authors in Volume 2 of Hillfire Press, an annual anthology of short writings by several LLC students and alumni. Part of the Book Fringe.

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Aug 12 2023 16.30 - 17.30

'Just' Friends

A conversation between Anahit Behrooz (PhD in English Literature) and Eris Young on the subject of the value of friendship, and finding the joys in platonic relationships. Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Aug 05 2023 00.00 - 23.59

Sean and Daro Flake It 'Til They Make It

A play by MSc Playwriting graduate Laurie Motherwell about two friends who discover what it takes to survive in the world of ice-cream vending. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Jul 26 2023 00.00 - 23.59

Resisting Toxic Climates conference

A two-day, in-person conference that explored critical and creative responses to questions of gender, colonialism and environment. Organised by British Academy and Wellcome Trust Conferences.

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